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 …

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 …

The internal-collision-induced magnetic reconnection and turbulence (ICMART) model of gamma-ray bursts

B Zhang, H Yan - The Astrophysical Journal, 2010‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The recent Fermi observation of GRB 080916C shows that the bright photosphere emission
associated with a putative fireball is missing, which suggests that the central engine likely …

Relativistic jets shine through shocks or magnetic reconnection?

L Sironi, M Petropoulou… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Observations of gamma-ray-bursts and jets from active galactic nuclei reveal that the jet flow
is characterized by a high radiative efficiency and that the dissipative mechanism must be a …

A year in the life of GW 170817: the rise and fall of a structured jet from a binary neutron star merger

E Troja, H Van Eerten, G Ryan, R Ricci… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
We present the results of our year-long afterglow monitoring of GW 170817, the first binary
neutron star merger detected by Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave …

The microphysics of collisionless shock waves

A Marcowith, A Bret, A Bykov… - Reports on Progress …, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Collisionless shocks, that is shocks mediated by electromagnetic processes, are customary
in space physics and in astrophysics. They are to be found in a great variety of objects and …

A strong jet signature in the late-time light curve of GW170817

KP Mooley, DA Frail, D Dobie, E Lenc… - The Astrophysical …, 2018‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present new 0.6–10 GHz observations of the binary neutron star merger
GW170817 covering the period up to 300 days post-merger, taken with the upgraded Karl G …

AT2018cow: a luminous millimeter transient

AYQ Ho, ES Phinney, V Ravi, SR Kulkarni… - The Astrophysical …, 2019‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We present detailed submillimeter-through centimeter-wave observations of the
extraordinary extragalactic transient AT2018cow. The apparent characteristics—the high …

A complete reference of the analytical synchrotron external shock models of gamma-ray bursts

H Gao, WH Lei, YC Zou, XF Wu, B Zhang - New Astronomy Reviews, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Gamma-ray bursts are most luminous explosions in the universe. Their ejecta are believed
to move towards Earth with a relativistic speed. The interaction between this “relativistic jet” …

The Afterglow of GRB 130427A from 1 to 1016 GHz

DA Perley, SB Cenko, A Corsi, NR Tanvir… - The Astrophysical …, 2014‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We present multiwavelength observations of the afterglow of GRB 130427A, the brightest (in
total fluence) gamma-ray burst (GRB) of the past 29 yr. Optical spectroscopy from Gemini …