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Well-sampled optical lightcurves of 146 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are compiled from the literature. By empirical fitting we identify eight possible emission components and summarize the results in a "synthetic" lightcurve. Both optical flare…

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We report the discovery of a correlation among three prompt emission properties of GRBs. These are the isotropic peak luminosity L_iso, the peak energy of the time-integrated prompt emission spectrum E_pk, and the ``high signal" timescale…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Firmani , G. Ghisellini , V. Avila-Reese , G. Ghirlanda

We consider whether the variability properties of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) that produce bright optical and longer wavelength transient afterglows (A-GRBs) are the same as a larger, inclusive sample of bright, long-duration GRBs, selected…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joseph A. Munoz , Jonathan C. Tan

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense, short-lived bursts of gamma-ray radiation observed up to a high redshift ($z \sim 10$) due to their luminosities. Thus, they can serve as cosmological tools to probe the early Universe. However, we need…

We develop a robust technique to determine the minimum variability timescale for Gamma-ray Burst light curves, utilizing Haar wavelets. Our approach averages over the data for a given GRB, providing an aggregate measure of signal variation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 V. Zach Golkhou , Nathaniel R. Butler

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most exciting sources that offer valuable opportunities for investigating the evolution of energy fraction given to magnetic fields and particles through microphysical parameters during relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-07 Nissim Fraija , Maria G. Dainotti , Boris Betancourt Kamenetskaia , Antonio Galván-Gámez , Edilberto Aguilar-Ruiz

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are commonly attributed to the demise of massive stars or the merger of binary compact objects. However, their varied emission characteristics strongly imply the existence of multiple GRB classes based on progenitor…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-12 Nishil Mehta , Shabnam Iyyani

We show that the time variability of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) appears to be correlated with the absolute luminosity of the burst: smooth bursts are intrinsically less luminous. This Cepheid-like relationship can be used to determine the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. E. Fenimore , E. Ramirez-Ruiz

We propose a new method for the classification of optically dark gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), based on the X-ray and optical-to-X-ray spectral indices of GRB afterglows, and utilizing the spectral capabilities of Swift. This method depends less…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-03-19 A. J. van der Horst , C. Kouveliotou , N. Gehrels , E. Rol , R. A. M. J. Wijers , J. K. Cannizzo , J. Racusin , D. N. Burrows

Clustering methods are an important tool to enumerate and describe the different coherent kinds of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). But their performance can be affected by a number of factors such as the choice of clustering algorithm and inherent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-13 Souradeep Chattopadhyay , Ranjan Maitra

Determining the kinds of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been of interest to astronomers for many years. We analyzed 1599 GRBs from the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) 4Br catalogue using $t$-mixtures-model-based clustering on all…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-28 Souradeep Chattopadhyay , Ranjan Maitra

In this paper, we simulate the prompt emission light curves of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) within the framework of the Internal-Collision-induced MAgnetic Reconnection and Turbulence (ICMART) model. This model applies to GRBs with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Bo Zhang , Bing Zhang

Positive lags between the arrival time of different photon energies are commonly observed in Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), where soft photons lag behind harder ones. However, some GRBs exhibit the opposite behavior. In particular, Fermi LAT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-21 C. Maraventano , G. Ghirlanda , L. Nava , T. Di Salvo , W. Leone , R. Iaria , L. Burderi , A. Tsvetkova

We test the gamma-ray burst correlation between temporal variability and peak luminosity of the $\gamma$-ray profile on a homogeneous sample of 36 Swift/BAT GRBs with firm redshift determination. This is the first time that this correlation…

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most luminous explosions in the Universe and serve as powerful probes of the early cosmos. However, the rapid fading of their afterglows and the scarcity of spectroscopic measurements make photometric…

Soft gamma repeaters (SGRs) have unique properties that make them intriguing targets for gravitational wave (GW) searches. They are nearby, their burst emission mechanism may involve neutron star crust fractures and excitation of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-04-28 P. Kalmus , K. C. Cannon , S. Marka , B. J. Owen

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) show different behaviours and trends in their spectral evolution. One of the methods used to understand the physical origin of these behaviours is to study correlation between the spectral fit parameters. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-09 Hüsne Dereli Bégué , Hoi-Fung Yu , Felix Ryde

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are ultra-relativistic collimated outflows, which emit synchrotron radiation throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum when they interact with their environment. This afterglow emission enables us to probe the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-09 M. D. Aksulu , R. A. M. J. Wijers , H. J. van Eerten , A. J. van der Horst

The observational diversity of optical emission, which coincides with prompt gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), has been discovered in the recent Swift era. We show that on the assumption of the synchrotron radiation for the observed energy range…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hirotsugu Doi , Kentaro Takami , Ryo Yamazaki

Spectral lag, the time difference between the arrival of high-energy and low-energy photons, is a common feature in Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs). Norris et al. 2000 reported a correlation between the spectral lag and the isotropic peak…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 T. N. Ukwatta , M. Stamatikos , K. S. Dhuga , T. Sakamoto , S. D. Barthelmy , A. Eskandarian , N. Gehrels , L. C. Maximon , J. P. Norris , W. C. Parke