Bing Zhang is a Professor of Astrophysics at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a Changjiang Visiting Chair Professor of Astrophysics at Peking University, Beijing, and a fellow of the American Physics Society. His research interests include astrophysics of black holes of different scales, neutron stars of different species, relativistic jets, radiation mechanisms, and multi-messenger astrophysics. He has published more than 300 refereed papers. Most of his published works are related to the physics of gamma-ray bursts, and he is one of the most cited theorists in the field. He has extensive teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction
2. GRB Phenomenology
3. Relativity
4. Relativistic shocks
5. Leptonic processes
6. Hadronic processes
7. Basic theoretical framework
8. Afterglow physics
9. Prompt emission physics
10. Progenitor
11. Central engine
12. Non-electromagnetic signals
13. Cosmological context
14. Other topics
References
Index.
