Cosmic gamma ray burst-recent developments and observations from SROSS satellites

Abstract

Amongst a dozen energetic phenomena discovered during the past quarter century, the enigma of classical gamma ray bursts (GRBs) is as great as ever, with no consensus on what causes these bursts. The once dominant galactic neutron star model of GRBs has lost its popularity to the extragalactic and cosmological models In view of COMPTON's observations. The observational efforts in tracking down these mysterious sources are at the moment truly international, with emphasis on the best localizations followed by deep searches for counterparts at other wavelengths.