Gamma-Ray Bursts as a Probe of Cosmology
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We show that, if the long GRBs are produced by the collapse of massive stars, GRBs and their afterglows may provide a powerful probe of cosmology and the early universe.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0210434,
title = {Gamma-Ray Bursts as a Probe of Cosmology},
author = {Donald Q. Lamb},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0210434},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, 7 figures, to appear in AIP proc. "Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001" Woods Hole, Massachusetts