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A new review article on GRB has come out
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605208
Gamma-Ray Bursts
P. Meszaros
To appear in Rep. Prog. Phys., 74 pages, 11 figures
"Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the Universe, and their origin and mechanism are the focus of intense research and debate. More than three decades after their discovery, and after pioneering breakthroughs from space and ground experiments, their study is entering a new phase with the recently launched Swift satellite. The interplay between these observations and theoretical models of the prompt gamma ray burst and its afterglow is reviewed."GRBs are a furnace where it may be possible to test quantum gravity at some extremes where its predictions differ from those of ordinary gravity theory
"Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the Universe." That says it. They are worth knowing about and this review article covers both what has been observed so far and what people's ideas are about how GRBs are caused.
The article will likely be out of date soon.
This is the venue, in case anyone is interested in where it will be published:
http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/RoPP (Reports on Progress in Physics)
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605208
Gamma-Ray Bursts
P. Meszaros
To appear in Rep. Prog. Phys., 74 pages, 11 figures
"Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the Universe, and their origin and mechanism are the focus of intense research and debate. More than three decades after their discovery, and after pioneering breakthroughs from space and ground experiments, their study is entering a new phase with the recently launched Swift satellite. The interplay between these observations and theoretical models of the prompt gamma ray burst and its afterglow is reviewed."GRBs are a furnace where it may be possible to test quantum gravity at some extremes where its predictions differ from those of ordinary gravity theory
"Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the Universe." That says it. They are worth knowing about and this review article covers both what has been observed so far and what people's ideas are about how GRBs are caused.
The article will likely be out of date soon.
This is the venue, in case anyone is interested in where it will be published:
http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/RoPP (Reports on Progress in Physics)
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