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We report on a very bright, long-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB), GRB~220426A, observed by \emph{Fermi} satellite. GRB~220426A with total duration of $T_{90}=6$~s is composed with two main pulses and some sub-peaks. The spectral analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-19 Li-Tao Deng , Da-Bin Lin , Li Zhou , Kai Wang , Xing Yang , Shu-Jin Hou , Jing Li , Xiang-Gao Wang , Rui-Jing Lu , En-Wei Liang

We report on the detailed analysis of the high-energy extended emission from the short Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) 081024B, detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Historically, this represents the first clear detection of temporal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Fermi LAT Collaboration , Fermi GBM Collaboration

The TAROT telescopes (Telescopes a Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires) are two robotic observatories designed to observe the prompt optical emission counterpart and the early afterglow of gamma ray bursts (GRBs). We present data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Klotz , M. Boer , J. L. Atteia , B. Gendre

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (FGST) has opened a new high-energy window in the study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). Here we present a thorough analysis of GRB 080825C, which triggered the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM), and was the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-04 LAT Collaboration

The optical and gamma-ray observations of GRB 080319B allow us to determine a fairly complete physical picture for this remarkable burst. The data indicate that the prompt optical and gamma-ray photons were produced at the same location but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-12 P. Kumar , A. Panaitescu

Prompt optical emission from the $\gamma$-ray burst of GRB 041219A has been reported by Vestrand et al. There was a fast rise of optical emission simultaneous with the dominant $\gamma$-ray pulse, and a tight correlation with the prompt…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Zheng Zheng , Ye Lu , Yong-Heng Zhao

Since its successful launch in June 2008, the {\it Fermi} Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made important breakthroughs in the understanding of the Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) phenomemon. The combination of the GBM and the LAT instruments onboard…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Frederic Piron , Valerie Connaughton

Although Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) have been detected for many decades, the lack of knowledge regarding the radiation mechanism that produces the energetic flash of radiation, or prompt emission, from these events has prevented the full use…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-23 Tyler Parsotan , Davide Lazzati

We perform a comprehensive stacking analysis of data collected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) of gamma-ray bursts (GRB) localized by the Swift spacecraft, which were not detected by the LAT but which fell within the instrument's…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-10 LAT Collaboration

We present an analysis of the unusual optical light curve of the gamma-ray burst GRB 081029, a long-soft burst with a redshift of z = 3.8479. We combine X-ray and optical observations from the Swift X-Ray Telescope and the Swift…

The observations of the exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A by the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope provide constraints on the nature of such unique astrophysical sources. GRB 130427A had the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-12-10 LAT collaboration , GBM collaboration

The prompt gamma-ray emission in gamma-ray bursts is believed to be produced by internal shocks within a relativistic unsteady outflow. The recent detection of prompt optical emission accompanying the prompt gamma-ray emission appears to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Zhuo Li , Eli Waxman

Radially inhomogeneous gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets release variable photospheric emission and can have internal shocks occurring above the photosphere. We generically formulate a photospheric emission model of GRBs including Compton…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Kenji Toma , Xue-Feng Wu , Peter Meszaros

Four years after the launch the Swift satellite the nature of the Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) broadband afterglow behaviour is still an open issue ad the standard external shock fireball models cannot easily explain the puzzling combined…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-08-05 M. Nardini , G. Ghisellini , G. Ghirlanda , A. Celotti

We report the detection of a faint optical flash by the 2-m Faulkes Telescope North simultaneously with the second of two prompt gamma-ray pulses in INTEGRAL gamma-ray burst (GRB) 080603A, beginning at t_rest = 37 s after the onset of the…

We report on the multiwavelength observations of the bright, long gamma-ray burst \GRB, by the \Fermi and \Swift observatories, and by the MOA and GROND optical telescopes. The analysis of the prompt phase reveals that \GRB shares many…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-01-11 LAT Collaboration , GBM Collaboration , Swift Collaboration , GROND Collaboration , the MOA Collaboration

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the $Fermi$ spacecraft routinely observes high-energy emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Here we present the second catalog of LAT-detected GRBs, covering the first 10 years of operations, from 2008…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-28 M. Axelsson , E. Bissaldi , N. Omodei , G. Vianello

The bright gamma-ray burst GRB050525a has been detected with the Swift observatory, providing unique multiwavelength coverage from the very earliest phases of the burst. The X-ray and optical/UV afterglow decay light curves both exhibit a…

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are widely believed to be highly-collimated explosions (opening angle theta ~ 1-10 deg). As a result of this beaming factor, the true energy release from a GRB is usually several orders of magnitude…

Optical Transients from gamma-ray burst sources, in addition to offering a distance determination, convey important information on the physics of the emission mechanism, and perhaps also about the underlying energy source. As the gamma-ray…