The first stars: formation, properties, and impact

RS Klessen, SCO Glover - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
The first generation of stars, often called Population III (or Pop III), form from metal-free
primordial gas at redshifts z∼ 30 and below. They dominate the cosmic star-formation …

Cosmology intertwined: A review of the particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology associated with the cosmological tensions and anomalies

E Abdalla, GF Abellán, A Aboubrahim, A Agnello… - Journal of High Energy …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The standard Λ Cold Dark Matter (ΛCDM) cosmological model provides a good
description of a wide range of astrophysical and cosmological data. However, there are a …

Challenges for ΛCDM: An update

L Perivolaropoulos, F Skara - New Astronomy Reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
A number of challenges to the standard Λ CDM model have been emerging during the past
few years as the accuracy of cosmological observations improves. In this review we discuss …

[HTML][HTML] On the evolution of the Hubble constant with the SNe Ia pantheon sample and baryon acoustic oscillations: a feasibility study for GRB-cosmology in 2030

MG Dainotti, B De Simone, T Schiavone, G Montani… - Galaxies, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
The difference from 4 to 6 σ in the Hubble constant (H 0) between the values observed with
the local (Cepheids and Supernovae Ia, SNe Ia) and the high-z probes (Cosmic Microwave …

Revealing intrinsic flat biases with standardizable candles

E Ó Colgáin, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, R Solomon… - Physical Review D, 2022‏ - APS
Emerging high-redshift cosmological probes, in particular quasars (QSOs), show a
preference for larger matter densities, Ω m≈ 1, within the flat Λ CDM framework. Here, using …

The physics of gamma-ray bursts & relativistic jets

P Kumar, B Zhang - Physics Reports, 2015‏ - Elsevier
We provide a comprehensive review of major developments in our understanding of gamma-
ray bursts, with particular focus on the discoveries made within the last fifteen years when …

Optical and X-ray GRB Fundamental Planes as cosmological distance indicators

MG Dainotti, V Nielson, G Sarracino… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), can be employed as standardized candles,
extending the distance ladder beyond Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia, z= 2.26). We …

Short-duration gamma-ray bursts

E Berger - Annual review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2014‏ - annualreviews.org
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) display a bimodal duration distribution with a separation between
the short-and long-duration bursts at about 2 s. The progenitors of long GRBs have been …

Gamma-ray bursts, quasars, baryonic acoustic oscillations, and supernovae Ia: New statistical insights and cosmological constraints

G Bargiacchi, MG Dainotti, S Nagataki… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
The recent Hubble constant, H 0, tension is observed between the value of H 0 from the
cosmic microwave background (CMB) and Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). It is a decade since …

Galaxies in the first billion years after the big bang

DP Stark - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2016‏ - annualreviews.org
In the past five years, deep imaging campaigns conducted with the Hubble Space
Telescope (HST) and ground-based observatories have delivered large samples of galaxies …