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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most exciting sources that offer valuable opportunities for investigating the evolution of energy fraction given to magnetic fields and particles through microphysical parameters during relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-07 Nissim Fraija , Maria G. Dainotti , Boris Betancourt Kamenetskaia , Antonio Galván-Gámez , Edilberto Aguilar-Ruiz

We employ a fireball model of the GRB explosion to constrain intrinsic and environmental parameters of four events with good broadband afterglow data; GRB970508, GRB980329, GRB980703, and GRB000926. Using standard assumptions of constant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. A. Yost , F. A. Harrison , R. Sari , D. A. Frail

Short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) exhibiting a plateau phase provide valuable insights into the post-merger activity of their central engines. Although the physical origin of the plateau remains uncertain, the magnetar energy injection model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-24 Chen Deng , Yong-Feng Huang , Abdusattar Kurban , Jin-Jun Geng , Fan Xu , Xiao-Fei Dong , Hao-Xuan Gao , En-Wei Liang , Liang Li

We present a detailed broadband afterglow study of GRB 220101A ($10^4\lesssim\Delta T\lesssim10^7$ s) combining multi-wavelength data from soft X-rays until 6 GHz. The afterglow light curves in both X-ray and optical show distinct…

Observations of very early multi-wavelength afterglows are critical to reveal the properties of the radiating fireball and its environment as well as the central engine of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We report our optical observations of GRB…

Gamma ray burst (GRB) afterglow light curves have the potential to inform us about presently unobserved stages in the aftermath of a neutron star merger. Using numerical simulations of short GRB afterglows we obtain an approximate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-07 Muhammed Diyaddin Ilhan , Kai Schwenzer

According to the fireball model gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows are the result of a shock pushed into the surrounding medium by an extremely relativistic outflow from the GRB. By modeling the broadband spectrum, ranging from X-ray to radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 A. J. van der Horst , R. A. M. J. Wijers , E. Rol

We calculate the radial surface brightness profile of the image of a Gamma-Ray-Burst (GRB) afterglow. The afterglow spectrum consists of several power-law segments separated by breaks. The image profile changes considerably across each of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Jonathan Granot , Abraham Loeb

The afterglow emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is a valuable source of information to understand the physics of these energetic explosions. The blast wave model has become the standard to describe the evolution of the afterglow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-20 M. D. Aksulu , R. A. M. J. Wijers , H. J. van Eerten , A. J. van der Horst

In the field of multi-messenger astronomy, Bayesian inference is commonly adopted to compare the compatibility of models given the observed data. However, to describe a physical system like neutron star mergers and their associated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-01 En-Tzu Lin , Fergus Hayes , Gavin P. Lamb , Ik Siong Heng , Albert K. H. Kong , Michael J. Williams , Surojit Saha , John Veitch

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows are well described by synchrotron emission originating from the interaction between a relativistic blast wave and the external medium surrounding the GRB progenitor. We introduce a code to reconstruct…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-02 H. J. van Eerten , R. A. M. J. Wijers

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) afterglows are rapidly decaying signals that pose significant detection challenges, requiring improved methods to track their temporal evolution. In this study, we systematically compare various techniques for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-23 Léo Le Moigne , Mathieu de Bony de Lavergne , Armand Fiasson , Edna Ruiz-Velasco , David Sanchez , Kenta Terauchi

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

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows have been observed across the electromagnetic spectrum, and physical parameters of GRB jets and their surroundings have been derived using broadband modeling. While well-sampled lightcurves across the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-24 Paz Beniamini , Alexander J. van der Horst

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are generally believed to occur in environments where the surrounding medium is either a uniform interstellar medium (ISM) or, in some cases, a dense stellar wind from a massive progenitor. Recently, GRB 191019A has…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-10 Xiao-Hong Zhao

CCD Johnsons BV and Cousins RI photometric magnitudes are determined for 20 stars in the field of GRB 000926. Using them as calibrators, B and R band light curves are constructed of the afterglow from ours and other published observations.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Sagar , S. B. Pandey , V. Mohan , D. Bhattacharya , A. J. Castro-Tirado

Studies of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and their multi-wavelength afterglows have led to insights in electron acceleration and emission properties from relativistic, high-energy astrophysical sources. Broadband modeling across the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-16 Ruby A. Duncan , Alexander J. van der Horst , Paz Beniamini

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows are well described by synchrotron emission originating from the interaction between a relativistic blast wave and the external medium surrounding the GRB progenitor. We introduce a code to reconstruct…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-25 H. J. van Eerten , R. A. M. J. Wijers

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are believed to be powered by ultrarelativistic jets. If these jets encounter and accelerate excess electrons and positrons produced by particle dark matter (DM) annihilation, the observed electromagnetic radiation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-25 Bao-Quan Huang , Tong Liu , Feng Huang , Da-Bin Lin , Bing Zhang
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