Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts, Their Afterglows, and Their Host Galaxies
arXiv:astro-ph/0211620
Abstract
This is a review article for the book "Compact Stellar X-Ray Sources", Editors W. Lewin and M. van der Klis, to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2003. It covers the phenomenology of cosmic gamma-ray bursts, the theory of their afterglows, and the observations and interpretation of their host galaxies.
47 pages, 11 figures. Revised version, with minor changes