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Long duration Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) originate from the core collapse of massive stars, but the identity of the central engine remains elusive. Previous work has shown that rapidly spinning, strongly magnetized proto-neutron stars…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 B. D. Metzger , D. Giannios , T. A. Thompson , N. Bucciantini , E. Quataert

Prompt optical emission from the $\gamma$-ray burst of GRB 041219A has been reported by Vestrand et al. There was a fast rise of optical emission simultaneous with the dominant $\gamma$-ray pulse, and a tight correlation with the prompt…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Zheng Zheng , Ye Lu , Yong-Heng Zhao

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense bursts of high-energy photons (prompt emissions) caused by relativistic jets. After the emissions, multi-wavelength afterglows, from radio to very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray, last for more than a few…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-10 Yuri Sato , Kaori Obayashi , B. Theodre Zhang , Shuta J. Tanaka , Kohta Murase , Yutaka Ohira , Ryo Yamazaki

We present the first global model of prompt emission from a short gamma-ray burst that consistently describes the evolution of the central black-hole (BH) torus system, the propagation of the jet through multi-component merger ejecta, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-29 Hirotaka Ito , Oliver Just , Yuki Takei , Shigehiro Nagataki

In the framework of the internal shock scenario, we model the broadband prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with emphasis on the GeV-TeV bands, utilizing Monte Carlo simulations that include various processes associated with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Katsuaki Asano , Susumu Inoue

Thermal X-ray emission which is simultaneous with the prompt gamma-rays has been detected for the first time from a supernova connected with a gamma-ray burst (GRB), namely GRB060218/SN2006aj. It has been interpreted as arising from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Xiang-Yu Wang , Zhuo Li , Eli Waxman , Peter Meszaros

Long-duration GRB~200829A was detected by Fermi-GBM and Swift-BAT/XRT, and then rapidly observed by other ground-based telescopes. It has a weak $\gamma$-ray emission in the very early phase and followed by a bright spiky $\gamma$-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-15 Jing Li , Da-Bin Lin , Rui-Jing Lu , Lu-Yao Jiang , Wen-Qiang Liang , Zhi-Lin Chen , Xiao-Yan Li , Xiang-Gao Wang , En-Wei Liang

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been often considered as the natural evolution of some core-collapse supernovae (SNe). While GRBs with relativistic jets emit an electromagnetic signal, GRBs with mildly relativistic jets are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-23 Irene Tamborra , Shin'ichiro Ando

We introduce a non-resonant acceleration mechanism arising from the second adiabatic invariant in magnetic turbulence and apply it to study the prompt emission spectra of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The mechanism contains both the first- and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 Siyao Xu , Bing Zhang

Energetic GeV photons expected from the closest and the most energetic Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) provide an unique opportunity to study the very-high-energy emission as well as the possible correlations with lower energy bands in realistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-19 Nissim Fraija , P. Veres , B. Betancourt Kamenetskaia , A. Galvan-Gamez , M. G. Dainotti , Simone Dichiara , R. L. Becerra

The evolution of a dilute electron-positron fireball is calculated in the regime of strong magnetization and very high compactness (l ~10^3-10^8). Heating is applied at a low effective temperature (< 25 keV), and the fireball is allowed to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Christopher Thompson , Ramandeep Gill

Aims. The aim of the study is to constrain the physics of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) by analysing the multi-wavelength afterglow data set of GRB 121024A that covers the full range from radio to X-rays. Methods. Using multi-epoch broad-band…

We report results of a systematic study of the broad--band (2--2000 keV) time--resolved prompt emission spectra of a sample of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) detected with both the Wide Field Cameras (WFCs) aboard the BeppoSAX satellite and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Filippo Frontera , Lorenzo Amati , Ruben Farinelli , Simone Dichiara , Cristiano Guidorzi , Raffaella Landi , Lev Titarchuk

The properties of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that are inferred from observations depend on the value of the bulk Lorentz factor, $\Gamma$. Consequently, accurately estimating it is an important aim. In this work, we present a method of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-12 Oscar Wistemar , Felix Ryde , Filip Alamaa

Early X-ray emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) traces the transition between the prompt emission and the afterglow radiation, and its rapid flux decline is often interpreted as the tail of the prompt emission. As such, it can offer…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-08 Annarita Ierardi , Gor Oganesyan , Stefano Ascenzi , Marica Branchesi , Biswajit Banerjee , Samuele Ronchini

A high energy power law is a common feature in the spectra of many astrophysical objects. We show that the photons in a relativistic plasma with a variable Lorentz factor go through repeated scattering with electrons to gain energy. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-01 Mukesh K. Vyas , Asaf Pe'er

The prompt emission spectrum of Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) is characterized by a smoothly joint broken power-law spectrum known as the Band function. The typical low-energy photon index is $\sim -1$, which poses challenge to the standard…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 Siyao Xu , Yuan-Pei Yang , Bing Zhang

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs), thought to be produced during core-collapse supernovae, may have a prominent neutron component in the outflow material. If present, neutrons can change how photons scatter in the outflow by reducing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-01 Nathan Walker , Tyler Parsotan , Davide Lazzati

The radiation mechanism of the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) remains an open question. Although their spectra are usually well fitted with the empirical Band function, which is widely believed to be fully non-thermal and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 Shu-Jin Hou , Bin-Bin Zhang , Yan-Zhi Meng , Xue-Feng Wu , En-Wei Liang , Hou-Jun Lü , Tong Liu , Yun-Feng Liang , Lin Lin , Rui-jing Lu , Jin-Shu Huang , Bing Zhang

Despite a generally accepted framework for describing the Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) afterglows, the nature of the compact object at the central engine and the mechanism behind the prompt emission remain debated. The striped jet model is a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-27 Michail Damoulakis , Rodolfo Barniol Duran , Dimitrios Giannios