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The very early optical afterglow of GRBs, revealing the nature of the ejecta
Y. Z. Fan, Bing Zhang, D. M. Wei
We show that if the GRB ejecta itself is magnetized or neutron-rich, the very early afterglow of GRBs is very different from that powered by a pure ion fireball. In the Swift era,…
Gamma-Ray Bursts: Progress, Problems & Prospects
Bing Zhang, Peter Meszaros
The cosmological gamma-ray burst (GRB) phenomenon is reviewed. The broad observational facts and empirical phenomenological relations of the GRB prompt emission and afterglow are o…
Some recent developments in gamma-ray burst afterglow and prompt emission models
Bing Zhang, Peter Meszaros, Junfeng Wang
Extensive observational campaigns of afterglow hunting have greatly enriched our understanding of the gamma-ray burst (GRB) phenomenon. Efforts have been made recently to explore s…
Radio pulsar death
Bing Zhang
Pulsar radio emission is believed to be originated from the electron-positron pairs streaming out from the polar cap region. Pair formation, an essential condition for pulsar radio…
On the nature of soft Gamma-ray repeaters
Bing Zhang
Soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) and Anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs) are generally accepted to be magnetars. Recently, Zhang, Xu & Qiao (2000, ApJ, 545, L127) proposed an alternative…
Inner magnetospheric accelerators in high magnetic field pulsars
Bing Zhang, Alice K. Harding
Photon splitting is a QED process that can potentially suppress pair production in the inner magnetosphere of a pulsar with a super-strong magnetic field, and hence, may quench rad…