Title: | The Observer’s Guide to the Gamma-Ray Burst Supernova Connection |
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Date: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Scope: | 8929054 |
University/Institute: | Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland |
School: | Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI) |
Department: | Raunvísindastofnun (HÍ) Science Institute (UI) |
Series: | Advances in Astronomy;2017 |
ISSN: | 1687-7969 1687-7977 (eISSN) |
DOI: | 10.1155/2017/8929054 |
Subject: | Astronomy; Astrophysics; Gamma-ray bursts; Stjarneðlisfræði; Gammageislar |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/348 |
Citation:Zach Cano, Shan-Qin Wang, Zi-Gao Dai, and Xue-Feng Wu, “The Observer’s Guide to the Gamma-Ray Burst Supernova Connection,” Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2017, Article ID 8929054, 41 pages, 2017. doi:10.1155/2017/8929054
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Abstract:We present a detailed report of the connection between long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and their accompanying supernovae (SNe). The discussion presented here places emphasis on how observations, and the modelling of observations, have constrained what we know about GRB-SNe. We discuss their photometric and spectroscopic properties, their role as cosmological probes, including their measured luminosity–decline relationships, and how they can be used to measure the Hubble constant. We present a statistical summary of their bolometric properties and use this to determine the properties of the “average” GRB-SN. We discuss their geometry and consider the various physical processes that are thought to power the luminosity of GRB-SNe and whether differences exist between GRB-SNe and the SNe associated with ultra-long-duration GRBs. We discuss how observations of their environments further constrain the physical properties of their progenitor stars and give a brief overview of the current theoretical paradigms of their central engines. We then present an overview of the radioactively powered transients that have been photometrically associated with short-duration GRBs, and we conclude by discussing what additional research is needed to further our understanding of GRB-SNe, in particular the role of binary-formation channels and the connection of GRB-SNe with superluminous SNe.
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Rights:This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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