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MAGIC observations of the nearby short gamma-ray burst GRB 160821B

The coincident detection of GW170817 in gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation spanning the radio to MeV gamma-ray bands provided the first direct evidence that short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can originate from binary neutron star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-18 MAGIC Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , K. Asano , D. Baack , A. Babić , A. Baquero , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , M. Bernardos , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , M. Cerruti , Y. Chai , A. Chilingarian , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , D. Depaoli , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , G. Ferrara , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , S. Fukami , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , J. G. Green , D. Green , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , M. Hütten , T. Inada , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , J. Jormanainen , L. Jouvin , Y. Kajiwara , M. Karjalainen , D. Kerszberg , Y. Kobayashi , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , S. Mender , S. Mićanović , D. Miceli , T. Miener , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , V. Neustroev , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , L. Pavletić , P. Peñil , C. Perennes , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , C. Priyadarshi , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , F. G. Saturni , B. Schleicher , K. Schmidt , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , T. Surić , M. Takahashi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Albà , L. Tosti , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , M. Will , D. Zarić , L. Nava

Multiwavelength Gamma-Ray Bursts Observations with ECLAIRs

ECLAIRs is the next space borne instrument that will be fully dedicated to multi-wavelength studies of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). It consists of a coded mask telescope with a wide (~2 sr) field of view, made of 6400 CdTe pixels (~1000 cm^2),…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Diego Gotz

MASTER prompt and follow-up GRB observations

There are the results of gamma-ray bursts observations obtained using the MASTER robotic telescope in 2007 - 2009. We observed 20 error-boxes of gamma-ray bursts this period.The limits on their optical brightnesses have been derived. There…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Nataly Tyurina , Vladimir Lipunov , Victor Kornilov , Evgeny Gorbovskoy , Nikolaj Shatskij , Dmitry Kuvshinov , Pavel Balanutsa , Alexander Belinski , Vadim Krushinsky , Ivan Zalozhnyh , Andrey Tlatov , Alexander Parkhomenko , Kirill Ivanov , Sergey Yazev , Petr Kortunov , Anatoly Sankovich , Artem Kuznetsov

Very High Energy Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst Locations with the Whipple Telescope

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) observations at very high energies (VHE, E > 100 GeV) can impose tight constraints on some GRB emission models. Many GRB afterglow models predict a VHE component similar to that seen in blazars and plerions, in which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. Horan , R. W. Atkins , H. M. Badran , G. Blaylock , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , K. L. Byrum , O. Celik , Y. C. K. Chow , P. Cogan , W. Cui , M. K. Daniel , I. de la Calle Perez , C. Dowdall , A. D. Falcone , D. J. Fegan , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , P. Fortin , L. F. Fortson , G. H. Gillanders , J. Grube , K. J. Gutierrez , J. Hall , D. Hanna , J. Holder , S. B. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , G. E. Kenny , M. Kertzman , D. B. Kieda , J. Kildea , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , G. Maier , P. Moriarty , T. Nagai , R. A. Ong , J. S. Perkins , D. Petry , J. Quinn , M. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , H. J. Rose , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , D. Steele , S. P. Swordy , J. A. Toner , L. Valcarcel , V. V. Vassiliev , R. G. Wagner , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes , R. J. White , D. A. Williams

GRBs as Probes of the Early Universe with TSO

Long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous known electromagnetic radiation sources in the Universe for the 3 to 300 sec of their prompt flashes (isotropic X/ gamma-ray luminosities up to 10^53 ergs/sec). Their afterglows have first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-20 Nial Tanvir , Jonathan Grindlay , Edo Berger , Brian Metzger , Suvi Gezari , Zeljko Ivezic , Jacob Jencson , Mansi Kasliwal , Alexander Kutyrev , Chelsea Macleod , Gary Melnick , Bill Purcell , George Rieke , Yue Shen , Michael Wood Vasey

MAGICal GRB 190114C: Implications of cutoff in the spectrum at sub-$GeV$ energies

