Gamma-Ray Bursts - A Tool to Explore the Young Universe

This topical volume reviews a comprehensive set of problems raised by the use of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) as cosmological probes, as they were addressed and debated during the ISSI-Beijing workshop "Gamma Ray Bursts: A Tool to Explore the Young Universe," which took place from April 13 to 17, 2015, in Beijing.
The invited authors represent both the GRB community stricto sensu and the community studying high-redshift galaxies and star formation history. The chapters of the book elucidate the connection between GRBs and the deep universe, stimulating thoughts on how to develop worldwide synergies between high-redshift GRB studies and surveys of the deep universe.
Originally published in Space Science Reviews, Volume 202, Issue 1-4, December 2016

List of contents

Preface.- GRB Observational Properties.- Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitors.- Galaxy Formation and Evolution.- Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxies in Emission and Absorption.- GBRS as Probes of the IGM.- Gamma-Ray Bursts and Population III Stars.- Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Early Star Formation History.- GRBs and Fundamental Physics.- Perspectives on Gamma-Ray Burst Physics and Cosmology with Next Generation Facilities.

Summary

This topical volume reviews a comprehensive set of problems raised by the use of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) as cosmological probes, as they were addressed and debated during the ISSI-Beijing workshop “Gamma Ray Bursts: A Tool to Explore the Young Universe," which took place from April 13 to 17, 2015, in Beijing.
The invited authors represent both the GRB community stricto sensu and the community studying high-redshift galaxies and star formation history. The chapters of the book elucidate the connection between GRBs and the deep universe, stimulating thoughts on how to develop worldwide synergies between high-redshift GRB studies and surveys of the deep universe.
Originally published in Space Science Reviews, Volume 202, Issue 1-4, December 2016

Product details

• Assisted by: Zigao Dai (Editor), Zi-Gao Dai (Editor), Zigao Dai et al (Editor), Maurizi Falanga (Editor), Maurizio Falanga (Editor), Diego Gotz (Editor), Diego Götz (Editor), Emeric Le Floc'h (Editor), Nial Tanvir (Editor), Bing Zhang (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9789402412789
• ISBN: 978-94-0-241278-9
• No. of pages: 279
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 244 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 595 g
• Illustrations: V, 279 p. 96 illus., 79 illus. in color.
• Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI; Space Sciences Series of ISSI; Space Sciences Issi
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; B, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Physics and Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Relativity physics