Supernovae and gamma-ray bursts†

^† Lecture Presented at ITEP Winter School, Zvenigorod, February 22–23, 2005

Abstract

The observed properties of Supernovae (SNe) and Cosmic Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are briefly summarized. Measurement of SNe distances in cosmology gives important results. It is explained how the acceleration of expansion of Universe was established using SNe. I point out which features of gaseous Supernova Remnants and GRBs (and their afterglows) are common and what is different in those events.

Keywords:

• Gamma-ray bursts
• Supernovae
• Stellar Explosion
• Mechanisms

Acknowledgements

I dedicate this work to the glowing memory of Karen Avetovich Ter-Martirosian. I am grateful to P.V. Baklanov, O. S. Bartunov, V. S. Imshennik, D. I. Kosenko, D. K. Nadyozhin, I. V. Panov, N. N. Pavlyuk, K. A. Postnov, F. Röpke, P. V. Sasorov, E. I. Sorokina, A. G.Tolstov, D. Yu. Tsvetkov, S. E. Woosley and other colleagues for their help and cooperation. A major part of this text and many computations are done at MPA, Garching, under the support of MPA guest program. I am grateful to W. Hillebrandt for his hospitality. This work was supported also partly by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (projects 05-02-17480, 04-02-16793) and by grant IB7320-110996/1 of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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^† Lecture Presented at ITEP Winter School, Zvenigorod, February 22–23, 2005