Gamma-Ray
Astronomy| Gamma-Ray
Astronomy |
In General > s.a. matter
phenomenology in quantum gravity.
@ General references: Hillier 85; AS 81(93)342;
Gehrels & Paul
PT(98)feb; Miniati ap/02-in
[and large-scale structure]; Voelk ap/04-in
[high-E]; Moskalenko
ap/04-in
[propagation]; Primack et al ap/05-in
[observational]; Grenier a0804-in [sources, rev].
@ Detection: Halzen & Hooper JCAP(03)
[IceCube]; Knödlseder ap/05-in
[space-based]; Krawczynski et al a0709-in
[ground-based].
@ GLAST mission: Atwood et al SA(07)dec; McEnery et al pw(08)may.
@ Very high energy: Aharonian ap/97-in
[TeV]; Ong PRP(98);
Hoffman et al RMP(99);
Sinnis ap/99;
Weekes ap/00-in;
Thompson et al ap/04/ApJS
[highest energies seen by Compton GRO]; Cuoco et al JCAP(07)
[and large-scale
structure]; De Angelis et al RNC(08)-a0712;
Ribo a0801-in
[rev]; Mori a0809-in [rev].
Gamma-Ray Bursts > s.a. sources
of gravitational waves.
* Status: 1998, Coalescence
of binary neutron stars? Typical length is about 100 s; 1999, First one observed
optically while active; They seem to
signal
the birth of stellar mass black holes; 2006, They only tend to occur in small,
misshapen "metal-poor" galaxies,
unlike the Milky Way [@ news pw(06)apr];
2009, GRB 090423 seen by Swift satellite with z = 8.3 [@ news NASA(09)apr;
Tanvir et al a0906/Nat;
news ns(09)oct].
* Types: Short ones
(less than 2 s duration) may be neutron star–neutron star or black hole–neutron
star coalescences; Long ones (>
2 s) hypernova explosions.
* Models: Fireball (synchrotron radiation from colliding shells);
Cannonball (jet from infalling matter).
@ General references: Piran gq/96/GRG,
PRP(99)ap/98,
PRP(00)ap/99-in
[fireball model]; Tavani ap/98-in;
Heinz & Begelman
ap/99/ApJL
[shotgun model]; Woosley ap/99-in
[engine]; Zimmerman ThSc(00)jan;
Zhang ap/06/Nat
[new type]; Lamb NCB(06)
[and cosmology].
@ Reviews: Hartmann ThSc(92)
[sources]; Fishman & Hartmann SA(97)jul; Rees ap/97;
Meszaros ap/99-in;
Piran gq/02-in, RMP(04)ap;
Hjorth et al pw(04)oct;
Mörtsell & Sollerman JCAP(05)ap [future];
Meszaros RPP(06)ap;
Ghisellini PoS-ap/06
[and blazars]; Bromm & Loeb a0706-in
[as early-universe probes]; De Rújula a0711-ln;
Grindlay Nat(08)sep-a0901 [long-lasting];
Stamatikos a0904-in;
Amati a0908-in
[cosmological parameters].
@ Theory: Meszaros ARAA(02)ap/01;
Dermer ap/02-in;
De Rújula ap/03-in;
Dar & De
Rújula PRP(04)ap/03;
Amelino-Camelia hp/05-in
[and Planck-scale physics]; Covino Sci(07)-a0705 [mechanism];
Lyutikov a0911-in.
@ Supernovas: Mohapatra et al APP(00)ap/99 [mirror
supernovas]; Paczynski ap/99-in;
Soderberg ap/06-in
[rev]; Woosley & Bloom ARAA(06).
@ Microscopic / primordial black holes: Casadio et al ap/02-in; Cline
& Otwinowski a0908 [estimate].
@ Sources, other: Kundt ap/03/CJAA
[galactic origin?]; Paczynski & Haensel MNRAS(05)ap
[and quark star formation – support in Lazzati MNRAS(05)ap/04];
Rosswog ap/05 [neutron
star–black hole
binaries]; Virgili et al a0909/ApJ.
@ Effects on Earth: Annis JBIS(99)ap [and
life]; Thomas et al ApJ(05)ap.
@ Propagation effects: Pavlopoulos PLB(05)ap [time
lags].
@ And
tests of Lorentz invariance: Rodriguez & Piran JCAP(06)ap,
et al JCAP(06); Xiao
& Ma a0909.
@ Related topics: King et al ApJL(05)ap
[restarting the engine]; Savaglio NJP(06)
[as probes of chemical evolution];
Lieu ApJ(08)ap/07 [gravitational
time delay]; Bloom et al ApJ(09)-a0803
[naked-eye GRB 080319B]; Song a0805 ["redshift
is gravitational"]; Dado & Dar a0910 [high-energy
photons]; > s.a. neutrinos.
Other Sources
@ Dark matter annihilation: Beacom et al PRL(05)
[through positron production]; Elsässer & Mannheim PRL(05)
[supersymmetry]; Ando PRL(05);
Ahn & Komatsu PRD(05)
[1–20 MeV]; Bertone ap/06-in
[rev].
@ Background: Strong et al ap/05-in
[diffuse emission]; Dado et al NPPS-ap/06,
Ando et al PRD(07)
[origin]; Kneiske a0707-in
[rev]; Ando et al MNRAS-a0908 [and
galaxy clustering].
@ Related topics: Anchordoqui et al ap/06/PRL
[cosmic ray photo-disintegration/de-excitation]; Blasi et al IJMPA(07)
[clusters of galaxies]; Dogiel et al PASJ-a0906 [from the galactic center].
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