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What Are Gamma-Ray Bursts?
by Joshua S. Bloom
What Are Gamma-Ray Bursts?
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
1: Introduction
1.1 Serendipity during the Cold War
1.2 A New Field Begins
1.3 Precise Localizations and the Search for Counterparts
1.4 The March 5th Event and Soft-Gamma Ray Repeaters
1.5 BATSE and the Great Debate
1.6 The Afterglow Era Begins
1.7 Progenitors and Diversity
1.8 Gamma-Ray Bursts in a Universal Context
2: Into the Belly of the Beast
2.1 What Are Gamma-Ray Bursts?
2.2 Understanding the Origin of the High-Energy Emission
2.3 The Central Engine
3: Afterglows
3.1 Phenomenology
3.2 Origin of the Emission
3.3 Evidence for Jetting
3.4 Late-Time Observations
4: The Events in Context
4.1 Local Scales
4.2 Galactic Scales
4.3 Universal Scales
5: The Progenitors of Gamma-Ray Bursts
5.1 A Massive-Star Origin
5.2 Mergers of Compact Objects
5.3 Extragalactic Magnetars
5.4 Classification Challenges
6: Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes of the Universe
6.1 Studies of Gas, Dust, and Galaxies
6.2 The History of Star Formation
6.3 Cosmic Dawn: Measuring Reionization and the First Objects in the Universe
6.4 Neutrinos, Gravitational Waves, and Cosmic Rays
6.5 Quantum Gravity and the Expansion of the Universe
6.6 The Future of Gamma-Ray Bursts: At the Nexus of Physical and Astrophysical Inquiry
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Glossary
Index
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