TY - JOUR
T1 - GRB fireball physics
T2 - Prompt and early emission
AU - Fox, D. B.
AU - Mészáros, P.
PY - 2006/9/20
Y1 - 2006/9/20
N2 - We review the fireball shock model of gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt and early afterglow emission in the light of rapid follow-up measurements made and enabled by the multi-wavelength Swift satellite. These observations are leading to a reappraisal and expansion of the previous standard view of the GRB and its fireball. New information on the behaviour of the burst and afterglow on minutes to hour timescales has led, among other results, to the discovery and follow-up of short GRB afterglows, the opening up of the z ≲ 6 redshift range, and the first prompt multi-wavelength observations of a long GRB-supernova. We discuss the salient observational results and some associated theoretical issues.
AB - We review the fireball shock model of gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt and early afterglow emission in the light of rapid follow-up measurements made and enabled by the multi-wavelength Swift satellite. These observations are leading to a reappraisal and expansion of the previous standard view of the GRB and its fireball. New information on the behaviour of the burst and afterglow on minutes to hour timescales has led, among other results, to the discovery and follow-up of short GRB afterglows, the opening up of the z ≲ 6 redshift range, and the first prompt multi-wavelength observations of a long GRB-supernova. We discuss the salient observational results and some associated theoretical issues.
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U2 - 10.1088/1367-2630/8/9/199
DO - 10.1088/1367-2630/8/9/199
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748945550
SN - 1367-2630
VL - 8
JO - New Journal of Physics
JF - New Journal of Physics
M1 - 199
ER -