Open Questions in GRB Physics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2015-05-27 v1
Abstract
Open questions in GRB physics are summarized as of 2011, including classification, progenitor, central engine, ejecta composition, energy dissipation and particle acceleration mechanism, radiation mechanism, long term engine activity, external shock afterglow physics, origin of high energy emission, and cosmological setting. Prospects of addressing some of these problems with the upcoming Chinese-French GRB mission, SVOM, are outlined.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1104.0932,
title = {Open Questions in GRB Physics},
author = {Bing Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.0932},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
27 pages. To appear in a special issue of Comptes Rendus Physique "GRB studies in the SVOM era", Eds. F. Daigne, G. Dubus