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 …

Gigaelectronvolt emission from a compact binary merger

A Mei, B Banerjee, G Oganesyan, OS Salafia… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
An energetic γ-ray burst (GRB), GRB 211211A, was observed on 11 December 2021,.
Despite its long duration, typically associated with bursts produced by the collapse of …

The Swift gamma-ray burst mission

N Gehrels, G Chincarini, PE Giommi… - The Astrophysical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
The Swift mission, scheduled for launch in 2004, is a multiwavelength observatory for
gamma-ray burst (GRB) astronomy. It is a first-of-its-kind autonomous rapid-slewing satellite …

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 …

The supernova–gamma-ray burst connection

SE Woosley, JS Bloom - Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Observations show that at least some gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) happen simultaneously
with core-collapse supernovae (SNe), thus linking by a common thread nature's two …

The protomagnetar model for gamma-ray bursts

BD Metzger, D Giannios, TA Thompson… - Monthly Notices of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Long duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from the core collapse of massive stars,
but the identity of the central engine remains elusive. Previous work has shown that rapidly …

Gamma-ray bursts

P Meszaros - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Physical processes sha** gamma-ray burst X-ray afterglow light curves: theoretical implications from the Swift X-ray telescope observations

B Zhang, YZ Fan, J Dyks, S Kobayashi… - The Astrophysical …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
With the successful launch of the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer, a rich trove of early X-ray
afterglow data has been collected by its onboard X-Ray Telescope (XRT). Some interesting …

Farmer's response to climate change and variability in Ethiopia: A review

M Gezie - Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Ethiopia is one of the most vulnerable countries experiencing drought and floods as a result
of climate variability and change. Climate change in the form of higher temperature, reduced …