Understanding the Engines and Progenitors of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Abstract
Our understanding of the engines and progenitors of gamma-ray bursts has expanded through the ages as a broader set of diagnostics has allowed us to test our understanding of these objects. Here we review the history of the growth in our understanding, focusing on 3 leading engines and 9 potential progenitors. The first gravitational wave detection of a short burst is the latest in a series of breakthrough observations shaping this understanding and we study the importance of multi-diagnostic, multi-messenger observations on these engines and their progenitors. Our understanding based on a detailed study of nearby bursts can be applied to make predictions for the trends expected as we begin to observe high redshift bursts and we discuss these trends.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1904.10008,
title = {Understanding the Engines and Progenitors of Gamma-Ray Bursts},
author = {Chris L. Fryer and Nicole Lloyd-Ronning and Ryan Wollaeger and Brandon Wiggins and Jonah Miller and Josh Dolence and Ben Ryan and Carl E. Fields},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.10008},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
19 pages, 10 figures