Hylke Koers, Service de Physique Théorique, UL Brussels Neutrinos as probes of gamma-ray bursts Hylke Koers Based on work in collaboration with: Ralph Wijers (API Amsterdam) Asaf Pe’er (Giacconi fellow, Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute) Dimitrios Giannios (Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics Garching) Service de physique théorique, UL Brussels
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Hylke Koers, Service de Physique Théorique, UL Brussels
Neutrinos as probes ofgamma-ray bursts
Hylke Koers
Based on work in collaboration with:Ralph Wijers (API Amsterdam)Asaf Pe’er (Giacconi fellow, Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute)Dimitrios Giannios (Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics Garching)
Service de physique théorique, UL Brussels
Hylke Koers, Service de Physique Théorique, UL Brussels
Outline
Fireball neutrino cooling
Neutrino production in np collisions
Neutrino emission from choked GRBs
A gamma-ray burst primer
Hylke Koers, Service de Physique Théorique, UL Brussels
Motivation
Interesting for modelling: unresolved observations and extreme properties
Candidate sources of cosmic rays
Candidate sources of neutrinos
Probes of the universe up to z ~ 5, constraining DM and DE
Speculative ideas: constraining Lorentz invariance through arrival times, ... (?)
Hylke Koers, Service de Physique Théorique, UL Brussels
A GRB primer: observational landmarks
Some observational landmarks:
’60s: Discovery of very energetic flashes of gamma rays. (military VELA satellites) – distance scale?
>1991: Isotropic distribution found (BATSE all-sky monitor from CGRO)