2001/07/06 by K. A. Postnov, К. А. Постнов, Postnov, K. A.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #astro-ph #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0107122
10 page, plain LATEX, no figures. To be published in Proc. XI Int. School "Particles and Cosmology", Baksan Valley, April 2001
arxiv created 2001/07/06 · openalex publication_date 2001/07/06 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The recent progress in studies of gamma-ray bursts, their afterglows, and host galaxies is discussed. The emphasis is given to high-energy phenomena associated with gamma-ray burst explosions: high-energy cosmic rays, neutrinos, gravitational waves. We also show how the relativistic fireball model for GRBs can be used to constrain modern theories of large and infinite extra-dimensions. In particular, in the frame of 5D gravity with the Standard Model localized on 3D brane (Dvali et al. 2000), the very existence of relativistic fireballs of ∼ 1053 ergs puts the lower bound on the quantum gravity scale ∼ 0.1 eV.