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Recently, two empirical correlations related to the minimum variability timescale ($\rm MTS$) of the lightcures are discovered in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). One is the anti-correlation between $\rm MTS$ and Lorentz factor $\Gamma$, the other…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-12 Wei Xie , Wei-Hua Lei , Ding-Xiong Wang

The minimum variation timescale (MVT) of soft gamma-ray repeaters can be an important probe to estimate the emission region in pulsar-like models, as well as the Lorentz factor and radius of the possible relativistic jet in gamma-ray burst…

Based on recent models of relativistic jet formation by thermal energy deposition around black hole-torus systems, the relation between the on- and off-axis appearance of short, hard gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is discussed in terms of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. -Th. Janka , M. -A. Aloy , P. A. Mazzali , E. Pian

The initial Lorentz factor ($\Gamma_{0}$) and jet half-opening angle ($\theta_{\rm jet}$) of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are critical physical parameters for understanding the dynamical evolution of relativistic jets and the true energy release…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-20 Jian Zhang , Bao-Cheng Qin , Lu-Lu Zhang , Fu-Wen Zhang

We offer an explanation for the anti-correlation between the minimum variability timescale ($MTS$) in the prompt emission light curve of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and the estimated bulk Lorentz factor of these GRBs, in the context of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning , Wei-hua Lei , Wei Xie

GRB 170817A is a weak short gamma-ray burst (GRB) accompanied by the gravitational wave (GW) event GW170817. It is believed, that an off beaming relativistic jet, produces this weak GRB. Here we use the $E_{\rm p,i}- E_{\rm iso}$ and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-10 Yuan-Chuan Zou , Fei-Fei Wang , Reetanjali Moharana , Bin Liao , Wei Chen , Qingwen Wu , Wei-Hua Lei , Fa-Yin Wang

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are known to have the most relativistic jets, with initial Lorentz factors in the order of a few hundreds. Many GRBs display an early X-ray light-curve plateau, which was not theoretically expected and therefore…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-12 H. Dereli-Bégué , A. Pe'er , F. Ryde , S. -R. Oates , B. Zhang , M. -G. Dainotti

Knowledge about the Lorentz factor and its evolution of relativistic jets in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is crucial to understand their physics. An exact value of bulk Lorentz factor can be estimated based on a high-energy spectral cutoff,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-15 Jing Li , Da-Bin Lin , Rui-Jing Lu , Yun Wang , Lu-Yao Jiang , Shen-Shi Du , Wen-Qiang Liang , Xiang-Gao Wang , En-Wei Liang

Blazars, a subset of powerful active galactic nuclei, feature relativistic jets that shine in a broadband electromagnetic radiation, e. g. from radio to TeV emission. Here I present the results of the studies that explore gamma-ray and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-18 Gopal Bhatta

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are powered by ultra-relativistic jets. Usually a minimum value of the Lorentz factor of the relativistic bulk motion is obtained based on the argument that the observed high energy photons ($\gg {\rm MeV}$) can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-16 Qing-Wen Tang , Fang-Kun Peng , Xiang-Yu Wang , Pak-Hin Thomas Tam

The gamma-ray emission of blazar jets shows a pronounced variability and this feature provides limits to the size and to the speed of the emitting region. We study the gamma-ray variability of bright blazars using data from the first 18…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 T. Sbarrato , L. Foschini , G. Ghisellini , F. Tavecchio

Short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are believed to be produced by relativistic jets from mergers of neutron-stars (NS) or neutron-stars and black-holes (BH). If the Lorentz-factors $\Gamma$ of jets from compact-stellar-mergers follow a similar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-05 Gavin P Lamb , Shiho Kobayashi

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are a mixed class of sources consisting of, at least, the long duration and short-hard subclasses, the X-ray flashes, and the low-luminosity GRBs. In all cases, the release of enormous amounts of energy on a short…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-24 Charles D. Dermer , Chris L. Fryer

The Lorentz factor of a relativistic jet and its evolution during the jet expansion are difficult to estimate, especially for the jets in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). However, it is related to the understanding of jet physics. Owing to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-09 Da-Bin Lin , Rui-Jing Lu , Shen-Shi Du , Tong Liu , Xiang-Gao Wang , En-Wei Liang

Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are extremely energetic events and produce highly diverse light curves. Light curves are believed to be resulting from internal shocks reflecting the activities of the GRB central engine. Hence their temporal studies…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-30 P. N. Bhat

We compile 23 Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) and 21 blazars with estimated Doppler factors, and the Doppler factors of GRBs are estimated from their Lorentz factors by assuming their jet viewing angles \theta->0 degree. Using the conventional…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Qingwen Wu , Yuan-Chuan Zou , Xinwu Cao , Ding-Xiong Wang , Liang Chen

Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are extremely energetic events and produce highly diverse light curves. Light curves are believed to be resulting from internal shocks reflecting the activities of the GRB central engine. Hence their temporal studies…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Narayana P. Bhat

A correlation is presented between the pulse lag and the jet-break time for seven BATSE gamma-ray bursts with known redshifts. This is, to our best knowledge, the first known direct tight correlation between a property of the gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jay D. Salmonson , Titus J. Galama

Context. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have traditionally been classified by duration into long (LGRBs) and short (SGRBs), with the former believed to originate from massive star collapses and the latter from compact binary mergers. However,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-15 R. Maccary , C. Guidorzi , A. E. Camisasca , M. Maistrello , S. Kobayashi , L. Amati , L. Bazzanini , M. Bulla , L. Ferro , F. Frontera , A. Tsvetkova

Blazars and Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the fastest objects known so far. The radiation we see from these sources originates in a jet of similar aperture angle, and we think it is the result of the conversion of some of the jet kinetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-19 G. Ghisellini
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