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Probing the warm Inter-Galactic Medium through absorption against Gamma Ray Bursts X-ray afterglows

Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) afterglows close to their peak intensity are among the brightest X-ray sources in the sky. Despite their fast power-law like decay, when fluxes are integrated from minutes up to hours after the GRB event, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Fiore , F. Nicastro , S. Savaglio , L. Stella , M. Vietri

The very high energy view of gamma-ray bursts with the MAGIC telescopes

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the main targets for the observations of the MAGIC telescopes. As a result of the effort in improving the sensitivity of the instrument and the automatic follow-up strategy, MAGIC detected two GRBs in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-10 Alessio Berti , Željka Bošnjak , Alberto Castro-Tirado , Stefano Covino , Susumu Inoue , Francesco Longo , Serena Loporchio , Davide Miceli , Razmik Mirzoyan , Elena Moretti , Lara Nava , Koji Noda , David Paneque , Antonio Stamerra , Yusuke Suda , Kenta Terauchi , Ievgen Vovk , Katsuaki Asano , Satoshi Fukami , Nuria Jordana-Mitjans , Andrea Melandri , Carole Mundell , Michele Palatiello , Manisha Shrestha , Iain Steele

Measurements of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) with Glast

One of the scientific goals of the main instrument of GLAST is the study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) in the energy range from ~20 MeV to ~300 GeV. In order to extend the energy measurement towards lower energies a secondary instrument, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. G. Lichti , M. Briggs , R. Diehl , G. Fishman , J. Greiner , R. M. Kippen , C. Kouveliotou , C. Meegan , W. Paciesas , R. Preece , V. Schoenfelder , A. von Kienlin

The first GRB survey of the IBIS/PICsIT archive

The multi-purpose INTEGRAL mission is continuously contributing to Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) science, thanks to the performances of its two main instruments, IBIS and SPI, operating in the hard X-ray/soft gamma-ray domain. We investigate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 V. Bianchin , S. Mereghetti , C. Guidorzi , L. Foschini , G. Vianello , G. Malaguti , G. Di Cocco , F. Gianotti , F. Schiavone

Finding high-redshift gamma-ray bursts in tandem near-infrared and optical surveys

The race for the most distant object in the Universe has been played by long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), star-forming galaxies and quasars. GRBs took a temporary lead with the discovery of GRB 090423 at a redshift z=8.2, but now the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-19 S. Campana , G. Ghirlanda , R. Salvaterra , O. A. Gonzalez , M. Landoni , G. Pariani , A. Riva5 , M. Riva , S. J. Smartt , N. R. Tanvir , S. D. Vergani

MAGIC detection of GRB 201216C at $z=1.1$

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are explosive transient events occurring at cosmological distances, releasing a large amount of energy as electromagnetic radiation over several energy bands. We report the detection of the long GRB~201216C by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-03 H. Abe , S. Abe , V. A. Acciari , I. Agudo , T. Aniello , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , C. Arcaro , M. Artero , K. Asano , D. Baack , A. Babić , A. Baquero , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batković , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , J. Bernete , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , I. Burelli , G. Busetto , A. Campoy-Ordaz , A. Carosi , R. Carosi , M. Carretero-Castrillo , A. J. Castro-Tirado , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , A. Cifuentes , S. Cikota , 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 , A. Del Popolo , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , D. Depaoli , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , G. Emery , J. Escudero , L. Fariña , A. Fattorini , L. Foffano , L. Font , S. Fukami , Y. Fukazawa , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , J. G. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , R. Grau , D. Green , J. G. Green , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera , D. Hrupec , M. Hütten , R. Imazawa , T. Inada , R. Iotov , K. Ishio , I. Jiménez Martínez , J. Jormanainen , D. Kerszberg , G. W. Kluge , Y. Kobayashi , P. M. Kouch , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Láinez Lezáun , A. Lamastra , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , L. Linhoff , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , A. Lorini , E. Lyard , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , G. Maneva , N. Mang , M. Manganaro , S. Mangano , K. Mannheim , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , A. Mas-Aguilar , D. Mazin , S. Menchiari , S. Mender , S. Mićanović , D. Miceli , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , M. Molero González , E. Molina , H. A. Mondal , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , C. Nanci , L. Nava , V. Neustroev , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , L. Nikolić , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , T. Njoh Ekoume , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , A. Okumura , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , L. Pavletić , D. Pavlović , M. Persic , M. Pihet , G. Pirola , F. Podobnik , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , G. Principe , C. Priyadarshi , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , F. G. Saturni , B. Schleicher , K. Schmidt , F. Schmuckermaier , J. L. Schubert , T. Schweizer , A. Sciaccaluga , J. Sitarek , V. Sliusar , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , J. Strišković , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , S. Suutarinen , H. Tajima , M. Takahashi , R. Takeishi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , K. Terauchi , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , L. Tosti , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , I. Viale , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , R. Walter , M. Will , T. Yamamoto , A. Gomboc , N. Jordana-Mitjans , A. Melandri , C. G. Mundell , M. Shrestha , I. A. Steele

