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The photospheric emission in the prompt phase is the natural prediction of the original fireball model for gamma-ray burst (GRB) due to the large optical depth ($\tau >1$) at the base of the outflow, which is supported by the quasi-thermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-02 Yan-Zhi Meng , Jin-Jun Geng , Xue-Feng Wu

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 jet composition and energy dissipation mechanism of Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and Blazars are fundamental questions which remain not fully understood. One plausible model is to interpret the $\gamma$-ray emission of GRBs and optical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-27 Wei Deng , Haocheng Zhang , Bing Zhang , Hui Li

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

The dynamics of the origin of gamma-ray emissions in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) remains an enigma. Through a joint analysis of GRB 180427A, observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and AstroSat's Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager, we…

Prompt gamma-ray and early X-ray afterglow emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are characterized by a bursty behavior and are often interspersed with long quiescent times. There is compelling evidence that X-ray flares are linked to prompt…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 C. Guidorzi , S. Dichiara , F. Frontera , R. Margutti , A. Baldeschi , L. Amati

The prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts remains mysterious since the mechanism is difficult to understand even though there are much more observations with the development of detection technology. But most of the gamma-ray bursts spectra…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-26 Ming-Ya Duan , Xiang-Gao Wang

(Abridged) GRB 061122 is one of the brightest GRBs detected within INTEGRAL's field of view to date. The two gamma-ray detectors on INTEGRAL were used to investigate the spectral characteristics of GRB 061122. A search for linear…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. McGlynn , S. Foley , B. McBreen , L. Hanlon , S. McBreen , D. J. Clark , A. J. Dean , A. Martin-Carrillo , R. O'Connor

We present the time integrated and time resolved spectral analysis of a sample of bright bursts selected with F_{peak}>20 phot cm^{-2} sec^{-1} from the BATSE archive. We fitted four different spectral models to the pulse time integrated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Ghirlanda , A. Celotti , G. Ghisellini

Despite over 50 years of Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) observations many open questions remain about their nature and the environments in which the emission takes place. Polarization measurements of the GRB prompt emission have long been theorized…

The detection in 10 bursts of an optical counterpart emission (i.e. during the prompt GRB phase) that is 10-10000 brighter than the extrapolation of the burst spectrum to optical frequencies suggests a synchrotron self-Compton origin for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-11 A. Panaitescu

Using an established classification technique, we leverage standard observations and analyses to predict the progenitors of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). This technique, utilizing support vector machine (SVM) statistics, provides a more nuanced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-15 P. Nuessle , J. L. Racusin , N. E. White

The properties of the spectral evolution during the prompt emission phase of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are closely related to the radiation mechanism (synchrotron or photosphere), are still a subject of debate. Two spectral evolution…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-21 Liang Li

Fast radio bursts (FRBs), typically highly polarized, usually have a nearly constant polarization position angle (PA) during each burst. Some bursts show significant PA variations, and one of them was claimed to have a PA variation pattern…

While Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) have the potential to shed light on the astrophysics of jets, compact objects, and cosmology, a major set back in their use as probes of these phenomena stems from our incomplete knowledge surrounding their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-12 Tyler Parsotan , Davide Lazzati

We present analytical and numerical models of the bright long GRB 210822A at $z=1.736$. The intrinsic extreme brightness exhibited in the optical, which is very similar to other bright GRBs (e.g., GRBs 080319B, 130427A, 160625A 190114C, and…

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense, short-lived bursts of gamma-ray radiation observed up to a high redshift ($z \sim 10$) due to their luminosities. Thus, they can serve as cosmological tools to probe the early Universe. However, we need…

The energy dissipation mechanism within Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) outflows, driving their extremely luminous prompt $\gamma$-ray emission is still uncertain. The leading candidates are internal shocks and magnetic reconnection. While the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-13 Paz Beniamini , Jonathan Granot

Thermal dust continuum polarimetry is a powerful indirect probe of magnetic field geometry in dense molecular clouds while at the same time providing information on the alignment of dust grains with the magnetic field. The leading theory of…

The variability in multi-pulse gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) may help to reveal the mechanism of underlying processes from the central engine. To investigate whether the self-organized criticality (SOC) phenomena exist in the prompt phase of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-15 Fen Lyu , Ya-Ping Li , Shu-Jin Hou , Jun-Jie Wei , Jin-Jun Geng , Xue-Feng Wu
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