Polarization in GRB Afterglows
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Polarization has been observed in a number of GRB afterglows. We briefly review the models that have been proposed to account for the observed polarization levels. We summarize the observations and the attempts to explain them with existing models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0302177,
title = {Polarization in GRB Afterglows},
author = {Gunnlaugur Björnsson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0302177},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages; proceedings of the NBSI workshop "Beaming and Jets in Gamma Ray Bursts", Copenhagen, August 12-30, 2002