Paper: astro-ph/0605208
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 19:40:56 GMT (345kb)

Title: Gamma-Ray Bursts

Authors: P. Meszaros

Comments: To appear in Reports on Progress in Physics, 74 pages, 11 figures,
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Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the Universe, and their
origin and mechanism are the focus of intense research and debate. More than
three decades after their discovery, and after pioneering breakthroughs from
space and ground experiments, their study is entering a new phase with the
recently launched Swift satellite. The interplay between these observations and
theoretical models of the prompt gamma ray burst and its afterglow is reviewed.

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