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Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most violent explosions in the Universe. Long duration GRBs are associated with the collapse of massive stars, rivaling their host galaxies in luminosity. The discovery of the most distant spectroscopically…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 S. Campana , R. Salvaterra , G. Tagliaferri , C. Kouveliotou , J. Grindlay

We investigate neutrino emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) under alternative scenarios for prompt emission (the photospheric and synchrotron self-Compton scenarios) rather than the classical optically thin synchrotron scenario. In the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-14 Kohta Murase

The transient optical sky has remained largely unexplored on very short timescales. While there have been some experiments searching for optical transients from minutes to years, none have had the capability to distinguish millisecond Fast…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-08 Guillem Megias Homar , Joshua E. Meyers , Steven M. Kahn

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and double neutron-star merger gravitational wave events are followed by afterglows that shine from X-rays to radio, and these broadband transients are generally interpreted using analytical models. Such models are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-19 Oliver M. Boersma , Joeri van Leeuwen

This paper deals with the problem of localization in a cellular network in a dense urban scenario. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) typically perform poorly in urban environments, where the likelihood of line-of-sight conditions…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-04 Çağkan Yapar , Ron Levie , Gitta Kutyniok , Giuseppe Caire

Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are relativistic cosmological beacons of transient high energy radiation whose afterglows span the electromagnetic spectrum. Theoretical expectations of correlated neutrino and/or gravitational wave (GW) emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-02-19 Michael Stamatikos , Neil Gehrels , Francis Halzen , Peter Meszaros , Peter W. A. Roming

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) were first detected thanks to their prompt emission, which was the only information available for decades. In 2010, while the high-energy prompt emission remains the main tool for the detection and the first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-19 Jean-Luc Atteia , Michel Boër

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are most intense transient gamma-ray events in the sky when they are on together with the strong evidences (i.e. the isotropic and inhomogeneous distribution of GRBs detected by BASTE) that they are located at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-01 K. S. Cheng , T. Lu

The supporting instrument on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is a wide-field gamma-ray monitor composed of 14 individual scintillation detectors, with a field of view which encompasses the entire…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Gerard Fitzpatrick , Sheila McBreen , Valerie Connaughton , Michael Briggs , the GBM Team

The unrivalled, extreme luminosities of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) make them the favored beacons for sampling the high redshift Universe. To employ GRBs to study the cosmic terrain -- e.g., star and galaxy formation history -- GRB luminosities…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. P. Norris

Joint gravitational-wave (GW) and $\gamma$-ray burst (GRB) observations are among the best prospects for standard siren cosmology. However, the strong selection effect for the coincident GRB detection, which is possible only for sources…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-12 Michele Mancarella , Francesco Iacovelli , Stefano Foffa , Niccolò Muttoni , Michele Maggiore

Mitigating data gaps in Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) light curves (LCs) is crucial for cosmological research, enhancing the precision of parameters, assuming perfect satellite conditions for complete LC coverage with no gaps. This analysis…

Studies of the cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and their host galaxies are starting to provide interesting or even unique new insights in observational cosmology. GRBs represent a new way of identifying a population of star-forming galaxies…

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic bursts of light in our universe, and rapid progenitor association of these events can lead to targeted and optimized follow-up observations, ultimately providing better insights about the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-19 Skye Strain , Nicoló Cibrario , Michela Negro , Eric Burns

The identification of $\gamma$-rays from the predominant hadronic-background is a key aspect in their ground-based detection using Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). While current methods are limited in their ability to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-08 Abhay Mehta , Dan Parsons , Tim Lukas Holch , David Berge , Matthias Weidlich

Classification of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been a long-standing puzzle in high-energy astrophysics. Recent observations challenge the traditional short vs. long viewpoint, where long GRBs are thought to originate from the collapse of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-02 Dimple , K. Misra , K. G. Arun

Gravitationally lensed Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) offer critical advantages over other lensed sources. They can be detected via continuously operating detectors covering most of the sky. They offer extremely high time resolution to determine…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-27 A. J. Levan , B. P. Gompertz , G. P. Smith , M. E. Ravasio , G. P. Lamb , N. R. Tanvir

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous electromagnetic explosions in the Universe, which emit up to $8.8\times10^{54}$ erg isotropic equivalent energy in the hard X-ray band. The high luminosity makes them detectable out to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 F. Y. Wang , Z. G. Dai , E. W. Liang

HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) pathfinder is an in-orbit demonstration consisting of a constellation of six 3U nano-satellites hosting simple but innovative detectors for the monitoring of cosmic high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-06 Riccardo Crupi , Giuseppe Dilillo , Kester Ward , Elisabetta Bissaldi , Fabrizio Fiore , Andrea Vacchi

Fast cosmological transients such as fast radio bursts (FRBs) and gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) represent a class of sources more compact than any other cosmological object. As such they are sensitive to significant magnification via…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-16 Mawson W. Sammons , Clancy W. James , Cathryn M. Trott , Mark Walker