GRB 190114C is an unusual gamma-ray burst (GRB) due to its detection at sub-$TeV$ energies by MAGIC, seen at redshift z = 0.42. This burst is one of the brightest GRB detected by \fermi. A joint GBM-LAT analysis of the prompt emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-03 Vikas Chand , Partha Sarathi Pal , Ankush Banerjee , Vidushi Sharma , P. H. T. Tam , Xinbo He

The First Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Universe

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the ultimate cosmic lighthouses, capable of illuminating the universe at its earliest epochs. Could such events probe the properties of the first stars at z $\sim$ 20, the end of the cosmic Dark Ages? Previous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-16 R. A. Mesler , Daniel J. Whalen , Joseph Smidt , Chris L. Fryer , N. M. Lloyd-Ronning , Y. M. Pihlström

Methods for statistical detection of GRBs in the context of the LST-CTAO

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) afterglows are rapidly decaying signals that pose significant detection challenges, requiring improved methods to track their temporal evolution. In this study, we systematically compare various techniques for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-23 Léo Le Moigne , Mathieu de Bony de Lavergne , Armand Fiasson , Edna Ruiz-Velasco , David Sanchez , Kenta Terauchi

The Swift X-ray Telescope

The Swift Gamma-Ray Explorer is designed to make prompt multiwavelength observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and GRB afterglows. The X-ray Telescope (XRT) enables Swift to determine GRB positions with a few arcseconds accuracy within 100…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 David N. Burrows , J. E. Hill , J. A. Nousek , J. A. Kennea , A. Wells , J. P. Osborne , A. F. Abbey , A. Beardmore , K Mukerjee , A. D. T. Short , G. Chincarini , S. Campana , O. Citterio , A. Moretti , C. Pagani , G. Tagliaferri , P. Giommi , M. Capalbi , F. Tamburelli , L. Angelini , G. Cusumano , H. W. Braeuninger , W. Burkert , G. D. Hartner

Gamma-ray burst prompt correlations: selection and instrumental effects

The prompt emission mechanism of gamma-ray bursts (GRB) even after several decades remains a mystery. However, it is believed that correlations between observable GRB properties given their huge luminosity/radiated energy and redshift…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-25 Maria Dainotti

Observation of GRBs with AGILE

Since its early phases of operation, the AGILE satellite is observing Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) over an energy range potentially spanning six orders of magnitude. In the hard X-ray band the SuperAGILE imager provides localization of about one…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-09 M. Marisaldi , G. Barbiellini , E. Costa , S. Cutini , E. Del Monte , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , F. Fuschino , M. Galli , A. Giuliani , C. Labanti , I. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , P. Lipari , F. Longo , S. Mereghetti , E. Moretti , L. Pacciani , M. Rapisarda , P. Soffitta , M. Tavani , M. Trifoglio , S. Vercellone

Highlights of the MAGIC AGN program

MAGIC is a system of two Cherenkov telescopes designed to perform observations of gamma rays with energies from about 50 GeV to tens of TeV. A low energy threshold and an excellent low energy performance make it a powerful instrument for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-22 Julian Sitarek , the MAGIC Collaboration

Observing the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) were first detected thanks to their prompt emission, which was the only information available for decades. In 2010, while the high-energy prompt emission remains the main tool for the detection and the first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-19 Jean-Luc Atteia , Michel Boër

The second H.E.S.S. gamma-ray burst catalogue: 15 years of observations with the H.E.S.S. telescopes

