Speaker
Nathan Walker
(Oregon State University)
Description
I will talk about difficulties associated with free parameters in modeling GRB emission. Without a way to constrain these parameters, inferring too much information from models can be problematic. Recent advances in the physics that can launch GRB jets, however, have the potential to enable a deep understanding of GRBs and their progenitors. My talk will address how degeneracies arise in simulations, with an emphasis on how they may be resolved.