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Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic electromagnetic sources in the Universe. Their prompt gamma-ray radiation corresponds to an energy release of 1E42-1E47J. Fifty years after their discovery and several dedicated space-based…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-22 J. Michael Burgess , Damien Bégué , Ana Bacelj , Dimitrios Giannios , Francesco Berlato , Jochen Greiner

The detection of the hyper-bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) 221009A enables us to explore the nature of GRB emission and the origin of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays. We analyze the ${\it Fermi}$-LAT data and investigate GeV-TeV emission in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-18 B. Theodore Zhang , Kohta Murase , Kunihito Ioka , Deheng Song , Chengchao Yuan , Péter Mészáros

One of the most powerful gamma-ray bursts, GRB 130427A was swiftly detected from GeV $\gamma$-rays to optical wavelengths. In the GeV band, the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope observed the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-09 Nissim Fraija , William H. Lee , Péter Veres

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…

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) engines are probed most intimately during the prompt gamma-ray luminous phase when the expanding blast wave is closest to the explosion center. Using GRBs 990123 and 940217 as guides, we briefly review observations of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Charles D. Dermer , James Chiang

We performed a time-resolved spectral analysis of 53 bright gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed by \textit{Fermi}/GBM. Our sample consists of 908 individual spectra extracted from the finest time slices in each GRB. We fitted them with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 Dao-Zhou Wang , Xiao-Hong Zhao , Zhao Zhang , Bin-Bin Zhang , Zhao-Yang Peng

The gamma-ray burst GRB 180720B is very peculiar. On one hand, some interesting features have been found by performing the detailed time-resolved spectral analysis in the prompt phase. First, the `flux-tracking' pattern is exhibited both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-24 Ming-Ya Duan , Xiang-Gao Wang

GRB~221009A has been the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) observed to date, and its afterglow has been characterised with unprecedented detail at TeV energies by LHAASO. Quite puzzlingly, it is also the most energetic GRB known. Among the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-21 O. S. Salafia , A. Celotti , E. Sobacchi , L. Nava , G. Oganesyan , G. Ghirlanda , S. Boula , M. E. Ravasio , G. Ghisellini

Information on the spectral shape of prompt emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRB) is mostly available only at energies $\gtrsim10$ keV, where the main instruments for GRB detection are sensitive. The origin of this emission is still very…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Gor Oganesyan , Lara Nava , Giancarlo Ghirlanda , Andrea Melandri , Annalisa Celotti

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) 221009A produced the highest flux of gigaelectronvolt-teraelectronvolt ($\rm GeV-TeV$) photons ever observed, allowing the construction of a detailed $\rm TeV$ light curve. We focus on explaining the noticeable dip in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-11 Duan-yuan Gao , Yuan-Chuan Zou

In this study, we present the pulse profile of the unique and the second brightest gamma-ray burst GRB 230307A, and analyze its temporal behavior using a joint GECAM--Fermi/GBM time-resolved spectral analysis. The utilization of GECAM data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-23 R. Moradi , C. W. Wang , B. Zhang , Y. Wang , S. -L. Xiong , S. -X. Yi , W. -J. Tan , M. Karlica , S. -N. Zhang

We consider here a proton-synchrotron model to explain the MAGIC observation of GRB 190114C afterglow in the energy band $0.2 - 1$~TeV, while the X-ray spectra are explained by electron-synchrotron emission. Given the uncertainty of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-02 Hebzibha Isravel , Asaf Pe'er , Damien Begue

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…

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the universe's most energetic phenomena (isotropic luminosity $\sim 10^{51} - 10^{54}$ ergs/s) lasting for a very short duration ($\sim$ milliseconds - a few seconds). Even after an average of one GRB detected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-13 Soumya Gupta , Sunder Sahayanathan , Saharsh Shanu , Rishabh Nath

The MeV spectral peak of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is best explained as photospheric emission from a dissipative relativistic jet. The observed non-blackbody spectrum shows that sub-photospheric dissipation involves both thermal plasma…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-07 Christoffer Lundman , Indrek Vurm , Andrei M. Beloborodov

The brightest long gamma-ray burst detected so far by the Swift-BAT and Fermi-GBM telescopes, GRB~221009A, provides an unprecedented opportunity for understanding the high-energy processes in extreme transient phenomena. We find that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-07 Saikat Das , Soebur Razzaque

The detection of gamma-ray burst GRB~221009A has attracted significant attention due to its record brightness and the first-ever detection of multi-TeV $\gamma$-rays from a GRB. Located at redshift $z=0.151$, this event is relatively nearby…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-14 Hassan Abdalla

The origin of prompt emission in $\gamma$-ray bursts (GRBs) is highly debated topic. The observed spectra are supposed to play a crucial role in constraining the location of the emitting region, the strength of the magnetic field and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-26 Gor Oganesyan

The brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed, long-duration GRB 221009A, was detected by GRBAlpha nano-satellite without saturation. We present light curves of the prompt emission in 13 energy bands, from 80 keV to 950 keV, and perform a…

We discuss implications that can be obtained by searches for neutrinos from the brightest gamma-ray burst, GRB 221009A. We derive constraints on GRB model parameters such as the cosmic-ray loading factor and dissipation radius, taking into…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-01 Kohta Murase , Mainak Mukhopadhyay , Ali Kheirandish , Shigeo S. Kimura , Ke Fang