Cosmological Models of Gamma-Ray Bursts

Abstract

We review models of cosmological gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The statistical and $\gamma$-ray transparency issues are summarized. Neutron-star and black-hole merger scenarios are described and estimates of merger rates are summarized. We review the simple fireball models for GRBs and the recent work on non-simple fireballs. Alternative cosmological models, including models where GRBs are analogs of active galactic nuclei and where they are produced by high-field, short period pulsars, are also mentioned. The value of neutrino astronomy to solve the GRB puzzle is briefly reviewed.

12 pages, no figures, uuencoded compressed postscript file. Invited review to appear in the proceedings of the 29th ESLAB Symposium "Towards the Source of Gamma-Ray Bursts," Noordwijk, Netherlands, 25-27 April, 1995

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