Gamma Ray Bursts as Probes of the Distant Universe
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2015-05-27 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
We review recent results on the high-redshift universe and the cosmic evolution obtained using Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) as tracers of high-redshift galaxies. Most of the results come from photometric and spectroscopic observations of GRB host galaxies once the afterglow has faded away but also from the analysis of the GRB afterglow line of sight as revealed by absorptions in their optical spectrum.
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@article{arxiv.1104.0844,
title = {Gamma Ray Bursts as Probes of the Distant Universe},
author = {P. Petitjean and S. D. Vergani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.0844},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
20 pages, 4 figures. To appear in a special issue of Comptes Rendus Physique "GRB studies in the SVOM era", Eds. F. Daigne, G. Dubus