Observations and Theory of Short GRBs at the Dawn of the Gravitational Wave Era

• Main Author: Stratta, Giulia (auth)
• Other Authors: Rossi, Andrea (auth), Dainotti, Maria Giovanna (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: galaxies; host galaxies; gamma-ray bursts; gamma-ray burst; GW170817; compact object mergers; short GRBs; prompt emission; progenitors; short gamma-ray bursts; spectrum; physics; binary neutron stars
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The book starts with a review of the established facts on the numerical simulations of binary neutron star mergers and simulations of short GRB jets that highlights the issues that need to be revised and further clarified, as the need to understand how the relativistic outflow was launched, what the...