TY - GEN
T1 - Theories of early afterglow
AU - Mészáros, P.
PY - 2006/5/19
Y1 - 2006/5/19
N2 - The rapid follow-up of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows made possible by the multi-wavelength satellite Swift, launched in November 2004, has put under a microscope the GRB early post-burst behavior, This is leading to a significant reappraisal and expansion of the standard view of the GRB early afterglow behavior, and its connection to the prompt gamma-ray emission. In addition to opening up the previously poorly known behavior on minutes to hours timescales, two other new pieces in the GRB puzzle being filled in are the the discovery and follow-up of short GRB afterglows, and the opening up of the z ≳ 6 redshift range. We review some of the current theoretical interpretations of these new phenomena.
AB - The rapid follow-up of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows made possible by the multi-wavelength satellite Swift, launched in November 2004, has put under a microscope the GRB early post-burst behavior, This is leading to a significant reappraisal and expansion of the standard view of the GRB early afterglow behavior, and its connection to the prompt gamma-ray emission. In addition to opening up the previously poorly known behavior on minutes to hours timescales, two other new pieces in the GRB puzzle being filled in are the the discovery and follow-up of short GRB afterglows, and the opening up of the z ≳ 6 redshift range. We review some of the current theoretical interpretations of these new phenomena.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.2207895
DO - 10.1063/1.2207895
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33746929220
SN - 0735403260
SN - 9780735403260
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
SP - 234
EP - 243
BT - GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA
T2 - GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: 16th Maryland Astrophysics Conference
Y2 - 29 November 2005 through 2 December 2005
ER -