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We investigate the effect that the structure of GRB jets has on the afterglow light curves for observers located at different viewing angles, $\theta_{obs}$, from the jet symmetry axis. The largest uncertainty in the jet dynamics is the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Jonathan Granot , Pawan Kumar

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

Knowledge of the bulk Lorentz factor $\Gamma_{0}$ of GRBs allows us to compute their comoving frame properties shedding light on their physics. Upon collisions with the circumburst matter, the fireball of a GRB starts to decelerate,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-31 G. Ghirlanda , F. Nappo , G. Ghisellini , A. Melandri , G. Marcarini , L. Nava , O. S. Salafia , S. Campana , R. Salvaterra

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 are often modelled as jet-like outflows directed towards the observer; the cone angle of the jet is then commonly inferred from the time at which there is a steepening in the power-law decay of the afterglow. We consider an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Rossi , D. Lazzati , M. J. Rees

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

The central engine of a Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) is widely believed to launch a pair of oppositely moving jets, i.e. the forward jet moving towards us and the counter jet regressing away. The forward jet generates the radiation typically…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-11 Jia-Ning Li , Yi-Ying Wang , Yun Wang , Zhi-Ping Jin , Stefano Covino , Yi-Zhong Fan

We present multi-wavelength observations and modeling of Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) that exhibit a simultaneous re-brightening in their X-ray and optical light curves, and are also detected at radio wavelengths. We show that the re-brightening…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-18 Tanmoy Laskar , Edo Berger , Raffaella Margutti , Daniel Perley , B. Ashley Zauderer , Re'em Sari , Wen-fai Fong

Gravitational-wave detected neutron star mergers provide an opportunity to investigate short gamma-ray burst (GRB) jet afterglows without the GRB trigger. Here we show that the post-peak afterglow decline can distinguish between an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-22 Gavin P Lamb , Ilya Mandel , Lekshmi Resmi

We present broad-band radio observations of the afterglow of GRB000301C, spanning from 1.4 to 350 GHz for the period of 3 to 83 days after the burst. This radio data, in addition to measurements at the optical bands, suggest that the…

One of the most energetic gamma-ray bursts GRB 110731A, was observed from optical to GeV energy range by Fermi and Swift Observatories, and by the MOA and GROND optical telescopes. The multiwavelength observations over different epochs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-11 Nissim Fraija , William H. Lee

New information on short/hard gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is being gathered thanks to the discovery of their optical and X-ray afterglows. However, some key aspects are still poorly understood, including the collimation level of the outflow,…

We present observations of the optical afterglow of GRB\,170817A, made by the {\it Hubble Space Telescope}, between February and August 2018, up to one year after the neutron star merger, GW170817. The afterglow shows a rapid decline beyond…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-16 G. P. Lamb , J. D. Lyman , A. J. Levan , N. R. Tanvir , T. Kangas , A. S. Fruchter , B. Gompertz , J. Hjorth , I. Mandel , S. R. Oates , D. Steeghs , K. Wiersema

The TeV observations of GRB~221009A provided us with a unique opportunity to analyze the contemporaneous phase in which both prompt and afterglow emissions are seen simultaneously. To describe this initial phase of Gamma-Ray Burst…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-05 Evgeny Derishev , Tsvi Piran

The broadband afterglow of Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is usually believed to originate from the synchrotron radiation of electrons accelerated by the external shock of relativistic jets. Therefore, the jet structure should have a significant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-03 Jin-Da Li , He Gao , Shunke Ai , Wei-Hua Lei

The most luminous GRBs can be explained in terms of models involving stellar mass central engines only if the ejecta are beamed. As was pointed out by Rhoads, the dynamics of the blast wave, formed by the beamed ejecta sweeping the external…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Moderski , M. Sikora , T. Bulik

We compared the time (or time limit) of onset for optical afterglow emission to the gamma-ray variability V in 76 GRBs with redshifts. In the subset (25 cases) with the rise evident in the data, we fit the shape of the onset peak as well…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-29 S. A. Yost , T. M. Moore

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

GRB 170817A/GW 170817 is the first GRB clearly viewed far from the GRB jet's symmetry axis. Its afterglow was densely monitored over a wide range of frequencies and times. It has been modeled extensively, primarily numerically, and although…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-06 Paz Beniamini , Jonathan Granot , Ramandeep Gill

In the past few years, the improved sensitivity and cadence of wide-field optical surveys have enabled the discovery of several afterglows without associated detected gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We present the identification, observations, and…

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