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The hard X-ray polarimeter POLAR aims to measure the linear polarization of the 50-500 keV photons arriving from the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The position in the sky of the detected GRBs is needed to determine their level…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-17 E. Suarez-Garcia , D. Haas , W. Hajdas , G. Lamanna , C. Lechanoine-Leluc , R. Marcinkowski , A. Mtchedlishvili , S. Orsi , M. Pohl , N. Produit , D. Rapin , D. Rybka , J. -P. Vialle

The rotations of the polarization angle (PA) with time (energy) can lead to the depolarization of the time-integrated (energy-integrated) polarization. However, we don't know how and when it will rotate. Here, we consider the magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-30 Hao-Bing Wang , Mi-Xiang Lan

Multi-wave band synchrotron linear polarization of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows is studied under the assumption of an anisotropic turbulent magnetic field with a coherence length of the plasma skin-depth scale in the downstream of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-02 Jiro Shimoda , Kenji Toma

The dynamics of the origin of gamma-ray emissions in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) remains an enigma. Through a joint analysis of GRB 180427A, observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and AstroSat's Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager, we…

The polarization of the optical afterglow (AG) of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) has only been measured in a few instances at various times after the GRB. In all cases except the best measured one (GRB 030329) the observed polarization and its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shlomo Dado , Arnon Dar , A. De Rujula

Polarization measurements of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows are a promising means of probing the structure, geometry, and magnetic composition of relativistic GRB jets. However, a precise treatment of instrumental calibration is vital for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-03 Tanmoy Laskar , Charles L. H. Hull , Paulo Cortes

We compare two possible scenarios for the producing of high level of polarization within the prompt emission of a GRB: synchrotron emission from a relativistic jet with a uniform (in space and time) magnetic field and synchrotron emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Ehud Nakar , Tsvi Piran , Eli Waxman

Linear and circular polarizations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been detected during recent years. We adopt a simplified model to investigate GRB polarization characteristics in this paper. A compressed two-dimensional turbulent slab…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-19 Jirong Mao , Jiancheng Wang

In the first half year of operation the satellite borne POLAR instrument detected a total of 55 Gamma-Ray Bursts about 10 of which were bright enough to allow for detailed polarization studies, thereby forming the start of the first…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-16 Merlin Kole

Synchrotron circular polarization of a non-thermal power-law electron distribution in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been studied. However, some numerical simulations have shown that the resulting distribution of electrons is a combination of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-29 Kangfa Cheng , Jirong Mao , Xiaohong Zhao , Hongbang Liu , Zhegeng Chen , Gaojin Yu , Zhifu Chen

As we further our studies on Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), both on theoretical models and observational tools, more and more options begin to open for exploration of its physical properties. As transient events primarily dominated by synchrotron…

The past year has witnessed a large increase in our knowledge of the polarization properties of Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) radiation. In the prompt phase, the measurement (albeit highly debated) of a large degree of linear polarization in GRB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Davide Lazzati

In the external shock model, gamma-ray burst (GRB) emissions are produced by the energization and deceleration of a thin relativistic blast wave due to its interactions with the circumburst medium (CBM). We study the physical properties of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Charles D. Dermer , Markus Boettcher , J. Chiang

Measuring the polarization of the prompt gamma-ray emission from GRBs can significantly improve our understanding of both the GRB emission mechanisms, as well as the underlying engine driving the explosion. We searched for polarization in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 E. Kalemci , S. E. Boggs , C. Kouveliotou , M. Finger , M. G. Baring

The degree and the temporal evolution of linear polarization in the prompt and afterglow emission of gamma-ray bursts is a very robust diagnostic of some key features of gamma-ray bursts jets and their micro and macro physics. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-01 Davide Lazzati

Synchrotron radiation and Compton scattering are widely accepted as the most likely emission mechanisms of some astrophysical phenomena, such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The measurement on polarization of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-02-18 Zhe Chang , Hai-Nan Lin , Yunguo Jiang

Although Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) have been detected for many decades, the lack of knowledge regarding the radiation mechanism that produces the energetic flash of radiation, or prompt emission, from these events has prevented the full use…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-23 Tyler Parsotan , Davide Lazzati

The magnetic field structure in GRB outflows is of great interest as it can provide valuable clues that can help pin down the mechanism responsible for the acceleration and collimation of GRB jets. The most promising way of probing it is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jonathan Granot , Gregory B. Taylor

The origin of prompt emission in $\gamma$-ray bursts (GRBs) is highly debated topic. The observed spectra are supposed to play a crucial role in constraining the location of the emitting region, the strength of the magnetic field and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-26 Gor Oganesyan