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Explosions throughout the universe

Neil Gehrels

Astroparticle Physics Division, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

E-mail Address: neil.gehrels@nasa.gov

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John K. Cannizzo

CRESST/Joint Center for Astrophysics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA

E-mail Address: john.k.cannizzo@nasa.gov

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271817300038Cited by:2 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

High energy transients make up a diverse and exotic class of objects, from terrestrial lightning to $γ$ -ray bursts at cosmological distances. In this review, we provide a detailed look at some of the more exciting transients observed over the last few years by Swift and other high energy missions.

Based on talks presented at the Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, Rome, July 2015.

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PACS: 95.55.Ka, 95.85.Nv, 95.85.Pw, 96.60.qe, 97.10.Gz, 97.10.Jb, 97.60.Jd, 97.60.Lf

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