Colloq Abstract - van der Horst

December 9, 2022

11:00am Mountain

Alexander van der Horst (GWU)

Radio Extremes in Gamma-Ray Burts

Abstract

Many high-energy astrophysical sources accelerate electrons to extreme velocities, resulting in broadband emission from synchrotron and other radiation processes. Multi-wavelength gamma-ray burst observations provide a unique probe of electron acceleration due to the relativistic nature of their collimated outflows. I will discuss recent developments in this area, both observationally and in modeling the observations, focusing on gamma-ray burst extremes from a radio perspective.


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