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The recent detection of delayed X-ray and optical emission, ``afterglow,'' associated with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) supports models, where the bursts are produced by relativistic expanding blastwaves, ``fireballs,'' at cosmological…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-17 Eli Waxman

Aims: We characterize a sample of Gamma-Ray Bursts with low luminosity X-ray afterglows (LLA GRBs), and study their properties. Method: We select a sample consisting of the 12\% faintest X-ray afterglows from the total population of long…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 H. Dereli , M. Boer , B. Gendre , L. Amati , S. Dichiara

The cosmic formation rate of long Gamma Ray Bursts (LGRBs) encodes the evolution, across cosmic times, of their progenitors' properties and of their environment. The LGRB formation rate and the luminosity function, with its redshift…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-15 G. Ghirlanda , R. Salvaterra

We investigated the spectral evolution in the 2--700 keV energy band of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) detected by the Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GRBM) and localized with the Wide Field Cameras (WFCs) aboard the BeppoSAX satellite before May 1998.…

To reveal and understand astrophysical processes responsible for the Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) phenomenon, it is crucial to discover and understand relations between their observational properties. The presented study is performed in the GRB…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Maria Giovanna Dainotti , Michal Ostrowski , Richard Willingale

Observations of high energy emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) constrain the extreme physical conditions associated with these energetic cosmic explosions. The Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-17 S. B. Pandey , Carl W. Akerlof , W. Zheng , F. Yuan

We present a multiwavelength analysis of 63 Gamma-Ray Bursts observed with the world's three largest robotic optical telescopes, the Liverpool and Faulkes Telescopes (North and South). Optical emission was detected for 24 GRBs with…

If Gamma-Ray-Bursts (GRBs) occur at high redshifts, then their bright afterglow emission can be used to probe the ionization and metal enrichment histories of the intervening intergalactic medium during the epoch of reionization. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Benedetta Ciardi , Abraham Loeb

The optical and X-ray light-curves of long Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) often show a complex evolution and in most cases do not track each other. This behaviour can not be easily explained by the simplest standard afterglow models. A possible…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Nardini , G. Ghisellini , G. Ghirlanda , A. Celotti

According to the fireball model gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows are the result of a shock pushed into the surrounding medium by an extremely relativistic outflow from the GRB. By modeling the broadband spectrum, ranging from X-ray to radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 A. J. van der Horst , R. A. M. J. Wijers , E. Rol

The synchrotron external shock model predicts the evolution of the spectral ($\beta$) and temporal ($\alpha$) indices during the gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow for different environmental density profiles, electron spectral indices,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-15 Donggeun Tak , Nicola Omodei , Z. Lucas Uhm , Judith Racusin , Katsuaki Asano , Julie McEnery

We consider some general implications of bright gamma-ray counterparts to fast radio bursts (FRBs). We show that even if these manifest in only a fraction of FRBs, gamma-ray detections with current satellites (including Swift) can provide…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-09 Kohta Murase , Peter Meszaros , Derek B. Fox

Different forms of long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) Luminosity Functions are considered on the basis of an explicit physical model. The inferred flux distributions are compared with the observed ones from two samples of GRBs, Swift and Fermi…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-17 Shreya Banerjee , David Eichler , Dafne Guetta

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic explosions in the universe, and their afterglow emission provides an opportunity to probe the physics of relativistic shock waves in an extreme environment. Several key pieces for completing…

We present the spectral analysis of 14 gamma-ray bursts (GRB) X-ray afterglows in order to investigate the properties of interstellar matter (ISM) along the line of sight of GRB. We carried out a simultaneous analysis of the NIR-optical and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 M. L Conciatore , L. A. Antonelli , G. Stratta , F. Fiore , R. Perna

We report a multi-wavelength analysis of the prompt emission and early afterglow of GRB051111 and discuss its properties in the context of current fireball models. The detection of GRB051111 by the Burst Alert Telescope on-board Swift…

Gamma-ray bursts are promising tools for tracing the formation of high redshift stars, including the first generation. At very high redshifts the reverse shock emission lasts longer in the observer frame, and its importance for detection…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. J. Gou , P. Meszaros , T. Abel , B. Zhang

The jet opening angle of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is an important parameter for determining the characteristics of the progenitor, and the information contained in the opening angle gives insight into the relativistic outflow and the total…

We present a detailed broadband afterglow study of GRB 220101A ($10^4\lesssim\Delta T\lesssim10^7$ s) combining multi-wavelength data from soft X-rays until 6 GHz. The afterglow light curves in both X-ray and optical show distinct…