The Supernova Gamma-Ray Burst Connection

Woosley, S. E.; Bloom, J.

doi:10.1063/1.2207927

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“…The connection between long-duration GRBs and SNe was predicted theoretically [56,57] and has been verified observationally through detecting spectroscopic features of the underlying SNe in some nearby GRBs [4]. Their host galaxies are typically irregular (in a few cases spiral) galaxies with intense star formation [58].…”

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confidence: 97%

“…It has been speculated that long GRBs are associated with the deaths of massive stars and hence SNe [4]. The connection between long-duration GRBs and SNe was predicted theoretically [56,57] and has been verified observationally through detecting spectroscopic features of the underlying SNe in some nearby GRBs [4].…”

Section: Long Vs Short/type I Vs Type Iimentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Constraints on cosmography with GRBs have been made by several groups [113][114][115][116], although the physics of GRB luminosity indicators [116,117] in these analysis are poorly known, and their calibration is still a great issue [118][119][120]. Due to their connection to the death of massive stars [4], long GRBs would be good tracers of comic star formation history, particularly at the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function. However, it was suggested that the rate of GRBs increases with cosmic redshifts higher than the star formation rate, possibly indicating that a GRB may trace both the star formation and the metallicity evolution history (see Figure 4; Li [121] and references therein).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Here, I present a brief review of the recent progress with the two missions, giving a global view of the observational GRB field. For extensive reviews since the launch of Swift, refer to references [2][3][4][5][6]. …”

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Gamma-ray bursts in the Swift-Fermi era: Confronting data with theory

Liang

2010

Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron.

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With the prompt slewing capability of the X-ray and UV-optical telescopes onboard the Swift mission and with the gamma-ray large area telescope onboard the Fermi mission, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are now accessible in a full time window and in all electromagnetic wavelengths for the events. Many observational breakthroughs have been made in recent years. I present here a brief review of some observational breakthroughs with the two missions, focusing on how these breakthroughs have revolutionized our understanding of the nature of this phenomenon and puzzles as well as challenges of confronting the conventional models with data. radiation mechanism, gamma rays bursts, high energy phenomenon Swift, a multi-wavelength Gamma-ray burst (GRB) mission [1], has refreshed our understanding of the nature of this phenomenon. The Fermi gamma-ray space telescope now is ushering in a new era of observational astronomy in the energetic gamma-ray band [2], which provides a powerful tool for the study of radiation mechanisms and the physical conditions for GRBs and their afterglows. Here, I present a brief review of the recent progress with the two missions, giving a global view of the observational GRB field. For extensive reviews since the launch of Swift, refer to references [2][3][4][5][6].

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Section: Long Vs Short/type I Vs Type Iimentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Long Vs Short/type I Vs Type Iimentioning

confidence: 97%

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Gamma-ray bursts in the Swift-Fermi era: Confronting data with theory

Liang

2010

Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron.

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“…On one hand, with firmed detections of GRB-supernovae connections for four nearby cases [13][14][15][16][17] , it is now generally accepted that long GRBs are associated with energetic core-collapse supernovae [18,19] (see a recent review by Woosley et al [20] ). Interestingly, Li [21] found that the peak spectral energy of GRBs is correlated with the peak bolometric luminosity of the underlying supernovae (SNe), based on the four pair GRB-SNe connections.…”

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X-ray flares of γ-ray bursts: Quakes of solid quark stars?

Liang

2009

Sci. China Ser. G-Phys. Mech. Astron.

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A star-quake model is proposed to understand X-ray flares of both long and short γ-ray bursts (GRBs) in a solid quark star regime. Two kinds of central engines for GRBs are available if pulsar-like stars are actually (solid) quark stars, i.e., the SNE-type GRBs and the SGR-type GRBs. It is found that a quark star could be solidified about 10 3 to 10 6 s later after its birth if the critical temperature of phase transition is a few Metga-electron-volts, and then a new source of free energy (i.e., elastic and gravitational ones, rather than rotational or magnetic energy) could be possible to power GRB X-ray flares.γ-rays, bursts: X-rays, neutron stars, elementary particles Swift, a multi-wavelength γ-ray burst (GRB) mission [1] , has led to great progress in understanding the nature of the GRB phenomenon (see recent reviews by Meszaros [2] and Zhang [3] ). With its promptly slewing capacity and high sensitivity, it catches the early afterglows and the extended prompt emission in details for the first time.This not only provides an opportunity to examine the conventional models established in the pre-Swift era [4][5][6][7][8] , but also facilitates studies of the transition between the prompt emission and the afterglow [8][9][10] , and even gives insight into the properties of both the progenitors and the GRB central engines [5,11] .The GRB survey with CGRO (Compton γ-ray Observatory)/BATSE identified two types of GRBs, long-soft and short-hard GRBs, separated with burst duration of about 2 s [12] . On one hand, with firmed detections of GRB-supernovae connections for four nearby cases [13][14][15][16][17] , it is now generally accepted that long GRBs are associated with energetic core-collapse supernovae [18,19] (see a recent review by Woosley et al. [20] ). Interestingly, Li [21] found that the peak spectral energy of GRBs is correlated with the peak bolometric luminosity of the underlying supernovae (SNe), based on the four pair GRB-SNe connections. The X-ray transient 080109 associated with a normal core-collapse SN 2008D [22] also complies with this relation [23] . Signatures of long GRB-SNe connection may be also derived from a red bump in late optical afterglow lightcurves [14,24] and a long time lag between the GRB precursor and the main burst observed in some GRBs [25] . On the other hand, short GRBs coincide with the early-type stellar population with no or little current star formation [26][27][28][29][30][31] (see a recent review by Nakar [32] ), favoring mergers of compact object binaries as the progenitors of the short GRBs [33][34][35][36] .Although the progenitors of the long and short GRBs are different, the models for their central engines are similar, and essentially all can be simply classed as a rotating compact object that drives an ultra-relativistic outflow to produce both the prompt γ-rays and afterglows in lower energy bands. These models are highly constrained by the observations of the prompt γ-rays and multi-wavelength afterglows. It is well believed that the prompt γ-rays are produced b...

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Gamma-ray burst investigation via polarimetry and spectroscopy (GRIPS)

Greiner

Iyudin²,

Kanbach³

et al. 2008

Exp Astron

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The primary scientific goal of the GRIPS mission is to revolutionize our understanding of the early universe using γ -ray bursts. We propose a new generation gamma-ray observatory capable of unprecedented spectroscopy over a wide range of γ -ray energies (200 keV-50 MeV) and of polarimetry (200-1000 keV). The γ -ray sensitivity to nuclear absorption features enables the measurement of column densities as high as 10 28 cm −2 . Secondary goals achievable by this mission include direct measurements of all types of supernova interiors through γ -rays from radioactive decays, nuclear astrophysics with massive stars and novae, and studies of particle acceleration near compact stars, interstellar shocks, and clusters of galaxies.

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The Supernova Gamma-Ray Burst Connection

Cited by 12 publications

References 204 publications

Gamma-ray bursts in the Swift-Fermi era: Confronting data with theory

Gamma-ray bursts in the Swift-Fermi era: Confronting data with theory

X-ray flares of γ-ray bursts: Quakes of solid quark stars?

Gamma-ray burst investigation via polarimetry and spectroscopy (GRIPS)

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