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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous explosions in the Universe and are powered by ultra-relativistic jets. Their prompt $\gamma$-ray emission briefly outshines the rest of the $\gamma$-ray sky making them detectable from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-07 Ramandeep Gill , Jonathan Granot

Long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are commonly accepted to originate in the explosion of particularly massive stars, which gives rise to a highly relativistic jet. Internal inhomogeneities in the expanding flow give rise to internal shock waves…

The detection of a very-high-energy TeV spectral component in the afterglow emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has opened a new probe into the energetics of ultra-relativistic blast waves and the nature of the circumburst environment in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-01 Edilberto Aguilar-Ruiz , Ramandeep Gill , Paz Beniamini , Jonathan Granot

Despite more than fifty years of gamma-ray burst (GRB) observations, several questions regarding the origin of the prompt emission, particularly at high energies, remain unresolved. We present a comprehensive analysis of 35 GRBs observed by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-22 Samanta Macera , Biswajit Banerjee , Alessio Mei , Pawan Tiwari , Gor Oganesyan , Marica Branchesi

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-07 Yi-Zhong Fan , Tsvi Piran

We investigate the GeV emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), using the results from the Energetic Gamma Ray Experimental Telescope (EGRET), and in view of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST). Assuming that the conventional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-01 Shin'ichiro Ando , Ehud Nakar , Re'em Sari

The synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) emission from Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) forward shock can extend to the very-high-energy (VHE; $E_\gamma > $100 GeV) range. Such high energy photons are rare and are attenuated by the cosmic infrared…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 R. R. Xue , P. H. Tam , S. J. Wagner , B. Behera , Y. Z. Fan , D. M. Wei

We study high-energy gamma-ray afterglow emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the prior emission model, which is proposed to explain the plateau phase of the X-ray afterglow. This model predicts the high-energy gamma-ray emission when…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-23 Kohta Murase , Kenji Toma , Ryo Yamazaki , Shigehiro Nagataki , Kunihito Ioka

Emission of high energy (HE) photons above 100 MeV that is delayed and lasts much longer than the prompt MeV emission has been detected from several long duration gamma ray bursts (LGRBs) and short hard bursts (SHBs) by the Compton, Fermi…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-18 Shlomo Dado , Arnon Dar

The study of high-energy gamma-ray emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) involves complex synchrotron radiation and synchrotron self-Compton scattering (SSC) mechanisms with multiple parameters exhibiting a wide distribution. Recent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-25 Yu-Hua Yao , Fang-Sheng Min , Shi Chen , Yi-Qing Guo

Extended, fading emissions in multi-wavelength are observed following Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Recent broad-band observational campaigns led by the Swift Observatory reveal rich features of these GRB afterglows. Here we review the latest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Bing Zhang

Direct multi-dimensional numerical simulation is the most reliable approach for calculating the fluid dynamics and observational signatures of relativistic jets in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We present a two-dimensional relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-05-29 Weiqun Zhang , Andrew MacFadyen

Short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are explosive transients caused by binary mergers of compact objects containing at least one neutron star. Multi-wavelength afterglow observations provide constraints on the physical parameters of the jet, its…

Recent detections of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) at TeV energies opened new prospects for investigating radiative environments and particle acceleration mechanisms under extreme conditions. In this paper, we study the afterglows of these GRBs -…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-27 L. Foffano , M. Tavani

The Fermi satellite has been reporting the detailed temporal properties of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in an extremely broad spectral range, 8 keV - 300 GeV, in particular, the unexpected delays of the GeV emission onsets behind the MeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-18 Kenji Toma , Xue-Feng Wu , Peter Meszaros

The observations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) such as 980425, 031203 and 060218, with luminosities much lower than those of other classic bursts, lead to the definition of a new class of GRBs -- low-luminosity GRBs. The nature of the outflow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-11 Hao-Ning He , Xiang-Yu Wang , Yun-Wei Yu , Peter Meszaros

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), short and intense pulses of low energy gamma-rays, have fascinated astronomers and astrophysicists since their unexpected discovery in the late sixties. During the last decade, several space missions: BATSE (Burst…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Tsvi Piran

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows are likely produced in the shock that is driven as the GRB jet interacts with the external medium. Long-duration GRBs are also associated with powerful supernovae (SNe). We consider the optical and radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-08 Adithan Kathirgamaraju , Rodolfo Barniol Duran , Dimitrios Giannios

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets are narrow, and thus typically point away from us. They are initially ultra-relativistic, causing their prompt $\gamma$-ray and early afterglow emission to be beamed away from us. However, as the jet gradually…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-19 Jonathan Granot , Fabio De Colle , Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are ultra-relativistic collimated outflows, which emit synchrotron radiation throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum when they interact with their environment. This afterglow emission enables us to probe the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-09 M. D. Aksulu , R. A. M. J. Wijers , H. J. van Eerten , A. J. van der Horst