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A link between magnetars and fast radio burst (FRB) sources has finally been established. In this context, one of the open issues is whether/which sources of extra galactic FRBs exhibit X/gamma-ray outbursts and whether it is correlated…

We report the results on the short gamma-ray burst GRB 241107A, obtained with the IBIS instrument on board the INTEGRAL satellite. The burst had a duration of about 0.2 s, a fluence of $8 \times 10^{-7}$ erg cm-2 in the 20 keV-10 MeV range…

An X-ray short burst associated with a Galactic fast radio burst was observed in 2020, distinguished by its X-ray cut-off energy significantly exceeding that of other X-ray short bursts. X-ray photons of these short bursts are believed to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-14 Tomoki Wada , Katsuaki Asano

Magnetars are neutron stars with extremely high magnetic fields that exhibit various X-ray phenomena such as sporadic sub-second bursts, long-term persistent flux enhancements, and variable rates of rotation period change. In 2020, a fast…

Neutron star mergers produce a substantial amount of fast-moving ejecta, expanding outwardly for years after the merger. The interaction of these ejecta with the surrounding medium may produce a weak isotropic radio remnant, detectable in…

It is suggested that magnetars eventually become unstable to a dynamic overturning instability that destroys most of their dipole moment in a single event. It is further suggested that such an instability would produce a supergiant version…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 David Eichler

The origin of magnetic fields that permeate the blast waves of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is a long-standing problem. The present paper argues that in four GRBs revealing extended emission at >100 MeV, with follow-up in the radio, optical and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Martin Lemoine , Zhuo Li , Xiang-Yu Wang

The spectral properties of a composite thermal emission arising from a relativistic expanding fireball can be remarkably different from the Planck function. We perform a detailed study of such a system to explore the features of the prompt…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-04 Soumya Gupta , Sunder Sahayanathan

We calculate the spectrum resulting from the interaction of a fireball with ambient soft photons. These photons are assumed to be produced by the walls of a funnel in a massive star. By parameterizing the radial dependence of the funnel…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Ghisellini , D. Lazzati , A. Celotti , M. J. Rees

Long-term periodicity in the rate of flares is observed for two repeating sources of fast radio bursts (FRBs). In this paper We present a hydrodynamical modeling of a massive binary consisting of a magnetar and an early-type star. We model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-22 Maxim V. Barkov , Sergei B. Popov

The apparently huge energy budget of the gamma ray burst GRB 990123 led to the final collapse of the isotropic fireball model, forcing even the most skeptical to consider a beamed Jet emission correlated to a supernova (SN) explosion.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Fargion , M. Grossi

We propose a new model for Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) based on a sudden discharge of a charged young magnetar, caused by the short falling timescale of oppositely charged particles onto the magnetar. In this scenario, curvature radiation is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-21 Marcio G. B. de Avellar , Pedro P. B. Beaklini , Sílvia P. Nunes , Pedro H. R. S. Moraes , Manuel Malheiro

Millisecond pulsars with strong magnetic fields may be formed through several processes, e.g. accretion-induced collapse of magnetized white dwarfs, merger of two neutron stars. During the birth of such a pulsar, an initial fireball…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. G. Dai , T. Lu

I consider a model of GRBs where they arise right before the merging of binary pulsars. Binary pulsars moving through the companion's magnetic field experience a large, motional electric field $\vec{E}=\vec{v}\wedge\vec{B}/c$, which leads…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Mario Vietri

Conventionally, long GRBs are thought to be caused by the core collapses of massive stars. During the lifetime of a massive star, a stellar wind bubble environment should be produced. Furthermore, the microphysics shock parameters may vary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 S. W. Kong , A. Y. L. Wong , Y. F. Huang , K. S. Cheng

Magnetar giant flares are rare and highly energetic phenomena observed in the transient sky whose emission mechanisms are still not fully understood. Depending on the nature of the excited modes of the magnetar, they are also expected to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-14 Adrian Macquet , Marie-Anne Bizouard , Eric Burns , Nelson Christensen , Michael Coughlin , Zorawar Wadiasingh , George Younes

Recent observations suggest that $\gamma$-ray bursts (GRBs) and their afterglows are produced by jets of highly relativistic cannonballs (CBs), emitted in supernova (SN) explosions. The CBs, reheated by their collision with the shell, emit…

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

Blazars in elliptical hosts have a population of red giants surrounding their jet. These stars can carry large wind-blown bubbles into the jets, leading to gamma-ray emission through bubble-jet interactions. We study the interaction…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-13 N. Torres-Albà , V. Bosch-Ramon

We present the unsaturated peak profile of SGR 1900+14 giant flare on 1998 August 27. This was obtained by particle counters of the Low Energy Particle instrument onboard the GEOTAIL spacecraft. The observed peak profile revealed four…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. T. Tanaka , T. Terasawa , N. Kawai , A. Yoshida , I. Yoshikawa , Y. Saito , T. Takashima , T. Mukai

Detailed information on the physical parameters in the sources of cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) is obtained from few plausible assumptions consistent with observations. Model-independent requirements posed by these assumptions on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. V. Derishev , V. V. Kocharovsky , Vl. V. Kocharovsky