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Understanding the engines and progenitors of gamma-ray bursts

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Our understanding of the engines and progenitors of gamma-ray bursts has expanded through the ages as a broader set of diagnostics has allowed us to test our understanding of these objects. Here we review the history of the growth in our understanding, focusing on 3 leading engines and 9 potential progenitors. The first gravitational wave detection of a short burst is the latest in a series of breakthrough observations shaping this understanding and we study the importance of multi-diagnostic, multi-messenger observations on these engines and their progenitors. Our understanding based on a detailed study of nearby bursts can be applied to make predictions for the trends expected as we begin to observe high redshift bursts and we discuss these trends.

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  1. Center for Theoretical Astrophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87544, Los Alamos, NM, USA

    Chris L. Fryer, Nicole Lloyd-Ronning, Ryan Wollaeger, Brandon Wiggins, Jonah Miller, Josh Dolence, Ben Ryan & Carl E. Fields

  2. Department of Physics, The George Washington University, 20052, Washington, DC, USA

    Chris L. Fryer

  3. University of New Mexico, 87544, Los Alamos, NM, USA

    Nicole Lloyd-Ronning

  4. Department of Physical Science, Southern Utah University, 84721, Cedar City, Utah, USA

    Brandon Wiggins

  5. Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA

    Jonah Miller

  6. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Carl E. Fields

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Fryer, C.L., Lloyd-Ronning, N., Wollaeger, R. et al. Understanding the engines and progenitors of gamma-ray bursts. Eur. Phys. J. A 55, 132 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2019-12818-y

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