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Happy Birthday Swift: Ultra-long GRB141121A and its broad-band Afterglow

We present our extensive observational campaign on the Swift-discovered GRB141121A, al- most ten years after its launch. Our observations covers radio through X-rays, and extends for more than 30 days after discovery. The prompt phase of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-21 A. Cucchiara , P. Veres , A. Corsi , S. B. Cenko , D. A. Perley , A. Lien F. E. Marshall , C. Pagani , V. L. Toy , J. I. Capone , D. A. Frail , A. Horesh , M. Modjaz , N. R. Butler , O. M. Littlejohns , A. M. Watson , A. S. Kutyrev , W. H. Lee , M. G. Richer , C. R. Klein , O. D. Fox , J. X. Prochaska , J. S. Bloom , E. Troja , E. Ramirez-Ruiz , J. A. de Diego , L. Georgiev , J. Gonzalez , C. G. Roman-Zuniga , N. Gehrels , H. Moseley

Broadband study of GRB 091127: a sub-energetic burst at higher redshift?

GRB 091127 is a bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by Swift at a redshift z=0.49 and associated with SN 2009nz. We present the broadband analysis of the GRB prompt and afterglow emission and study its high-energy properties in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 E. Troja , T. Sakamoto , C. Guidorzi , J. P. Norris , A. Panaitescu , S. Kobayashi , N. Omodei , J. C. Brown , D. N. Burrows , P. A. Evans , N. Gehrels , F. E. Marshall , N. Mawson , A. Melandri , C. G. Mundell , S. R. Oates , V. Pal'shin , R. D. Preece , J. L. Racusin , I. A. Steele , N. R. Tanvir , V. Vasileiou , C. Wilson-Hodge , K. Yamaoka

Exploring Origin of Ultra-Long Gamma-ray Bursts: Lessons from GRB 221009A

The brightest Gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever, GRB 221009A, displays ultra-long GRB (ULGRB) characteristics, with a prompt emission duration exceeding 1000 s. To constrain the origin and central engine of this unique burst, we analyze its prompt…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-04 Amit Kumar Ror , Rahul Gupta , Amar Aryan , Shashi Bhushan Pandey , S. R. Oates , A. J. Castro-Tirado , Sudhir Kumar

GRB 061121: Broadband spectral evolution through the prompt and afterglow phases of a bright burst

Swift triggered on a precursor to the main burst of GRB 061121 (z=1.314), allowing observations to be made from the optical to gamma-ray bands. Many other telescopes, including Konus-Wind, XMM-Newton, ROTSE and the Faulkes Telescope North,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-14 K. L. Page , R. Willingale , J. P. Osborne , B. Zhang , O. Godet , F. E. Marshall , A. Melandri , J. P. Norris , P. T. O'Brien , V. Pal'shin , E. Rol , P. Romano , R. L. C. Starling , P. Schady , S. A. Yost , S. D. Barthelmy , A. P. Beardmore , G. Cusumano , D. N. Burrows , M. De Pasquale , M. Ehle , P. A. Evans , N. Gehrels , M. R. Goad , S. Golenetskii , C. Guidorzi , C. Mundell , M. J. Page , G. Ricker , T. Sakamoto , B. E. Schaefer , M. Stamatikos , E. Troja , M. Ulanov , F. Yuan , H. Ziaeepour

Fermi-GBM Discovery of GRB 221009A: An Extraordinarily Bright GRB from Onset to Afterglow

