The key role of BeppoSAX in the GRB history. (arXiv:1902.06119v1 [astro-ph.HE])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Frontera_F/0/1/0/all/0/1">Filippo Frontera</a>
Twenty years have already been elapsed from the BeppoSAX discovery of the
first afterglow of a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) on February 28, 1997. Thanks to this
discovery, it was possible to unveil the 30 year mystery about GRB origin: GRBs
are huge explosions in galaxies at cosmological distances. Starting from the
first GRB detection with Vela satellites, I will review the main results
obtained before BeppoSAX, the story of the BeppoSAX discovery of the GRB
afterglow with the consequent cosmological distance determination, the main
BeppoSAX results and those obtained after the BeppoSAX era until to nowadays
with the still open problems and prospects.
Twenty years have already been elapsed from the BeppoSAX discovery of the
first afterglow of a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) on February 28, 1997. Thanks to this
discovery, it was possible to unveil the 30 year mystery about GRB origin: GRBs
are huge explosions in galaxies at cosmological distances. Starting from the
first GRB detection with Vela satellites, I will review the main results
obtained before BeppoSAX, the story of the BeppoSAX discovery of the GRB
afterglow with the consequent cosmological distance determination, the main
BeppoSAX results and those obtained after the BeppoSAX era until to nowadays
with the still open problems and prospects.
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