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Context. Multi-wavelength observations of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows provide important information about the activity of their central engines and their environments. In particular, the short timescale variability, such as bumps…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-02-10 J. Mao , D. Malesani , P. D'Avanzo , S. Covino , S. Li , P. Jakobsson , J. M. Bai

The parameters of the GRB 000301c afterglow are determined within the usual framework of synchrotron emission from relativistic ejecta, through fits to the available radio-to-optical data. It is found that 1) the jet energy after the GRB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 A. Panaitescu

The long gamma-ray burst GRB 191221B has abundant observations in X-ray, optical and radio bands. In the literature, the observed optical light curve of GRB 191221B displays a plateau around 0.1-day, which is rather peculiar in gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-25 Yi-Ming Zhu , Yun Wang , Hao Zhou , Vladimir Lipunov , David A. H. Buckley , Pavel Balanutsa , Zhi-Ping Jin , Da-Ming Wei

Observations of very early multi-wavelength afterglows are critical to reveal the properties of the radiating fireball and its environment as well as the central engine of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We report our optical observations of GRB…

Exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows can reveal the angular structure of their jets. GRB jets appear to have a narrow core (of half-opening angle $\theta_c$), beyond which their kinetic energy drops as a power-law with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-28 Ramandeep Gill , Jonathan Granot

Energy injection into the external shock system that generates the afterglow to a gamma-ray burst (GRB) can result in a re-brightening of the emission. Here we investigate the off-axis view of a re-brightened refreshed shock afterglow. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-26 Gavin P. Lamb , Andrew J. Levan , Nial R. Tanvir

The optical light curve of the energetic gamma-ray burst GRB 991216 is consistent with jet-like behavior in which a power-law decay steepens from t**(-1.22 +/- 0.04) at early times to t**(-1.53 +/- 0.05) in a gradual transition at around 2…

Aims: GRB 050502B is well known for the very bright flare displayed in its X-ray light curve. Despite extensive studies, however, the optical light curve has never been discussed and its redshift is unconstrained. Possible correlations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 P. Afonso , J. Greiner , E. Pian , S. Covino , D. Malesani , A. Küpcü Yoldaş , T. Krühler , C. Clemens , S. McBreen , A. Rau , D. Giannios , J. Hjorth

We present observations of the unusually bright and long gamma-ray burst GRB 050820A, one of the best-sampled broadband data sets in the Swift era. The gamma-ray light curve is marked by a soft precursor pulse some 200 s before the main…

The X-ray afterglow of GRB 130831A shows an "internal plateau" with a decay slope of $\sim$ 0.8, followed by a steep drop at around $10^5$ s with a slope of $\sim$ 6. After the drop, the X-ray afterglow continues with a much shallower…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-08 Q. Zhang , Y. F. Huang , H. S. Zong

We present a comprehensive multi-wavelength study of GRB 260310A / SN 2026fgk, a nearby ($z=0.153$), long-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) with an exceptionally underluminous prompt $\gamma$-ray emission and a Comptonized spectrum. It is…

The $\gamma$-ray light curve of long-duration GRB 220711B, is characterized by a multi-peaked structure with a duration lasting $\sim$105 seconds. More interestingly, the X-ray afterglow light curve is composed of a plateau emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-04 Ying-Ze Shan , Xing Yang , Hou-Jun Lü , Jared Rice , Hao-Yu Yuan , Xue-Zhao Chang , Zhao Joseph Zhang , Le Zou , En-Wei Liang

Gamma-ray bursts early afterglows are important tracers for determining the radial structure and magnetization of the ejecta. In this paper, we focus on GRB 110213A that shows double-peaked optical afterglow lightcurves and the shallow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-04 Yo Kusafuka , Kaori Obayashi , Katsuaki Asano , Ryo Yamazaki

We present an analysis of the unusual optical light curve of the gamma-ray burst GRB~081029, which occurred at a redshift of z = 3.8479$. We combine X-ray and optical observations from the Swift X-Ray Telescope and the Swift…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 S. T. Holland , M. De Pasquale , J. Mao , T. Sakamoto , P. Schady , S. Covino , P. D'Avanzo , A. Antonelli , V. D'Elia , G. Chincarini , F. Fiore , S. B. Pandey

Context: The origin of GRBs' prompt emission is highly debated. Proposed scenarios involve dissipation processes above or below the photosphere of an ultra-relativistic outflow. Aims: We search for observational features that would favour…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-13 Paz Beniamini , Robert Mochkovitch

Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) afterglows arise from the interaction of relativistic ejecta with the circumburst medium and are observed across the electromagnetic spectrum. Afterglow polarisation is expected at early and late phases depending on…

Using deep and high-cadence gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow data from RATIR, we observe a sharp and achromatic light curve break 12.6 days after the GRB, accompanied by an approximately achromatic bump. Fitting of the optical, NIR, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-06 Robert Strausbaugh , Nathaniel Butler , William H. Lee , Eleonora Troja , Alan M. Watson

We present optical and near-infrared photometric observations of GRB 191016 with the COATLI, DDOTI and RATIR ground-based telescopes over the first three nights. We present the temporal evolution of the optical afterglow and describe 5…

We present optical, near-infrared, and X-ray observations of the optical afterglow (OA) of the X-ray rich, long-duration gamma-ray burst GRB 011211. Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data obtained 14, 26, 32, and 59 days after the burst, show…