2008/07/24 by B. Gendre, Gendre, B. · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0807.3918
8 pages, 5 figures, proceeding of the XXth rencontres de Blois, may 2008
arxiv created 2008/07/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Gamma-ray bursts are violent events occurring randomly in the sky. In this review, I will present the fireball model, proposed to explain the phenomenon of gamma-ray bursts. This model has important consequences for the production and observation at Earth of gravitational waves, high energy neutrinos, cosmic rays and high energy photons, and the second part of this review will be focused on these aspects. A last section will briefly discuss the topic of the use of gamma-ray bursts as standard candles and possible cosmological studies.