Friday, November 27, 2000, 16:00
WHGA Auditorium
Prof. A. De Rujula, CERN
Abstract:
Gamma Ray Bursts (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.