High Energy Transients
arXiv:1207.6346 · doi:10.1098/rsta.2012.0270
Abstract
We present an overview of high energy transients in astrophysics, highlighting important advances over the past 50 years. We begin with early discoveries of gamma-ray transients, and then delve into physical details associated with a variety of phenomena. We discuss some of the unexpected transients found by Fermi and Swift, many of which are not easily classifiable or in some way challenge conventional wisdom. These objects are important insofar as they underscore the necessity of future, more detailed studies.
20 pages, 12 figures; "New windows on transients across the Universe issue" Discussion Meeting issue of Philosophical Transactions A, ed. P. O'Brien, S. Smartt, R. Wijers & K. Pounds; 2012, subm
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