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On 9 October 2022, the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever recorded (GRB 221009A) was detected. Its remarkably bright emission, partially due to its close distance to Earth ($z\sim0.15$), makes this GRB a unique event. The outstanding…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-02 Arnau Aguasca-Cabot , Alessandro Carosi , Alice Donini , Susumu Inoue , Yuri Sato , Monica Seglar Arroyo , Kenta Terauchi , Pol Bordas , Marc Ribó

It is reported that the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) observed thousands of very-high-energy photons up to $\sim$18 TeV from GRB 221009A. We study the survival rate of these photons via considering the fact that they…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-01 Zhi-Chao Zhao , Yong Zhou , Sai Wang

A gamma-ray burst, named GRB 221009A, occurred on 9 October 2022 and is the brightest ever observed GRB, whose frequency is now estimated as once in 10,000 years. This GRB was reported to be observed from many space missions, VLF receivers,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-18 Pranali Thakur , Gauri Datar , Geeta Vichare , Selvaraj Chelliah

GRB 221009A is the brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected since the discovery of this kind of energetic explosions. However, an accurate measurement of the prompt emission properties of this burst is very challenging due to its exceptional…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-06 Zheng-Hua An , S. Antier , Xing-Zi Bi , Qing-Cui Bu , Ce Cai , Xue-Lei Cao , Anna-Elisa Camisasca , Zhi Chang , Gang Chen , Li Chen , Tian-Xiang Chen , Wen Chen , Yi-Bao Chen , Yong Chen , Yu-Peng Chen , Michael W. Coughlin , Wei-Wei Cui , Zi-Gao Dai , T. Hussenot-Desenonges , Yan-Qi Du , Yuan-Yuan Du , Yun-Fei Du , Cheng-Cheng Fan , Filippo Frontera , He Gao , Min Gao , Ming-Yu Ge , Ke Gong , Yu-Dong Gu , Ju Guan , Dong-Ya Guo , Zhi-Wei Guo , Cristiano Guidorzi , Da-Wei Han , Jian-Jian He , Jun-Wang He , Dong-Jie Hou , Yue Huang , Jia Huo , Zhen Ji , Shu-Mei Jia , Wei-Chun Jiang , David Alexander Kann , A. Klotz , Ling-Da Kong , Lin Lan , An Li , Bing Li , Chao-Yang Li , Cheng-Kui Li , Gang Li , Mao-Shun Li , Ti-Pei Li , Wei Li , Xiao-Bo Li , Xin-Qiao Li , Xu-Fang Li , Yan-Guo Li , Zheng-Wei Li , Jing Liang , Xiao-Hua Liang , Jin-Yuan Liao , Lin Lin , Cong-Zhan Liu , He-Xin Liu , Hong-Wei Liu , Jia-Cong Liu , Xiao-Jing Liu , Ya-Qing Liu , Yu-Rong Liu , Fang-Jun Lu , Hong Lu , Xue-Feng Lu , Qi Luo , Tao Luo , Bin-Yuan Ma , Fu-Li Ma , Rui-Can Ma , Xiang Ma , Romain Maccary , Ji-Rong Mao , Bin Meng , Jian-Yin Nie , Mauro Orlandini , Ge Ou , Jing-Qiang Peng , Wen-Xi Peng , Rui Qiao , Jin-Lu Qu , Xiao-Qin Ren , Jing-Yan Shi , Qi Shi , Li-Ming Song , Xin-Ying Song , Ju Su , Gong-Xing Sun , Liang Sun , Xi-Lei Sun , Wen-Jun Tan , Ying Tan , Lian Tao , You-Li Tuo , Damien Turpin , Jin-Zhou Wang , Chen Wang , Chen-Wei Wang , Hong-Jun Wang , Hui Wang , Jin Wang , Ling-Jun Wang , Peng-Ju Wang , Ping Wang , Wen-Shuai Wang , Xiang-Yu Wang , Xi-Lu Wang , Yu-Sa Wang , Yue Wang , Xiang-Yang Wen , Bo-Bing Wu , Bai-Yang Wu , Hong Wu , Sheng-Hui Xiao , Shuo Xiao , Yun-Xiang Xiao , Sheng-Lun Xie , Shao-Lin Xiong , Sen-Lin Xiong , Dong Xu , He Xu , Yan-Jun Xu , Yan-Bing Xu , Ying-Chen Xu , Yu-Peng Xu , Wang-Chen Xue , Sheng Yang , Yan-Ji Yang , Zi-Xu Yang , Wen-Tao Ye , Qi-Bin Yi , Shu-Xu Yi , Qian-Qing Yin , Yuan You , Yun-Wei Yu , Wei Yu , Wen-Hui Yu , Ming Zeng , Bing Zhang , Bin-Bin Zhang , Da-Li Zhang , Fan Zhang , Hong-Mei Zhang , Juan Zhang , Liang Zhang , Peng Zhang , Peng Zhang , Shu Zhang , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Wan-Chang Zhang , Xiao-Feng Zhang , Xiao-Lu Zhang , Yan-Qiu Zhang , Yan-Ting Zhang , Yi-Fei Zhang , Yuan-Hang Zhang , Zhen Zhang , Guo-Ying Zhao , Hai-Sheng Zhao , Hong-Yu Zhao , Qing-Xia Zhao , Shu-Jie Zhao , Xiao-Yun Zhao , Xiao-Fan Zhao , Yi Zhao , Chao Zheng , Shi-Jie Zheng , Deng-Ke Zhou , Xing Zhou , Xiao-Cheng Zhu

