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Gamma-ray bursts: discovery
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Physics and Astrophysics of Gamma-Ray Bursts - Part 1
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- 1 Physics & Astrophysics of Gamma-Ray Bursts
- 2 Gamma-ray bursts: discovery
- 3 Gamma-ray bursts: historical remarks
- 4 Introduction: observational facts 1 prompt emission
- 5 What is a gamma-ray burst?
- 6 Long & short gamma-ray bursts
- 7 Lightcurves: diversity and variability
- 8 Non-thermal spectrum
- 9 The optical prompt emission
- 10 The Gev prompt emission
- 11 Location, location, location!
- 12 Gamma-ray bursts: historical remarks
- 13 GRB distance scale?
- 14 Long & short gamma-ray bursts
- 15 The discovery of afterglows: Gamma-ray bursts occur at cosmological distance!
- 16 Afterglows
- 17 Afterglows: lightcurves
- 18 Sorting out models...
- 19 Introduction: observational facts 2 afterglow
- 20 Spectrum: afterglow
- 21 Distance: redshift distribution
- 22 Gamma-ray bursts and cosmology
- 23 Introduction: observational facts 3 prompt+afterglow summary
- 24 Lightcurve: prompt to afterglow
- 25 Spectrum: prompt
- 26 Introduction: Basic Constraints on any GRB Model
- 27 GRB Physics: basic constraints
- 28 Relativistic motion: direct evidence
- 29 GRB Physics: standard scenario characteristic radii
- 30 GRB Physics: initial event & central engine
- 31 GRB Physics: relativistic ejection
- 32 Q&A