We report the discovery of GRB 221009A, the highest flux gamma-ray burst ever observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM). This GRB has continuous prompt emission lasting more than 600 seconds which smoothly transitions to afterglow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-09 S. Lesage , P. Veres , M. S. Briggs , A. Goldstein , D. Kocevski , E. Burns , C. A. Wilson-Hodge , P. N. Bhat , D. Huppenkothen , C. L. Fryer , R. Hamburg , J. Racusin , E. Bissaldi , W. H. Cleveland , S. Dalessi , C. Fletcher , M. M. Giles , B. A. Hristov , C. M. Hui , B. Mailyan , C. Malacaria , S. Poolakkil , O. J. Roberts , A. von Kienlin , J. Wood , M. Ajello , M. Arimoto , L. Baldini , J. Ballet , M. G. Baring , D. Bastieri , J. Becerra Gonzalez , R. Bellazzini , E. Bissaldi , R. D. Blandford , R. Bonino , P. Bruel , S. Buson , R. A. Cameron , R. Caputo , P. A. Caraveo , E. Cavazzuti , G. Chiaro , N. Cibrario , S. Ciprini , P. Cristarella Orestano , M. Crnogorcevic , A. Cuoco , S. Cutini , F. DAmmando , S. De Gaetano , N. Di Lalla , L. Di Venere , A. Dominguez , S. J. Fegan , E. C. Ferrara , H. Fleischhack , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , G. Galanti , V. Gammaldi , F. Gargano , C. Gasbarra , D. Gasparrini , S. Germani , F. Giacchino , N. Giglietto , R. Gill , M. Giroletti , J. Granot , D. Green , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , M. Gustafsson , E. Hays , J. W. Hewitt , D. Horan , X. Hou , M. Kuss , L. Latronico , A. Laviron , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. Li , I. Liodakis , F. Longo , F. Loparco , L. Lorusso , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , S. Maldera , A. Manfreda , G. Marti-Devesa , M. N. Mazziotta , J. E. McEnery , I. Mereu , M. Meyer , P. F. Michelson , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , M. Negro , E. Nuss , N. Omodei , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , G. Panzarini , M. Persic , M. Pesce-Rollins , R. Pillera , F. Piron , H. Poon , T. A. Porter , G. Principe , S. Raino , R. Rando , B. Rani , M. Razzano , S. Razzaque , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , F. Ryde , M. Sanchez-Conde , P. M. Saz Parkinson , L. Scotton , D. Serini , C. Sgro , V. Sharma , E. J. Siskind , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , H. Tajima , D. F. Torres , J. Valverde , T. Venters , Z. Wadiasingh , K. Wood , G. Zaharijas

The Optical/NIR afterglow of GRB 111209A: Complex yet not Unprecedented

Afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are simple in the most basic model, but can show many complex features. The ultra-long duration GRB 111209A, one of the longest GRBs ever detected, also has the best-monitored afterglow in this rare…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-03 D. A. Kann , P. Schady , F. Olivares E. , S. Klose , A. Rossi , D. A. Perley , B. Zhang , T. Krühler , J. Greiner , A. Nicuesa Guelbenzu , J. Elliott , F. Knust , Z. Cano , R. Filgas , E. Pian , P. Mazzali , J. P. U. Fynbo , G. Leloudas , P. M. J. Afonso , C. Delvaux , J. F. Graham , A. Rau , S. Schmidl , S. Schulze , M. Tanga , A. C. Updike , K. Varela

GRB 191016A: A Long Gamma-Ray Burst Detected by TESS

The TESS exoplanet-hunting mission detected the rising and decaying optical afterglow of GRB 191016A, a long Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) detected by Swift-BAT but without prompt XRT or UVOT follow-up due to proximity to the moon. The afterglow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-05 Krista Lynne Smith , Ryan Ridden-Harper , Michael Fausnaugh , Tansu Daylan , Nicola Omodei , Judith Racusin , Zachary Weaver , Thomas Barclay , Péter Veres , D. Alexander Kann , Makoto Arimoto

A bright megaelectronvolt emission line in $\gamma$-ray burst GRB 221009A

The highly variable and energetic pulsed emission of a long gamma-ray burst (GRB) is thought to originate from local, rapid dissipation of kinetic or magnetic energy within an ultra-relativistic jet launched by a newborn compact object,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-30 Maria Edvige Ravasio , Om Sharan Salafia , Gor Oganesyan , Alessio Mei , Giancarlo Ghirlanda , Stefano Ascenzi , Biswajit Banerjee , Samanta Macera , Marica Branchesi , Peter G. Jonker , Andrew J. Levan , Daniele B. Malesani , Katharine B. Mulrey , Andrea Giuliani , Annalisa Celotti , Gabriele Ghisellini

GRB 120711A: an intense INTEGRAL burst with long-lasting soft gamma-ray emission and a powerful optical flash

A long and intense gamma-ray burst (GRB) was detected by INTEGRAL on July 11 2012 with a duration of ~115s and fluence of 2.8x10^-4 erg cm^-2 in the 20 keV-8 MeV energy range. GRB 120711A was at z~1.405 and produced soft gamma-ray emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-09-05 A. Martin-Carrillo , L. Hanlon , M. Topinka , A. P. LaCluyzé , V. Savchenko , D. A. Kann , A. S. Trotter , S. Covino , T. Krühler , J. Greiner , S. McGlynn , D. Murphy , P. Tisdall , S. Meehan , C. Wade , B. McBreen , D. E. Reichart , D. Fugazza , J. B. Haislip , A. Rossi , P. Schady , J. Elliott , S. Klose

