Perspectives on Gamma-Ray Burst Physics and Cosmology with Next Generation Facilities

Article Article scientifique Article Perspectives on Gamma-Ray Burst Physics and Cosmology with Next Generation Facilities eng 2016-07-21 2016-07-21 author Yuan Weimin author Amati Lorenzo author Cannizzo John K. author Cordier Bertrand author Gehrels Neil author Ghirlanda Giancarlo author Götz Diego author Produit Nicolas 0000-0001-7138-7677 22959 Département d'astronomie (ASTRO) author Qiu Yulei author Sun Jianchao 749749 author Tanvir Nial R. author Wei Jianyan author Zhang Chen 235-277 10.1007/s11214-016-0274-z 0038-6308 1606.09536 http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11214-016-0274-z <p>High-redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) beyond redshift ∼6 are potentially powerful tools to probe the distant early Universe. Their detections in large numbers and at truly high redshifts call for the next generation of high-energy wide-field instruments with unprecedented sensitivity at least one order of magnitude higher than the ones currently in orbit. On the other hand, follow-up observations of the afterglows of high-redshift GRBs and identification of their host galaxies, which would be difficult for the currently operating telescopes, require new, extremely large facilities of at multi-wavelengths. This chapter describes future experiments that are expected to advance this exciting field, both being currently built and being proposed. The legacy of Swift will be continued by SVOM, which is equipped with a set of space-based multi-wavelength instruments as well as and a ground segment including a wide angle camera and two follow-up telescopes. The established Lobster-eye X-ray focusing optics provides a promising technology for the detection of faint GRBs at very large distances, based on which the THESEUS, Einstein Probe and other mission concepts have been proposed. Follow-up observations and exploration of the reionization era will be enabled by large facilities such as SKA in the radio, the 30 m class telescopes in the optical/near-IR, and the space-borne WFIRST and JWST in the optical/near-IR/mid-IR. In addition, the X-ray and γ-ray polarization experiment POLAR is also introduced.</p> Gamma-ray bursts High-redshift Gamma-ray X-ray Instrumentation Dewey 520 Dewey 500.2 26 Département d'astronomie 12 34 Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire 132 false Space science reviews 202 1-4 42ed8a3a-5e2a-41dd-b949-657752c32957 Article (Published version) Restricted Article_scientifique_from_crossref.pdf 6023273 application/pdf 45f6589e3f7839cc21cc24deb4c01291a6225d2da7cc9caac5aaa216249b19e3 7cd90275-2c21-4bfb-b3f8-e6628dd5fdd0 Article (Accepted version) Public 1606.09536v1.pdf 7296771 application/pdf 1fb1ae97eb93b4ca4a343c40e33ecc390b2e9c8af375cf47466e7af8cd2a595d openAccess Faculté des sciences / Département d'astronomie Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire

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