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High energy gamma-ray emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts -- before GLAST

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are short and intense emission of soft gamma-rays, which have fascinated astronomers and astrophysicists since their unexpected discovery in 1960s. The X-ray/optical/radio afterglow observations confirm the…

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Gamma-Ray Burst Lines

The evidence for spectral features in gamma-ray bursts is summarized. As a guide for evaluating the evidence, the properties of gamma-ray detectors and the methods of analyzing gamma-ray spectra are reviewed. In the 1980's, observations…

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BASS XXXIII: Swift-BAT blazars and their jets through cosmic time

We derive the most up-to-date Swift-Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) blazar luminosity function in the 14-195 keV range, making use of a clean sample of 118 blazars detected in the BAT 105-month survey catalog, with newly obtained redshifts from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-30 L. Marcotulli , M. Ajello , C. M. Urry , V. S. Paliya , M. Koss , K. Oh , G. Madejski , Y. Ueda , M. Baloković , B. Trakhtenbrot , F. Ricci , C. Ricci , D. Stern , F. Harrison , M. C. Powell , BASS Collaboration

Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI) -- Early On-Orbit Results

The Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI) is a single detector, gamma-ray spectrometer designed to space-qualify the new scintillation detector material europium-doped strontium iodide (SrI2:Eu) and new silicon photomultiplier (SiPM)…

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A Large Area LaBr3/NaI Phoswich for Hard X-ray Astronomy

In terms of energy resolution, temporal response to burst events, and thermal stability, lanthanum bromide doped with Ce is a much better choice than the traditional NaI(Tl) scintillator for hard X-ray astronomy. We present the test results…

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In-orbit Radiation Damage Characterization of SiPMs in the GRID-02 CubeSat Detector

Recently, silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have been used in several space-borne missions, owing to their solid state, compact size, low operating voltage, and insensitivity to magnetic fields. However, operating SiPMs in space results in…

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Simulation Study of the Beam Calorimeter in the GLD Configuration for the Next Generation Linear Collider

The beam calorimeter, located in the very forward and backward region of the next generation electron-positron linear accelerator, will be an important apparatus to search for or identify new particles beyond Standard Model. One of its key…

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VERITAS Observations of the gamma-Ray Binary LS I +61 303

LS I +61 303 is one of only a few high-mass X-ray binaries currently detected at high significance in very high energy gamma-rays. The system was observed over several orbital cycles (between September 2006 and February 2007) with the…

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