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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have long been considered potential sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs; with energy $\gtrsim 10^{18} {\rm~eV}$). In this work, we propose a novel model generating MeV emission lines in GRB, which can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-11 Yu-Jia Wei , Jia Ren , Hao-Ning He , Yuan-Pei Yang , Da-Ming Wei , Zi-Gao Dai , B. Theodore Zhang

We present counts-level fits to the keV-GeV data of the early afterglow of the brightest gamma-ray burst detected to date, GRB 221009A. We discuss the complexity of the data reduction due to the unprecedented brightness and the location in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-19 Marc Klinger , Andrew M. Taylor , Tyler Parsotan , Andrew Beardmore , Sebastian Heinz , Sylvia J. Zhu

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (\insight) detected GRB 221009A, the brightest gamma-ray burst observed to date, with all its three telescopes, i.e. High Energy telescope (HE, 20-250 keV), Medium Energy telescope (ME, 5-30 keV), and Low…

We search for possible GeV-TeV gamma-ray imprints of ultrahigh-energy (UHE; $\gtrsim 0.1$ EeV) cosmic ray (CR) acceleration in the large-scale structures surrounding the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) explosion, GRB 221009A. Using 1.25…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-23 Saikat Das , Soebur Razzaque , Nestor Mirabal , Nicola Omodei , Kohta Murase , Israel Martinez-Castellanos

The physical composition of the ejecta of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) remains an open question. The radiation mechanism of the prompt gamma rays is also in debate. This problem can be solved for the bursts hosting distinct thermal radiation.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-07 Yun Wang , Tian-Ci Zheng , Zhi-Ping Jin

The observational diversity of optical emission, which coincides with prompt gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), has been discovered in the recent Swift era. We show that on the assumption of the synchrotron radiation for the observed energy range…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hirotsugu Doi , Kentaro Takami , Ryo Yamazaki

The emission of gamma-ray burst (GRB) 221009A at 18 TeV has been detected by the large high-altitude air shower observatory (LHAASO). We suggest jitter radiation as a possible explanation for the TeV emission for this energetic GRB. In our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-12 Jirong Mao , Jiancheng Wang

The radiation physics of bright prompt optical emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) remains a puzzle. Assuming that the GRB ejecta is structured, we investigated this issue by characterizing the ejecta as an ultra-relativistic uniform jet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-12 Zi-Qi Wang , Xiao-Li Huang , En-Wei Liang

For over two decades, gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt emission spectra were modelled with smoothly-broken power laws (Band function), and a positive and tight correlation between the spectral rest-frame peak energy $E_p$ and the total…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-16 Alessio Mei , Gor Oganesyan , Samanta Macera

We calculate the synchrotron self-Compton emission from internal shocks occurring in relativistic winds as a source of gamma-ray bursts, with allowance for self-absorption. For plausible model parameters most pulses within a Gamma-Ray Burst…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Panaitescu , P. Meszaros

I calculate the emission expected from a Poynting-flux-dominated gamma-ray burst (GRB) flow in which energy is dissipated gradually by magnetic reconnection. In this picture, the energy of the radiating particles is determined by heating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dimitrios Giannios

The millimeter wavelength emission from GRB 991208 is the second brightest ever detected, yielding a unique data set. We present here well-sampled spectra and light curves over more than two decades in frequency for a two-week period. This…

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and following afterglows are considered to be produced by dissipation of kinetic energy of a relativistic fireball and radiation process is widely believed as synchrotron radiation or inverse Compton scattering of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Tomonori Totani

The brightest ever gamma-ray burst (GRB) 221009A displays a significant emission line component around 10 MeV. As the GRB central engine is neutron-rich, we propose that the emission line could be originally due to the 2.223 MeV gamma-rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-02 Jiahuan Zhu , Hua Feng , Tong Liu

Previous research on Lorentz invariance violation in photons from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) suggested a scenario where multi-GeV photons could be emitted before lower-energy photons at the GRB source frame. This implies the existence of a new…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-17 Qing Liu , Hanlin Song , Bo-Qiang Ma

We discuss the prompt emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts in different spectral energy bands. First, we suggest that a three-part synchrotron emission model is a good description of the ~20 keV - 1 MeV gamma-ray emission of GRBs. We show that this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning

We discuss the new surprising observational results that indicate quite convincingly that the prompt emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) is due to synchrotron radiation produced by a particle distribution that has a low energy cut-off. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-29 G. Ghisellini , G. Ghirlanda , G. Oganesyan , S. Ascenzi , L. Nava , A. Celotti , O. S. Salafia , E. M. Ravasio , M. Ronchi

We study the time-resolved spectra of eight GRBs observed by Fermi GBM in its first five years of mission, with 1 keV - 1 MeV fluence $f>1.0\times10^{-4}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ and signal-to-noise level $\text{S/N}\geq10.0$ above 900 keV. We aim to…

The emission mechanism of the gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is still a matter of debates. The standard synchrotron energy spectrum of cooling electrons F_E ~ E^{-1/2} is much too soft to account for the majority of the observed spectral slopes.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Boris E. Stern , Juri Poutanen

The brightest ever observed gamma ray burst GRB 221009A at redshift $z = 0.151$ was detected on October 9, 2022. Its highest energy photons have been recorded by the LHAASO collaboration up to above $12 \, \rm TeV$, and one of the at ${\cal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-06 Giorgio Galanti , Marco Roncadelli , Giacomo Bonnoli , Lara Nava , Fabrizio Tavecchio