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 …

Optics in the relativistic regime

GA Mourou, T Tajima, SV Bulanov - Reviews of modern physics, 2006‏ - APS
The advent of ultraintense laser pulses generated by the technique of chirped pulse
amplification (CPA) along with the development of high-fluence laser materials has opened …

Fermi-GBM discovery of GRB 221009A: An extraordinarily bright GRB from onset to afterglow

S Lesage, P Veres, MS Briggs… - The Astrophysical …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of GRB 221009A, the highest flux gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever
observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM). This GRB has continuous …

Fast radio bursts as synchrotron maser emission from decelerating relativistic blast waves

BD Metzger, B Margalit, L Sironi - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) can arise from synchrotron maser emission at ultrarelativistic
magnetized shocks, such as produced by flare ejecta from young magnetars. We combine …

Swift and NuSTAR observations of GW170817: Detection of a blue kilonova

PA Evans, SB Cenko, JA Kennea, SWK Emery… - Science, 2017‏ - science.org
With the first direct detection of merging black holes in 2015, the era of gravitational wave
(GW) astrophysics began. A complete picture of compact object mergers, however, requires …

Letter of intent for KM3NeT 2.0

S Adrian-Martinez, M Ageron… - Journal of Physics G …, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The main objectives of the KM3NeT Collaboration are (i) the discovery and subsequent
observation of high-energy neutrino sources in the Universe and (ii) the determination of the …

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 …

GRB 221009A afterglow from a shallow angular structured jet

R Gill, J Granot - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows can reveal the angular structure of
their jets. GRB jets appear to have a narrow core (of half-opening angle θc), beyond which …

Physics, astrophysics and cosmology with gravitational waves

BS Sathyaprakash, BF Schutz - Living reviews in relativity, 2009‏ - Springer
Gravitational wave detectors are already operating at interesting sensitivity levels, and they
have an upgrade path that should result in secure detections by 2014. We review the …

[HTML][HTML] Gamma-ray bursts and the fireball model

T Piran - Physics Reports, 1999‏ - Elsevier
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have puzzled astronomers since their accidental discovery in the
late 1960s. The BATSE detector on the COMPTON-GRO satellite has been detecting one …