Search for Gamma Ray Bursts with the ARGO-YBJ Detector in Shower Mode

The ARGO-YBJ detector, located at the Yangbajing Cosmic Ray Laboratory (4300 m a. s. l., Tibet, China), was a full coverage air shower array dedicated to gamma ray astronomy and cosmic ray studies. The wide field of view (~ 2 sr) and high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-13 B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , Z. Cao , S. Catalanotti , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , S. W. Cui , B. Z. Dai , A. D Amone , Danzeng Luobu , I. De Mitri , B. D Ettorre Piazzoli , T. Di Girolamo , G. Di Sciascio , C. F. Feng , Zhaoyang Feng , Zhenyong Feng , W. Gao , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , H. Y. Jia , Labaci Ren , H. J. Li , C. Liu , J. Liu , M. Y. Liu , H. Lu , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , G. Mancarella , S. M. Mari , G. Marsella , S. Mastroianni , P. Montini , C. C. Ning , L. Perrone , P. Pistilli , 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 , Zhaxici Ren , Zhaxisang Zhu , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu

The Long-term Monitoring Results of Insight-HXMT in the First 4 Yr Galactic Plane Scanning Survey

The first X-ray source catalog of Insight-HXMT Galactic Plane (|b|<10deg) Scanning Survey (GPSS) is presented based on the data accumulated from June 2017 to August 2021. The 4 yr limit sensitivities at main energy bands can reach…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-12 Chen Wang , Jin-Yuan Liao , Ju Guan , Yuan Liu , Cheng-Kui Li , Na Sai , Qi Luo , Jing Jin , Yi Nang , Shuang-Nan Zhang

Observation of GRBs by the MAGIC Telescope, Status and Outlook

Observation of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) in the Very High Energy (VHE) domain will provide important information on the physical conditions in GRB outflows. The MAGIC telescope is the best suited Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-11 D. Bastieri , N. Galante , M. Garczarczyk , M. Gaug , F. Longo , S. Mizobuchi , V. Scapin

Proposed Next Generation GRB Mission: EXIST

A next generation Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) mission to follow the upcoming Swift mission is described. The proposed Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope, EXIST, would yield the limiting (practical) GRB trigger sensitivity, broad-band…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Grindlay , N. Gehrels , F. Harrison , R. Blandford , G. Fishman , C. Kouveliotou , D. H. Hartmann , S. Woosley , W. Craig , J. Hong

Search for gamma-rays from the unusually bright GRB 130427A with the HAWC Gamma-ray Observatory

The first limits on the prompt emission from the long gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A in the $>100\nobreakspace\rm{GeV}$ energy band are reported. GRB 130427A was the most powerful burst ever detected with a redshift $z\lesssim0.5$ and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-01 The HAWC collaboration , A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , B. M. Baughman , N. Bautista-Elivar , S. Y. BenZvi , M. Bonilla Rosales , J. Braun , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carramiñana , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , T. DeYoung , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , A. Galindo , F. Garfias , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , M. Gussert , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , P. Hüntemeyer , C. M. Hui , A. Imran , A. Iriarte , P. Karn , D. Kieda , G. J. Kunde , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , M. Longo , R. Luna-García , K. Malone , A. Marinelli , S. S. Marinelli , H. Martinez , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , E. Mendoza Torres , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , R. Noriega-Papaqui , T. O. Oceguera-Becerra , B. Patricelli , R. Pelayo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. Pretz , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks Woodle , R. W. Springer , I. Taboada , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , G. B. Yodh , P. W. Younk , D. Zaborov , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

The Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor

The Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) will significantly augment the science return from the Fermi Observatory in the study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). The primary objective of GBM is to extend the energy range over which bursts are observed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Charles Meegan , Giselher Lichti , P. N. Bhat , Elisabetta Bissaldi , Michael S. Briggs , Valerie Connaughton , Roland Diehl , Gerald Fishman , Jochen Greiner , Andrew S. Hoover , Alexander J. van der Horst , Andreas von Kienlin , R. Marc Kippen , Chryssa Kouveliotou , Sheila McBreen , W. S. Paciesas , Robert Preece , Helmut Steinle , Mark S. Wallace , Robert B. Wilson , Colleen Wilson-Hodge

BurstCube: Concept, Performance, and Status

The first simultaneous detection of a short gamma-ray burst (SGRB) with a gravitational-wave (GW) signal ushered in a new era of multi-messenger astronomy. In order to increase the number of SGRB-GW simultaneous detections, we need full sky…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-26 Jacob R. Smith , Michael S. Briggs , Alessandro Bruno , Eric Burns , Regina Caputo , Brad Cenko , Antonino Cucchiara , Georgia de Nolfo , Sean Griffin , Lorraine Hanlon , Dieter H. Hartmann , Michelle Hui , Alyson Joens , Carolyn Kierans , Dan Kocevski , John Krizmanic , Amy Lien , Sheila McBreen , Julie E. McEnery , Lee Mitchell , David Morris , David Murphy , Jeremy S. Perkins , Judy Racusin , Peter Shawhan , Teresa Tatoli , Alexey Uliyanov , Sarah Walsh , Colleen Wilson-Hodge

Constraints on Very High Energy gamma-ray emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts

The Milagro gamma-ray observatory employs a water Cherenkov detector to observe extensive air showers produced by high energy particles interacting in the Earth's atmosphere. Milagro has a wide field of view and high duty cycle, monitoring…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Atkins , W. Benbow , D. Berley , E. Blaufuss , D. G. Coyne , T. DeYoung , B. L. Dingus , D. E. Dorfan , R. W. Ellsworth , L. Fleysher , R. Fleysher , M. M. Gonzalez , J. A. Goodman , E. Hays , C. M. Hoffman , L. A. Kelley , C. P. Lansdell , J. T. Linnemann , J. E. McEnery , A. I. Mincer , M. F. Morales , P. Nemethy , D. Noyes , J. M. Ryan , F. W. Samuelson , P. M. Saz Parkinson , A. Shoup , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , G. W. Sullivan , D. A. Williams , M. E. Wilson , X. W. Xu , G. B. Yodh

Optical Limits on Precursor Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with Known Redshift

Making use of virtual observatory data, we present the first comprehensive sample of optical observations conducted before the explosion times of all gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with known redshifts. In total, the fields of 11 such GRBs were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Blake , J. S. Bloom

Detection of a very bright optical flare from a gamma-ray burst at redshift 6.29

In this letter we discuss the flux and the behavior of the bright optical flare emission detected by the 25 cm TAROT robotic telescope during the prompt high-energy emission and the early afterglow. We combine our data with simultaneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 Michel Boër , J. L. Atteia , Y. Damerdji , B. Gendre , A. Klotz , G. Stratta

Mapping the Universe with Gamma-Ray Bursts

We explore large-scale cosmic structure using the spatial distribution of 542 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) having accurately measured positions and spectroscopic redshifts. Prominent cosmological clusters are identified in both the northern and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-19 Istvan Horvath , Zsolt Bagoly , Lajos G. Balazs , Jon Hakkila , Zsuzsa Horvath , Andras Peter Joo , Sandor Pinter , L. Viktor Tóth , Peter Veres , Istvan I. Racz