Context: The extreme luminosity of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) makes them powerful beacons for studies of the distant Universe. The most luminous bursts are typically detected at moderate/high redshift, where the volume for seeing such rare…

The early afterglow of a Gamma-ray burst (GRB) can provide critical information on the jet and progenitor of the GRB. The extreme brightness of GRB 221009A allows us to probe its early afterglow in unprecedented detail. In this letter, we…

The LHAASO Collaboration detected the gamma ray burst GRB 221009A at energies above $500 \, {\rm GeV}$ with a tail extending up to $18 \, \rm TeV$, whose spectral analysis has presently been performed up to $7 \, \rm TeV$ for the lower…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-22 Giorgio Galanti , Lara Nava , Marco Roncadelli , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Giacomo Bonnoli

The brightest gamma ray burst (GRB) ever observed, GRB221009A, produced a surprisingly large flux of gamma rays with multi-TeV energies, which are expected to be absorbed in interactions with extragalactic background light (EBL). If the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-16 Oleg Kalashev , Felix Aharonian , Warren Essey , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Alexander Kusenko

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic electromagnetic explosions in the universe. Recently, the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) reported the breakthrough observation of GRB 221009A with gamma-ray energies beyond…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-10 Yunlei Huang , Sujie Lin , Soebur Razzaque , Lili Yang , Zijie Huang

