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Testing the ubiquitous presence of very high energy emission in gamma-ray bursts with the MAGIC telescopes

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful transient objects in the Universe, and they are a primary target for the MAGIC Collaboration. Recognizing the challenges of observing these elusive objects with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov…

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GRB Redshift Classifier to Follow-up High-Redshift GRBs Using Supervised Machine Learning

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-09 Maria Giovanna Dainotti , Shubham Bhardwaj , Christopher Cook , Joshua Ange , Nishan Lamichhane , Malgorzata Bogdan , Monnie McGee , Pavel Nadolsky , Milind Sarkar , Agnieszka Pollo , Shigehiro Nagataki

The H.E.S.S. II GRB Program

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are some of the most energetic and exotic events in the Universe, however their behaviour at the highest energies (>10 GeV) is largely unknown. Although the Fermi-LAT space telescope has detected several GRBs in this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 R. D. Parsons , A. Balzer , M. Füssling , C. Hoischen , M. Holler , A. M. W. Mitchell , G. Pühlhofer , G. Rowell , S. Wagner , E. Bissaldi , P. O'Brien , P. H. T. Tam

The trigger function of the space borne gamma-ray burst telescope ECLAIRs

Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) sign energetic explosions in the Universe, occurring at cosmological distances. Multi-wavelength observations of GRB allow to study their properties and to use them as cosmological tools. In 2012 the space borne…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-26 S. Schanne , B. Cordier , D. Gotz , A. Gros , P. Kestener , H. Le Provost , B. L'Huillier , M. Mur

GRBs and Relativistic Transients in the 2040s

Relativistic transients such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), jetted tidal disruption events, luminous fast blue optical transients, and fast X-ray transients, represent the brightest explosions in the Universe and serve dual roles as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-18 Nikhil Sarin , Andrew Levan , Nial Tanvir , Simone Scaringi , Fabio Ragosta , Andrea Melandri , Paul Groot , Paul O'Brien , Paul Lasky , Samaya Nissanke , Alexander Heger , Steve Schulze

ARGO-YBJ constraints on very high energy emission from GRBs

The ARGO-YBJ (Astrophysical Radiation Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing) experiment is designed for very high energy $\gamma$-astronomy and cosmic ray researches. Due to the full coverage of a large area ($5600 m^2$) with resistive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 YBJ Collaboration , G. Aielli

Expected Gamma-Ray Burst Detection Rates and Redshift Distributions for the BlackCAT CubeSat Mission

We report the results of an extensive set of simulations exploring the sensitivity of the BlackCAT CubeSat to long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). BlackCAT is a NASA APRA-funded CubeSat mission for the detection and real-time…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-03 Joseph M. Colosimo , Derek B. Fox , Abraham D. Falcone , David M. Palmer , Frederic Hancock , Michael Betts , William A. Bevidas , Jacob C. Buffington , David N. Burrows , Zachary E. Catlin , Timothy Emeigh , Thomas Forstmeier , Kadri M. Nizam , Collin Reichard , Ana C. Scigliani , Lukas R. Stone , Ian Thornton , Mitchell Wages , Daniel Washington , Michael E. Zugger

Gamma-Ray Bursts and Cosmology

The unrivalled, extreme luminosities of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) make them the favored beacons for sampling the high redshift Universe. To employ GRBs to study the cosmic terrain -- e.g., star and galaxy formation history -- GRB luminosities…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. P. Norris

Investigating the Possibility of Screening High-z GRBs based on BAT Prompt Emission Properties

Being able to quickly select among gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) seen by the Swift satellite those which are high-z candidates would give ground-based observers a better chance to determine a redshift for such distant GRBs. Information about…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-25 T. N. Ukwatta , T. Sakamoto , K. S. Dhuga , W. C. Parke , S. D. Barthelmy , N. Gehrels , M. Stamatikos , J. Tueller

The High Energy Telescope on EXIST

The Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope (EXIST) is a proposed next generation multi-wavelength survey mission. The primary instrument is a High Energy telescope (HET) that conducts the deepest survey for Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs),…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 J. Hong , J. E. Grindlay , B. Allen , S. D. Barthelmy , G. K. Skinner , N. Gehrels , the EXIST HET Working Group

Search for GeV Gamma Ray Bursts with the ARGO-YBJ Detector: Summary of Eight Years of Observations

The search for Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) emission in the energy range 1-100 GeV in coincidence with the satellite detection has been carried out using the Astrophysical Radiation with Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing (ARGO-YBJ)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-20 B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , P. Branchini , A. Budano , P. Camarri , Z. Cao , R. Cardarelli , S. Catalanotti , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , P. Creti , S. W. Cui , B. Z. Dai , A. D'Amone , Danzengluobu , I. De Mitri , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , T. Di Girolamo , G. Di Sciascio , C. F. Feng , Zhaoyang Feng , Zhenyong Feng , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , H. Y. Jia , Labaciren , H. J. Li , G. Liguori , C. Liu , J. Liu , M. Y. Liu , H. Lu , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , G. Mancarella , S. M. Mari , G. Marsella , D. Martello , S. Mastroianni , P. Montini , C. C. Ning , M. Panareo , L. Perrone , P. Pistilli , F. Ruggieri , P. Salvini , R. Santonico , P. R. Shen , X. D. Sheng , F. Shi , A. Surdo , Y. H. Tan , P. Vallania , S. Vernetto , C. Vigorito , H. Wang , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , L. Xue , Q. Y. Yang , X. C. Yang , Z. G. Yao , A. F. Yuan , M. Zha , H. M. Zhang , L. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , Zhaxiciren , Zhaxisangzhu , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu , G. Zizzi

