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GRB Physics for Competitions — Vol. 2 (PDF, Updated — Better)

Summary:

• Reverse shocks and forward shocks.
• Jet breaks (the achromatic break in the afterglow light curve).
• Synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) cooling.
• Neutron star merger vs. collapsar discrimination using kilonova signatures.

• Definitions: baryonic fireball vs. Poynting-flux dominated.
• Acceleration and coasting phases; saturation radius R_sat ≈ R_0Γ.
• Deceleration by external medium: deceleration radius R_dec and single-shell self-similar Blandford–McKee (ultrarelativistic) solution scaling: Γ(R) ∝ R^(−3/2) for uniform ISM.

• Publication-grade vector graphics of jet breaks, light curves, and spectral energy distributions (SEDs).
• Color-coded schematics showing the forward shock, reverse shock, and kilonova components.