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The prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (hereafter GRBs) probably comes from a highly relativistic wind which converts its kinetic energy into radiation via the formation of shocks within the wind itself. Such "internal shocks" can occur if…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Frederic Daigne , Robert Mochkovitch

We investigate the GeV emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), using the results from the Energetic Gamma Ray Experimental Telescope (EGRET), and in view of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST). Assuming that the conventional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-01 Shin'ichiro Ando , Ehud Nakar , Re'em Sari

Early X-ray emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) traces the transition between the prompt emission and the afterglow radiation, and its rapid flux decline is often interpreted as the tail of the prompt emission. As such, it can offer…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-08 Annarita Ierardi , Gor Oganesyan , Stefano Ascenzi , Marica Branchesi , Biswajit Banerjee , Samuele Ronchini

Long gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt emission shows a correlation between the intrinsic peak energy, $E_{\mathrm{p,i}}$, of the time-average $\nu F_{\nu}$ spectrum and the isotropic-equivalent peak gamma-ray luminosity, $L_{{\rm p,iso}}$, as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-17 Manuele Maistrello , Romain Maccary , Cristiano Guidorzi , Lorenzo Amati

The statistics of X-ray flares in the afterglow of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been studied extensively without considering the possible different origins of each flare. By satisfying six observational criteria, we find a sample composed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 Y. Wang , Y. Aimuratov , R. Moradi , M. Peresano , R. Ruffini , S. Shakeri

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt emission is commonly attributed to non-thermal radiation processes operating in the optically thin regions of a relativistic outflow. Among these, optically thin inverse-Compton (IC) scattering remains an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-31 Pragyan Pratim Bordoloi , Shubh Mittal , Shabnam Iyyani

The complete high-resolution lightcurves of Swift GRB 080319B present an opportunity for detailed temporal analysis of the prompt optical emission. With a two-component distribution of initial Lorentz factors, we simulate the dynamical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Si-Yao Xu , Zhuo Li

The prompt phase of gamma-ray burst (GRB) contains essential information regarding the physical nature and central engine, which are as yet unknown. In this paper, we investigate the self-organized criticality (SOC) phenomena in GRB prompt…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-12 Xiu-Juan Li , Wen-Long Zhang , Shuang-Xi Yi , Yu-Peng Yang , Jia-Lun Li

The many similarities between the prompt emission pulses in gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and X-ray flares during the fast decay and afterglow phases of GRBs suggest a common origin. In the cannonball (CB) model of GRBs, this common origin is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Shlomo Dado , Arnon Dar

As the standard gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt-emission model, the internal shock (IS) model can reproduce the fast-rise and slow-decay features of the pulses in the GRB light curve. The time- and energy-dependent polarization can deliver…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-24 Mi-Xiang Lan , Hao-Bing Wang , Siyao Xu , Siming Liu , Xue-Feng Wu

Using GRB 991216 as a prototype, it is shown that the intensity substructures observed in what is generally called the "prompt emission" in gamma ray bursts (GRBs) do originate in the collision between the accelerated baryonic matter (ABM)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Ruffini , C. L. Bianco , P. Chardonnet , F. Fraschetti , S. -S. Xue

With the successful launch of the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer, people expected the prompt optical flash like GRB990123 would be easily detected. However the fact that early optical flash have not been detected for a number of GRBs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. M. Wei

We present an updated catalog of 113 X-ray flares detected by Swift in the ~33% of the X-ray afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB). 43 flares have a measured redshift. For the first time the analysis is performed in 4 different X-ray energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 G. Chincarini , J. Mao , R. Margutti , M. G. Bernardini , C. Guidorzi , F. Pasotti , D. Giannios , M. Della Valle , A. Moretti , P. Romano , P. D'Avanzo , G. Cusumano , P. Giommi

Recently, the GeV radiation during the X-ray flare activity in GRB 100728A was detected by Feimi/LAT. Here we study the dynamics and emission properties of collision between two homogeneous shells based on the late internal shock model. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-07 K. Wang , Z. G. Dai

We assume that internal shocks of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) consist of multiple sub-jets with a collimation half-angle $\sim {\rm several }\times\gamma_i^{-1}$, where $\gamma_i$ is the Lorenz factor of each sub-jet. If by chance a sub-jet is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Takashi Nakamura

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are promising as sources of neutrinos and cosmic rays. In the internal shock scenario, blobs of plasma emitted from a central engine collide within a relativistic jet and form shocks, leading to particle acceleration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-06 Mauricio Bustamante , Jonas Heinze , Kohta Murase , Walter Winter

We intend to determine the type of circumburst medium and measure directly the initial Lorentz factor $\Gamma_0$ of GRB outflows. If the early X-ray afterglow lightcurve has a peak and the whole profile across the peak is consistent with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Rongrong Xue , Yizhong Fan , Daming Wei

The detection in 10 bursts of an optical counterpart emission (i.e. during the prompt GRB phase) that is 10-10000 brighter than the extrapolation of the burst spectrum to optical frequencies suggests a synchrotron self-Compton origin for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-11 A. Panaitescu

The gamma-ray burst GRB 180720B is very peculiar. On one hand, some interesting features have been found by performing the detailed time-resolved spectral analysis in the prompt phase. First, the `flux-tracking' pattern is exhibited both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-24 Ming-Ya Duan , Xiang-Gao Wang

X-ray flares are generally supposed to be produced by the later central engine activities, and may share the similar physical origin with prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). In this paper, we have analyzed all significant X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-08 Shuang-Xi Yi , Shao-Qiang Xi , Hai Yu , F. Y. Wang , Hui-Jun Mu , Lian-Zhong Lv , En-Wei Liang