GRANDMA and HXMT Observations of GRB 221009A -- the Standard-Luminosity Afterglow of a Hyper-Luminous Gamma-Ray Burst

GRB 221009A is the brightest Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) detected in more than 50 years of study. In this paper, we present observations in the X-ray and optical domains after the GRB obtained by the GRANDMA Collaboration (which includes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-17 D. A. Kann , S. Agayeva , V. Aivazyan , S. Alishov , C. M. Andrade , S. Antier , A. Baransky , P. Bendjoya , Z. Benkhaldoun , S. Beradze , D. Berezin , M. Boër , E. Broens , S. Brunier , M. Bulla , O. Burkhonov , E. Burns , Y. Chen , Y. P. Chen , M. Conti , M. W. Coughlin , W. W. Cui , F. Daigne , B. Delaveau , H. A. R. Devillepoix , T. Dietrich , D. Dornic , F. Dubois , J. -G. Ducoin , E. Durand , P. -A. Duverne , H. -B. Eggenstein , S. Ehgamberdiev , A. Fouad , M. Freeberg , D. Froebrich , M. Y. Ge , S. Gervasoni , V. Godunova , P. Gokuldass , E. Gurbanov , D. W. Han , E. Hasanov , P. Hello , T. Hussenot-Desenonges , R. Inasaridze , A. Iskandar , N. Ismailov , A. Janati , T. Jegou du Laz , S. M. Jia , S. Karpov , A. Kaeouach , R. W. Kiendrebeogo , A. Klotz , R. Kneip , N. Kochiashvili , N. Kunert , A. Lekic , S. Leonini , C. K. Li , W. Li , X. B. Li , J. Y. Liao , L. Logie , F. J. Lu , J. Mao , D. Marchais , R. Ménard , D. Morris , R. Natsvlishvili , V. Nedora , K. Noonan , K. Noysena , N. B. Orange , P. T. H. Pang , H. W. Peng , C. Pellouin , J. Peloton , T. Pradier , O. Pyshna , Y. Rajabo , S. Rau , C. Rinner , J. -P. Rivet , F. D. Romanov , P. Rosi , V. A. Rupchandani , M. Serrau , A. Shokry , A. Simon , K. Smith , O. Sokoliuk , M. Soliman , L. M. Song , A. Takey , Y. Tillayev , L. M. Tinjaca Ramirez , I. Tosta e Melo , D. Turpin , A. de Ugarte Postigo , S. Vanaverbeke , V. Vasylenko , D. Vernet , Z. Vidadi , C. Wang , J. Wang , L. T. Wang , X. F. Wang , Shaolin L. Xiong , Y. P. Xu , W. C. Xue , X. Zeng , S. N. Zhang , H. S. Zhao , X. F. Zhao

The 80 Ms follow-up of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 130427A challenges the standard forward shock model

GRB 130427A was the brightest gamma-ray burst detected in the last 30 years. With an equivalent isotropic energy output of $8.5\times10^{53}$ erg and redshift $z=0.34$, it uniquely combined very high energetics with a relative proximity to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 M. De Pasquale , M. J. Page , D. A. Kann , S. R. Oates , S. Schulze , B. Zhang , Z. Cano , B. Gendre , D. Malesani , A. Rossi , E. Troja , L. Piro , M. Boër , G. Stratta , N. Gehrels

A detailed spectral study of GRB 041219A and its host galaxy

GRB 041219A is one of the longest and brightest gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) ever observed. It was discovered by the INTEGRAL satellite, and thanks to a precursor happening about 300 s before the bulk of the burst, ground based telescopes were…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 D. Gotz , S. Covino , R. Hascoet , A. Fernandez-Soto , F. Daigne , R. Mochkovitch , P. Esposito

GRB 110205A: Anatomy of a long gamma-ray burst

The Swift burst GRB 110205A was a very bright burst visible in the Northern hemisphere. GRB 110205A was intrinsically long and very energetic and it occurred in a low-density interstellar medium environment, leading to delayed afterglow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 B. Gendre , J. L. Atteia , M. Boër , F. Colas , A. Klotz , F. Kugel , M. Laas-Bourez , C. Rinner , J. Strajnic , G. Stratta , F. Vachier

