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We analyze images of the CFHTLS Very Wide Survey to search for visible orphan afterglows from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We have searched 490 square degrees down to magnitude r'=22.5 for visible transients similar to GRB afterglows. We…

We discuss jet dynamics for narrow and wide gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow jets and the observational implications of numerical simulations of relativistic jets in two dimensions. We confirm earlier numerical results that sideways…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Hendrik J. van Eerten , Andrew I. MacFadyen

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are fascinating extragalactic objects. They represent a fantastic opportunity to investigate unique properties not exhibited in other sources. Multi-wavelength afterglow observations from some short- and…

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows are likely produced in the shock that is driven as the GRB jet interacts with the external medium. Long-duration GRBs are also associated with powerful supernovae (SNe). We consider the optical and radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-08 Adithan Kathirgamaraju , Rodolfo Barniol Duran , Dimitrios Giannios

We present results for a large number of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow light curve calculations, done by combining high resolution two-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamics simulations using RAM with a synchrotron radiation code. Results…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 H. J. van Eerten , A. I. MacFadyen

We verified the off-axis jet model of X-ray flashes (XRFs) and examined a discovery of off-axis orphan gamma-ray burst (GRBs) afterglows. The XRF sample was selected on the basis of the following three factors: (1) a constraint on the lower…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-29 Yuji Urata , Kuiyun Huang , Ryo Yamazaki , Takanori Sakamoto

The afterglow of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) has been widely argued to arise from the interaction of a relativistic outflow with its ambient medium. During such an interaction, a pair of shocks are generated: a forward shock that propagates…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-28 Sen-Lin Pang , Zi-Gao Dai

The broadband afterglow of Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is usually believed to originate from the synchrotron radiation of electrons accelerated by the external shock of relativistic jets. Therefore, the jet structure should have a significant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-03 Jin-Da Li , He Gao , Shunke Ai , Wei-Hua Lei

According to popular progenitor models of gamma-ray bursts, twin jets should be launched by the central engine, with a forward jet moving toward the observer and a receding jet (or the counter jet) moving backwardly. However, in calculating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Xin Wang , Y. F. Huang , Si-Wei Kong

In the \swift era, two-component jet models were introduced to explain the complex temporal profiles and the diversity of early afterglows. In this paper, we concentrate on the two-component jet model; first component is the conventional…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Kohei Inayoshi , Ryo Tsutsui

The X-ray afterglows (AGs) of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and X-Ray Flashes (XRFs) have, after the fast decline phase of their prompt emission, a temporal behaviour varying between two extremes. A large fraction of these AGs has a 'canonical'…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Shlomo Dado , Arnon Dar , A. De Rujula

GRB 170817A/GW 170817 is the first GRB clearly viewed far from the GRB jet's symmetry axis. Its afterglow was densely monitored over a wide range of frequencies and times. It has been modeled extensively, primarily numerically, and although…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-06 Paz Beniamini , Jonathan Granot , Ramandeep Gill

We numerically compute light and polarisation curves of gamma-ray burst afterglows for various configurations of the jet luminosity structure and for different dynamical evolutions. We especially consider the standard homogeneous ``top…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Elena M. Rossi , D. Lazzati , Jay D. Salmonson , G. Ghisellini

The conventional derivation of the gamma-ray burst afterglow jet break time uses only the blast wave fluid Lorentz factor and therefore leads to an achromatic break. We show that in general gamma-ray burst afterglow jet breaks are chromatic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 H. J. van Eerten , Z. Meliani , R. A. M. J. Wijers , R. Keppens

Gravitational-wave detected neutron star mergers provide an opportunity to investigate short gamma-ray burst (GRB) jet afterglows without the GRB trigger. Here we show that the post-peak afterglow decline can distinguish between an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-22 Gavin P Lamb , Ilya Mandel , Lekshmi Resmi

We present the result of a search for orphan Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) afterglows in the Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) COSMOS survey. There is extensive theoretical and observational evidence suggesting that GRBs are collimated jets; the direct observation…

A number of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) exhibit the late simultaneous bumps in their optical and Xray afterglows around the jet break. Its origin is unclear. Based on the following two facts, we suggest that this feature may sound a transition…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-24 Xiao-Yan Li , Da-Bin Lin , Jia Ren , Shu-Jin Hou , Yu-Fei Li , Xiang-Gao Wang , En-Wei Liang

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are generally believed to occur in environments where the surrounding medium is either a uniform interstellar medium (ISM) or, in some cases, a dense stellar wind from a massive progenitor. Recently, GRB 191019A has…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-10 Xiao-Hong Zhao

We use published data in radio, optical and X-ray bands to analyze and model afterglows of GW/GRB 170817A. Our analysis is based on a phenomenological gamma-ray burst generator model which we previously used to study the prompt gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-09 Houri Ziaeepour

Short-duration Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) (\leq 2{\rm s}) have remained a mystery due to the lack of afterglow detection until recently. The models to interpret short GRBs invoke distinct progenitor scenarios. Here we present a generic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Y. Z. Fan , Bing Zhang , Shiho Kobayashi , Peter Meszaros