I.F.T.

Seminario

(Seminar)

December 1st 2000 Friday, 14:00 p.m.

Gamma Ray Bursts, a Mistery being Resolved

Alvaro de Rujula

(CERN)

Gamma Ray Burts (GRBs) have constituted a fascinating astrophysical conundrum since their discovery in the 60's. I shall briefly review their phenomenology and the history of how the mystery is unraveling at an ever-increasing pace. I shall discuss a very recent "cannonball" model of GRBs --developed in collaboration with Arnon Dar-- that, we contend, fares very well in describing the observational properties of GRBs, and implies interesting testable predictions.

Where: Modulo C-XVI, 3rd floor, Facultad de Ciencias U.A.M., C.U. Cantoblanco, 28049-Madrid