9–12 Jul 2019
Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona
Europe/Madrid timezone

THE PHYSICS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

11 Jul 2019, 09:30
30m
Invited talk Relativistic outflows from extragalactic sources Relativistic outflows from extragalactic sources

Speaker

Bing Zhang (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Description

I will review several open questions in GRB physics as well as how latest observational data shed light into them. The topics include jet composition, energy dissipation mechanism, radiation mechanism, progenitors, and central engine. The exciting aspects of gravitational wave - GRB associations will be discussed, with GW170817/GRB 170817A as an example.

Primary author

Bing Zhang (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Presentation materials