Calibration of the GLAST Burst Monitor detectors

The GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM) will augment the capabilities of GLAST for the detection of cosmic gamma-ray bursts by extending the energy range (20 MeV to > 300 GeV) of the Large Area Telescope (LAT) towards lower energies by 2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Andreas von Kienlin , Elisabetta Bissaldi , Giselher G. Lichti , Helmut Steinle , Michael Krumrey , Martin Gerlach , Gerald J. Fishman , Charles Meegan , Narayana Bhat , Michael S. Briggs , Roland Diehl , Valerie Connaughton , Jochen Greiner , R. Marc Kippen , Chryssa Kouveliotou , William Paciesas , Robert Preece , Colleen Wilson-Hodge

High-z gamma-ray bursts for unraveling the dark ages mission HiZ-GUNDAM

We are now investigating and studying a small satellite mission HiZ-GUNDAM for future observation of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The mission concept is to probe "the end of dark ages and the dawn of formation of astronomical objects", i.e. the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Daisuke Yonetoku , Tatehiro Mihara , Tatsuya Sawano , Hirokazu Ikeda , Atsushi Harayama , Shunsuke Takata , Kazuki Yoshida , Hiroki Seta , Asuka Toyanago , Yasuaki Kagawa , Kentaro Kawai , Nobuyuki Kawai , Takanori Sakamoto , Motoko Serino , Shunsuke Kurosawa , Shuichi Gunji , Toru Tanimori , Toshio Murakami , Yoichi Yatsu , Kazutaka Yamaoka , Atsumasa Yoshida , Koji Kawabata , Toshio Matsumoto , Koji Tsumura , Shuji Matsuura , Mai Shirahata , Hirofumi Okita , Kensi Yanagisawa , Michitoshi Yoshida , Kentaro Motohara , HiZ-GUNDAM working group

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

Status of GRB Observations with the Suzaku Wideband All-sky Monitor

The Wide-band All-sky Monitor (WAM) is a function of the large lateral BGO shield of the Hard X-ray Detector (HXD) onboard Suzaku. Its large geometrical area of 800 cm^2 per side, the large stopping power for the hard X-rays and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 M. S. Tashiro , Y. Terada , Y. Urata , K. Onda , N. Kodaka , A. Endo , M. Suzuki , K. Morigami , K. Yamaoka , Y. E. Nakagawa , S. Sugita , Y. Fukazawa , M. Ohno , T. Takahashi , C. Kira , T. Uehara , T. Tamagawa , T. Enoto , R. Miyawaki , K. Nakazawa , K. Makishima , E. Sonoda , M. Yamauchi , S. Maeno , H. Tanaka , R. Hara , M. Suzuki , M. Kokubun , T. Takahashi , S. J. Hong , T. Murakami , H. Tajima , the HXD team

Possible Detection of Gamma Ray Air Showers in Coincidence with BATSE Gamma Ray Bursts

Project GRAND presents the results of a search for coincident high-energy gamma ray events in the direction and at the time of nine Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) detected by BATSE. A gamma ray has a non-negligible hadron production cross section;…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. F. Lin , J. Carpenter , S. Desch , J. Gress , J. Poirier , A. Roesch

GRB Probes of the Early Universe with EXIST

With the Swift detection of GRB090423 at z = 8.2, it was confirmed that GRBs are now detectable at (significantly) larger redshifts than AGN, and so can indeed be used as probes of the Early Universe. The proposed Energetic X-ray Imaging…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Jonathan E. Grindlay

The maximum isotropic energy of gamma-ray bursts

The most energetic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are remarkable sources releasing huge amounts of energy on short timescales. Their prompt emission, which usually lasts few seconds, is so bright that it is visible across the whole observable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-07 J-L. Atteia , V. Heussaff , J. -P. Dezalay , A. Klotz , D. Turpin , A. E. Tsvetkova , D. D. Frederiks , Y. Zolnierowski , F. Daigne , R. Mochkovitch

A targeted search for FRB counterparts with Konus-Wind

We present results of the search for hard X-ray/soft $\gamma$-ray emission in coincidence with publicly reported (via Transient Name Server, TNS; http://www.wis-tns.org/) fast radio bursts (FRBs). The search was carried out using continuous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-05 A. Ridnaia , D. Frederiks , D. Svinkin

Search for Gamma Ray Bursts with the Argo-YBJ Detector in Scaler Mode

We report on the search for Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) in the energy range 1-100 GeV in coincidence with the prompt emission detected by satellites using the Astrophysical Radiation with Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing (ARGO-YBJ) air…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 YBJ Collaboration , G. Aielli