We provide a comprehensive review of major developments in our understanding of gamma-
ray bursts, with particular focus on the discoveries made within the last fifteen years when …

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) display a bimodal duration distribution with a separation between
the short-and long-duration bursts at about 2 s. The progenitors of long GRBs have been …

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 …

Gamma-ray bursts (GRB's), short and intense pulses of low-energy γ rays, have fascinated
astronomers and astrophysicists since their unexpected discovery in the late sixties. During …

Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the Universe, and their origin and
mechanism are the focus of intense research and debate. More than three decades after …

We present early observations of the afterglow of GRB 030329 and the spectroscopic
discovery of its associated supernova SN 2003dh. We obtained spectra of the afterglow of …

The cosmological gamma-ray burst (GRB) phenomenon is reviewed. The broad
observational facts and empirical phenomenological relations of the GRB prompt emission …

Well before the afterglow era, Paczynski (1986) noted that “cosmological” distances of GRBs
would imply that the energy release in gamma rays would be comparable to the energy …

We examine the propagation of two-dimensional relativistic jets through the stellar
progenitor in the collapsar model for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Each jet is parameterized by …

This review is concerned with a discussion of numerical methods for the solution of the
equations of special relativistic hydrodynamics (SRHD). Particular emphasis is put on a …