GRBs and Fundamental Physics

doi:10.1007/s11214-016-0235-6

	GRBs and Fundamental Physics
	Petitjean, Patrick 1; Wang, F. Y.2,3; Wu, X. F.4; Wei, J. J.4
刊名	SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
	2016-12-01
卷号	202 期号:1-4 页码:195-234
ISSN号	0038-6308
DOI	10.1007/s11214-016-0235-6
通讯作者	Wang, F. Y.(fayinwang@nju.edu.cn)
英文摘要	Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are short and intense flashes at the cosmological distances, which are the most luminous explosions in the Universe. The high luminosities of GRBs make them detectable out to the edge of the visible universe. So, they are unique tools to probe the properties of high-redshift universe: including the cosmic expansion and dark energy, star formation rate, the reionization epoch and the metal evolution of the Universe. First, they can be used to constrain the history of cosmic acceleration and the evolution of dark energy in a redshift range hardly achievable by other cosmological probes. Second, long GRBs are believed to be formed by collapse of massive stars. So they can be used to derive the high-redshift star formation rate, which can not be probed by current observations. Moreover, the use of GRBs as cosmological tools could unveil the reionization history and metal evolution of the Universe, the intergalactic medium (IGM) properties and the nature of first stars in the early universe. But beyond that, the GRB high-energy photons can be applied to constrain Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) and to test Einstein's Equivalence Principle (EEP). In this paper, we review the progress on the GRB cosmology and fundamental physics probed by GRBs.
WOS关键词	GAMMA-RAY BURSTS ; STAR-FORMATION RATE ; METAL ABSORPTION-LINES ; INITIAL MASS FUNCTION ; POPULATION III STARS ; CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE ; FINE-STRUCTURE CONSTANT ; PROBE WMAP OBSERVATIONS ; EQUATION-OF-STATE ; 1ST STARS
WOS研究方向	Astronomy & Astrophysics
语种	英语
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS记录号	WOS:000388982800009
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://libir.pmo.ac.cn/handle/332002/23429]
专题	中国科学院紫金山天文台
通讯作者	Wang, F. Y.
作者单位	1.Inst Astrophys Paris, 98bis Blvd Arago, F-75014 Paris, France 2.Nanjing Univ, Sch Astron & Space Sci, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 3.Nanjing Univ, Key Lab Modern Astron & Astrophys, Minist Educ, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Purple Mt Observ, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Petitjean, Patrick,Wang, F. Y.,Wu, X. F.,et al. GRBs and Fundamental Physics[J]. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS,2016,202(1-4):195-234.
APA	Petitjean, Patrick,Wang, F. Y.,Wu, X. F.,&Wei, J. J..(2016).GRBs and Fundamental Physics.SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS,202(1-4),195-234.
MLA	Petitjean, Patrick,et al."GRBs and Fundamental Physics".SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 202.1-4(2016):195-234.