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are brief flashes of gamma rays, considered to be the most energetic explosive phenomena in the Universe. The emission from GRBs comprises a short (typically tens of seconds) and bright prompt emission, followed by a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-21 H. Abdalla R. Adam F. Aharonian F. Ait Benkhali E. O. Anguener M. Arakawa , C. Arcaro , C. Armand , H. Ashkar , M. Backes , V. Barbosa Martins , M. Barnard Y. Becherini , D. Berge , K. Bernloehr , E. Bissaldi , R. Blackwell , M. Boettcher , C. Boisson , J. Bolmont , S. Bonnefoy , J. Bregeon , M. Breuhaus , F. Brun , P. Brun , M. Bryan , M. Buechele , T. Bulik , T. Bylund , M. Capasso , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , S. Casanova , M. Cerruti , T. Chand , S. Chandra , A. Chen , S. Colafrancesco , M. Curylo , I. D. Davids , C. Deil , J. Devin , P. deWilt , L. Dirson , A. Djannati-Atai , A. Dmytriiev , A. Donath , V. Doroshenko , J. Dyks , K. Egberts , G. Emery , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Eschbach , K. Feijen , S. Fegan , A. Fiasson , G. Fontaine , S. Funk , M. Fuessling , S. Gabici , Y. A. Gallant , F. Gate , G. Giavitto , L. Giunti , D. Glawion , J. F. Glicenstein , D. Gottschall , M. -H. Grondin , J. Hahn , M. Haupt , G. Heinzelmann , G. Henri , G. Hermann , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , C. Hoischen , T. L. Holch , M. Holler , D. Horns , D. Huber , H. Iwasaki , M. Jamrozy , D. Jankowsky , F. Jankowsky , A. Jardin-Blicq , I. Jung-Richardt , M. A. Kastendieck , K. Katarzynski , M. Katsuragawa , U. Katz , D. Khangulyan , B. Khelifi , J. King , S. Klepser , W. Kluzniak , N. Komin , K. Kosack , D. Kostunin , M. Kreter , G. Lamanna , A. Lemiere , M. Lemoine-Goumard , J. -P. Lenain , E. Leser , C. Levy , T. Lohse , I. Lypova , J. Mackey , J. Majumdar , D. Malyshev , V. Marandon , A. Marcowith , A. Mares , C. Mariaud , G. Marti-Devesa , R. Marx , G. Maurin , P. J. Meintjes , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. Moderski , M. Mohamed , L. Mohrmann , C. Moore , E. Moulin , J. Muller , T. Murach , S. Nakashima , M. de Naurois , H. Ndiyavala , F. Niederwanger , J. Niemiec , L. Oakes , P. O Brien , H. Odaka , S. Ohm , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , M. Ostrowski , I. Oya , M. Panter , R. D. Parsons , C. Perennes , P. -O. Petrucci , B. Peyaud , Q. Piel , S. Pita , V. Poireau , A. Priyana Noel , D. A. Prokhorov , H. Prokoph , G. Puehlhofer , M. Punch , A. Quirrenbach , S. Raab , R. Rauth , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , Q. Remy , M. Renaud , F. Rieger , L. Rinchiuso , C. Romoli , G. Rowell , B. Rudak , E. Ruiz-Velasco , V. Sahakian , S. Sailer , S. Saito , D. A. Sanchez , A. Santangelo , M. Sasaki , R. Schlickeiser , F. Schuessler , A. Schulz , H. M. Schutte , U. Schwanke , S. Schwemmer , M. Seglar-Arroyo , M. Senniappan , A. S. Seyffert , N. Shafi , K. Shiningayamwe , R. Simoni , A. Sinha , H. Sol , A. Specovius , M. Spir-Jacob , L. Stawarz , R. Steenkamp , C. Stegmann , C. Steppa , T. Takahashi , T. Tavernier , A. M. Taylor , R. Terrier , D. Tiziani , M. Tluczykont , C. Trichard , M. Tsirou , N. Tsuji , R. Tuffs , Y. Uchiyama , D. J. van der Walt , C. van Eldik , C. van Rensburg , B. van Soelen , G. Vasileiadis , J. Veh , C. Venter , P. Vincent , J. Vink , H. J. Voelk , T. Vuillaume , Z. Wadiasingh , S. J. Wagner , R. White , A. Wierzcholska , R. Yang , H. Yoneda , M. Zacharias , R. Zanin , A. A. Zdziarski , A. Zech , A. Ziegler , J. Zorn , N. Zywucka , F. de Palma , M. Axelsson , O. J. Roberts

Recent astrophysical transient Swift J1913.1+1946 may be associated with the $\gamma$-ray burst GRB 221009A. The redshift of this event is $z\simeq 0.151$. Very high-energy $\gamma$-rays (up to 18 TeV) followed the transient and were…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-23 Shyam Balaji , Maura E. Ramirez-Quezada , Joseph Silk , Yongchao Zhang

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic explosions in the universe, and their afterglow emission provides an opportunity to probe the physics of relativistic shock waves in an extreme environment. Several key pieces for completing…

The recent detection of gamma-ray burst GRB~221009A has attracted attention due to its record brightness and first-ever detection of $\gtrsim 10$ TeV $\gamma$ rays from a GRB. Despite being the second-nearest GRB ever detected, at a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-18 Hassan Abdalla , Soebur Razzaque , Markus Böttcher , Justin Finke , Alberto Domínguez

We present the first results study of the effects of the powerful Gamma Ray Burst GRB 221009A that occurred on October 9, 2022, and was serendipitously recorded by electron and proton detectors aboard the four spacecraft of the NASA THEMIS…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-24 O. V. Agapitov , M. Balikhin , A. J. Hull , Y. Hobara , V. Angelopoulos , F. S. Mozer

It has been reported that the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) observed very high energy photons from GRB 221009A, with the highest energy reaching 18~TeV. We find that observation of such high energy photons is quite…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-07 Hao Li , Bo-Qiang Ma

In this paper, we model the dynamics and radiation physics of the rarity event GRB 221009A afterglow in detail. By introducing a top-hat jet that propagates in an environment dominated by stellar winds, we explain the publicly available…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-26 Jia Ren , Yun Wang , Lu-Lu Zhang , Zi-Gao Dai

As a potential consequence of Lorentz invariance violation~(LIV), threshold anomalies open a window to study LIV. Recently the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory~(LHAASO) reported that more than 5000 photons from GRB 221009A have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-14 Hao Li , Bo-Qiang Ma

We study GRB 221009A, the brightest gamma-ray burst in the history of observations, using Fermi data. To calibrate them for large inclination angles, we use the Vela X gamma-ray source. Light curves in different spectral ranges demonstrate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-22 B. Stern , I. Tkachev