A search for prompt gamma-ray counterparts to fast radio bursts in the Insight-HXMT data

No robust detection of prompt electromagnetic counterparts to fast radio bursts (FRBs) has yet been obtained, in spite of several multi-wavelength searches carried out so far. Specifically, X/gamma-ray counterparts are predicted by some…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-20 C. Guidorzi , M. Marongiu , R. Martone , L. Nicastro , S. L. Xiong , J. Y. Liao , G. Li , S. N. Zhang , L. Amati , F. Frontera , M. Orlandini , P. Rosati , E. Virgilli , S. Zhang , Q. C. Bu , C. Cai , X. L. Cao , Z. Chang , G. Chen , L. Chen , T. X. Chen , Y. B. Chen , Y. P. Chen , W. Cui , W. W. Cui , J. K. Deng , Y. W. Dong , Y. Y. Du , M. X. Fu , G. H. Gao , H. Gao , M. Gao , M. Y. Ge , Y. D. Gu , J. Guan , C. C. Guo , D. W. Han , Y. Huang , J. Huo , S. M. Jia , L. H. Jiang , W. C. Jiang , J. Jin , Y. J. Jin , L. D. Kong , B. Li , C. K. Li , M. S. Li , T. P. Li , W. Li , X. Li , X. B. Li , X. F. Li , Y. G. Li , Z. W. Li , X. H. Liang , B. S. Liu , C. Z. Liu , G. Q. Liu , H. W. Liu , X. J. Liu , Y. N. Liu , B. Lu , F. J. Lu , X. F. Lu , Q. Luo , T. Luo , R. C. Ma , X. Ma , B. Meng , Y. Nang , J. Y. Nie , G. Oui , J. L Qu , N. Sai , R. C. Shang , L. M. Song , X. Y. Song , L. Sun , Y. Tani , L. Tao , Y. L. Tuo , C. Wang , G. F. Wang , J. Wang , W. S. Wang , Y. S. Wang , X. Y. Wen , B. Y. Wu , B. B. Wu , M. Wu , G. C. Xiao , S. Xiao , Y. P. Xu , J. W. Yang , S. Yang , Y. J. Yang , Q. B. Yi , Q. Q. Yin , Y. You , A. M. Zhang C. M. Zhang , F. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , J. Zhang , T. Zhang , W. C. Zhang , W. Zhang , W. Z. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. F. Zhang , Y. J. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. L. Zhang , H. S. Zhang , X. F. Zhang , S. J. Zheng , D. K. Zhou , J. F. Zhou , Y. X. Zhu , Y. Zhu , R. L. Zhuang

Harvesting BAT-GUANO with NITRATES (Non-Imaging Transient Reconstruction And TEmporal Search): Detecting and localizing the faintest GRBs with a likelihood framework

The detection of the gravitational wave counterpart GRB 170817A, underluminous compared to the cosmological GRB population by a factor of 10,000, motivates significant effort in detecting and localizing a dim, nearby, and slightly off-axis…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-28 James DeLaunay , Aaron Tohuvavohu

GRB010921: Localization and Observations by the HETE Satellite

On September 21 at 18950.56 SOD (05:15:50.56) UT the FREGATE gamma-ray instrument on the High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) detected a bright gamma-ray burst (GRB). The burst was also seen by the X-detector on the WXM X-ray instrument…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Ricker , K. Hurley , D. Lamb , S. Woosley , J-L Atteia , N. Kawai , R. Vanderspek , G. Crew , J. Doty , J. Villasenor , G. Prigozhin , G. Monnelly , N. Butler , M. Matsuoka , Y. Shirasaki , T. Tamagawa , K. Torii , T. Sakamoto , A. Yoshida , E. Fenimore , M. Galassi , T. Tavenner , T. Donaghy , C. Graziani , M. Boer , J-P Dezalay , M. Niel , J-F Olive , G. Vedrenne , T. Cline , J. G. Jernigan , A. Levine , F. Martel , E. Morgan , J. Braga , R. Manchanda , G. Pizzichini , K. Takagishi , M. Yamauchi