Extremely luminous optical afterglow of an energetic gamma-ray burst GRB 230204B

Robotic telescope networks play an important role in capturing early and bright optical afterglows, providing critical insights into the energetics and emission mechanisms of GRBs. In this study, we analyze GRB 230204B, an exceptionally…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-03 Rahul Gupta , Judith Racusin , Vladimir Lipunov , Y. -D. Hu , Ashna Gulati , Alberto J. Castro-Tirado , Tara Murphy , Motoko Serino , Kirill Zhirkov , S. Shilling , Samantha R. Oates , James K. Leung , T. Parsotan , Amit K. Ror , Shashi B. Pandey , S. Iyyani , V. Sharma , A. Aryan , Jin-Ming Bai , Pavel Balanutsa , David Buckley , María D. Caballero-García , I. M. Carrasco-García , A. Castellón , Sebastián Castillo , Chen-Zhou Cui , Yu-Feng Fan , Emilio Fernández-García , Guillermo García-Segura , Maria Gritsevich , Sergiy Guziy , David Hiriart , William H. Lee , Soomin Jeong , Carlos Jesus Pérez del Pulgar , Ignacio Olivares , I. H. Park , Ignacio Pérez-García , S. Razzaque , Rubén Sánchez-Ramírez , Nataly Tyurina , Vladislav Topolev , Chuan-Jun Wang , Si-Yu Wu , Yu-Xin Xin , Ding-Rong Xiong , Xiao-Hong Zhao , Jirong Mao , Bao-Li Lun , Ye Kai

GRB 081029: A Gamma-Ray Burst with a Multi-Component Afterglow

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Stephen T. Holland , Massimiliano De Pasquale , Jirong Mao , Takanori Sakamoto , Patricia Schady , Stefano Covino , Yi-Zhong Fan , Zhi Ping Jin , Paolo D'Avanzo , Angelo Antonelli , Valerio D'Elia , Guido Chincarini , Fabrizio Fiore , Shashi Bhushan Pandey , Bethany E. Cobb

Konus-Wind observations of the new soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 0501+4516

In 2008 August, the new soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 0501+4516 was discovered by Swift. The source was soon confirmed by several groups in space- and ground-based multi-wavelength observations. In this letter we report the analysis of five…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 R. L. Aptekar , T. L. Cline , D. D. Frederiks , S. V. Golenetskii , E. P. Mazets , V. D. Pal'shin

The 999th Swift gamma-ray burst: Some like it thermal

We present a multiwavelength study of GRB 151027A. This is the 999th GRB detected by the Swift satellite and it has a densely sampled emission in the X-ray and optical band and has been observed and detected in the radio up to 140 days…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-01 F. Nappo , A. Pescalli , G. Oganesyan , G. Ghirlanda , M. Giroletti , A. Melandri , S. Campana , G. Ghisellini , O. S. Salafia , P. D'Avanzo , M. G. Bernardini , S. Covino , E. Carretti , A. Celotti , V. D'Elia , L. Nava , E. Palazzi , S. Poppi , I. Prandoni , S. Righini , A. Rossi , R. Salvaterra , G. Tagliaferri , V. Testa , T. Venturi , S. D. Vergani

Swift Observations of GRB 050603: An afterglow with a steep late time decay slope

We report the results of Swift observations of the Gamma Ray Burst GRB 050603. With a V magnitude V=18.2 about 10 hours after the burst the optical afterglow was the brightest so far detected by Swift and one of the brightest optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Dirk Grupe , Peter Brown , Jay Cummings , Bing Zhang , Alon Retter , David N. Burrows , Patricia T. Boyd , Milvia Capalbi , Neil Gehrels , Stephen T. Holland , Peter Meszaros , John A. Nousek , Jamie A. Kennea , Paul O'Brien , Julian Osborne , Claudio Pagani , Judith L. Racusin , Peter Roming , Patricia Schady

The ultra-long GRB 220627A at z=3.08

GRB 220627A is a rare burst with two distinct gamma-ray emission episodes separated by almost 1000 s that triggered the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor twice. High-energy GeV emission was detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope coincident…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-30 S. de Wet , L. Izzo , P. J. Groot , S. Bisero , V. D'Elia , M. De Pasquale , D. H. Hartmann , K. E. Heintz , P. Jakobsson , T. Laskar , A. Levan , A. Martin-Carrillo , A. Melandri , A. Nicuesa Guelbenzu , G. Pugliese , A. Rossi , A. Saccardi , S. Savaglio , P. Schady , N. R. Tanvir , H. van Eerten , S. Vergani

Physical origin of multi-wavelength emission of GRB 100418A and implications for its progenitor

GRB 100418A is a long burst at z=0.624 without detection of any associated supernova (SN). Its lightcurves in both the prompt and afterglow phases are similar to GRB 060614, a nearby long GRB without an associated SN. We analyze the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Lan-Wei Jia , Xue-Feng Wu , Hou-Jun LV , Shu-Jin Hou , En-Wei Liang