Zhang 2007 Swift时代伽玛暴研究 4

主要内容:
综述给出了目前伽玛暴研究最活跃的方向：伽玛暴的新分类；余辉的4段光变；统计关系，宇宙学等。

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文章信息:

astro-ph/0701520 [abs, ps, pdf, other] :

Title: Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift Era
Authors: Bing Zhang (UNLV)
Comments: Invited review for Chinese Journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 60 pages, to appear in 2007, ChJAA, 7, 1-50

Since the successful launch of NASA's dedicated gamma-ray burst (GRB) mission, Swift, the study of cosmological GRBs has entered a new era. Here I review the rapid observational and theoretical progress in this dynamical research field during the first two-year of the Swift mission, focusing on how observational breakthroughs have revolutionized our understanding of the physical origins of GRBs. Besides summarizing how Swift helps to solve some pre-Swift mysteries, I also list some outstanding problems raised by the Swift observations. An outlook of GRB science in the future, especially in the GLAST era, is briefly discussed.