Recent observational efforts using imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have led to firm detections of very-high-energy (VHE) signals from bright gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), often at moderate redshifts. This work presents 15 years…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-24 A. Acharyya , F. Aharonian , C. Arcaro , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , V. Barbosa Martins , R. Batzofin , Y. Becherini , D. Berge , K. Bernlöhr , M. Böttcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , J. Borowska , F. Brun , B. Bruno , C. Burger-Scheidlin , S. Casanova , J. Celic , M. Cerruti , S. Chandra , A. Chen , M. Chernyakova , J. O. Chibueze , O. Chibueze , T. Collins , B. Cornejo , G. Cotter , J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye , I. D. Davids , J. de Assis Scarpin , M. de Bony de Lavergne , M. de Naurois , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , A. G. Delgado Giler , J. Devin , A. Djannati-Ataï , J. Djuvsland , A. Dmytriiev , K. Egberts , K. Egg , J. -P. Ernenwein , C. Escañuela Nieves , M. D. Filipovic , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , M. Genaro , J. F. Glicenstein , J. Glombitza , M. -H. Grondin , L. Heckmann , B. Heß , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , Z. Huang , M. Jamrozy , F. Jankowsky , I. Jaroschewski , D. Jimeno Sanchez , I. Jung-Richardt , E. Kasai , K. Kasprzak , K. Katarzyński , D. Kerszberg , B. Khélifi , W. Kluzniak , N. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , R. G. Lang , S. Lazarević , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , P. Liniewicz , A. Luashvili , J. Mackey , D. Malyshev , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , M. Mayer , A. Mehta , A. Mikhno , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. O. Moghadam , L. Mohrmann , A. Montanari , E. Moulin , J. Niemiec , P. O'Brien , L. Olivera-Nieto , S. Panny , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , U. Pensec , P. Pichard , S. Pita , G. Pühlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , M. Regeard , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , I. Reis , H. Ren , B. Reville , F. Rieger , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , E. Ruiz-Velasco , K. Sabri , V. Sahakian , H. Salzmann , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , F. Schüssler , M. Senniappan , J. N. S. Shapopi , W. Si Said , H. Sol , S. Spencer , Ł. Stawarz , S. Steinmassl , T. Tanaka , A. M. Taylor , G. L. Taylor , R. Terrier , M. Tsirou , T. Unbehaun , C. van Eldik , M. Vecchi , C. Venter , J. Vink , T. Wach , S. J. Wagner , A. Wierzcholska , M. Zacharias , A. A. Zdziarski , W. Zhong , S. J. Zhu , A. Zech

Probing Particle Acceleration through Broadband Early Afterglow Emission of MAGIC Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 190114C

Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes (MAGIC) detected the gamma-ray afterglow of GRB 190114C, which can constrain microscopic parameters of the shock-heated plasma emitting non-thermal emission. Focusing on the early…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-22 Katsuaki Asano , Kohta Murase , Kenji Toma

GRB 190114C: from prompt to afterglow?

GRB 190114C is the first gamma-ray burst detected at Very High Energies (VHE, i.e. >300 GeV) by the MAGIC Cherenkov telescope. The analysis of the emission detected by the Fermi satellite at lower energies, in the 10 keV -- 100 GeV energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-05 M. E. Ravasio , G. Oganesyan , O. S. Salafia , G. Ghirlanda , G. Ghisellini , M. Branchesi , S. Campana , S. Covino , R. Salvaterra

Fires in the deep: The luminosity distribution of early-time gamma-ray-burst afterglows in light of the Gamow Explorer sensitivity requirements

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are ideal probes of the Universe at high redshift (z > 5), pinpointing the locations of the earliest star-forming galaxies and providing bright backlights that can be used to spectrally fingerprint the intergalactic…

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Cosmic gamma-ray bursts: the most energetic phenomenon in the Universe

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) have remained a puzzle for many high-energy astrophysicists since their discovery in 1967. With the advent of the X-ray satellites BeppoSAX and RossiXTE, it has been possible to carry out deep multi-wavelength…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Alberto J. Castro-Tirado

Theories of GRB Early Afterglow

The rapid follow-up of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows made possible by the multi-wavelength satellite Swift, launched in November 2004, has put under a microscope the GRB early post-burst behavior, This is leading to a significant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Meszaros

A Search for Prompt Very High Energy Emission from Satellite-detected Gamma-ray Bursts using Milagro

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been detected up to GeV energies and are predicted by many models to emit in the very high energy (VHE, > 100 GeV) regime too. Detection of such emission would allow us to constrain GRB models. Since its launch,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-15 Milagro Collaboration , P. M. Saz Parkinson , B. L. Dingus