Light from the Cosmic Frontier: Gamma-Ray Bursts
Abstract
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful cosmic explosions since the Big Bang, and thus act as signposts throughout the distant Universe. Over the last 2 decades, these ultra-luminous cosmological explosions have been transformed from a mere curiosity to essential tools for the study of high-redshift stars and galaxies, early structure formation and the evolution of chemical elements. In the future, GRBs will likely provide a powerful probe of the epoch of reionisation of the Universe, constrain the properties of the first generation of stars, and play an important role in the revolution of multi-messenger astronomy by associating neutrinos or gravitational wave (GW) signals with GRBs. Here, we describe the next steps needed to advance the GRB field, as well as the potential of GRBs for studying the Early Universe and their role in the up-coming multi-messenger revolution.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1306.5259,
title = {Light from the Cosmic Frontier: Gamma-Ray Bursts},
author = {L. Amati and J. -L. Atteia and L. Balazs and S. Basa and J. Becker Tjus and D. F. Bersier and M. Boer and S. Campana and B. Ciardi and S. Covino and F. Daigne and M. Feroci and A. Ferrara and F. Frontera and J. P. U. Fynbo and G. Ghirlanda and G. Ghisellini and S. Glover and J. Greiner and D. Gotz and L. Hanlon and J. Hjorth and R. Hudec and U. Katz and S. Khochfar and R. Klessen and M. Kowalski and A. J. Levan and S. McBreen and A. Mesinger and R. Mochkovitch and P. O'Brien and J. P. Osborne and P. Petitjean and O. Reimer and E. Resconi and S. Rosswog and F. Ryde and R. Salvaterra and S. Savaglio and R. Schneider and G. Tagliaferri and N. R. Tanvir and A. van der Horst},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.5259},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
White paper submitted to ESA as a contribution to the deliberations on the science themes for the L2 and L3 mission opportunities