New perspectives in physics and astrophysics from the theoretical understanding of Gamma‐Ray Bursts

If due attention is given in formulating the basic equations for the Gamma‐Ray Burst (GRB) phenomenon and in performing the corresponding quantitative analysis, GRBs open a main avenue of inquiring on totally new physical and astrophysical regimes. This program is very likely one of the greatest computational efforts in physics and astrophysics and cannot be actuated using shortcuts. A systematic approach is needed which has been highlighted in three basic new paradigms: the relative space‐time transformation (RSTT) paradigm (Ruffini et al. [143]), the interpretation of the burst structure (IBS) paradigm (Ruffini et al. [144]), the GRB‐supernova time sequence (GSTS) paradigm (Ruffini et al. [145]). From the point of view of fundamental physics new regimes are explored: (1) the process of energy extraction from black holes; (2) the quantum and general relativistic effects of matter‐antimatter creation near the black hole horizon; (3) the physics of ultrarelativisitc shock waves with Lorentz gamma factor γ ...