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GRBs have remained a puzzle for many high-energy astrophysicists since their discovery in 1967. With the advent of the X-ray satellites BeppoSAX and RossiXTE, it has been possible to carry out deep multi-wavelength observations of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alberto J. Castro-Tirado

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are energetic explosions that for 0.01--100 s are the brightest gamma-ray sources in the sky. Observations of the early evolution of afterglows we expected to provide clues about the nature of the bursts, but their…

We describe a ground-based effort to find and study afterglows at centimeter and millimeter wavelengths. We have observed all well-localized gamma-ray bursts in the Northern and Southern sky since BeppoSAX first started providing rapid…

In this paper, we demonstrate ASTRO-H's capability to measure the chemical evolution in the high-z (z <~ 3) universe by observing X-ray afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and distant Blazars. Utilizing these sources as background light…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 M. S. Tashiro , D. Yonetoku , M. Ohno , H. Sameshima , H. Seta , H. Ueno , T. Nakagawa , T. Tamura , F. Paerels , N. Kawai

The present common view about GRB origin is related to cosmology, what is based on statistical analysis, and on measurements of the redshifts in the GRB optical afterglows of long GRB. No correlation is found between redshifts, GRB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-01 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan

We propose a new method for the classification of optically dark gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), based on the X-ray and optical-to-X-ray spectral indices of GRB afterglows, and utilizing the spectral capabilities of Swift. This method depends less…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-03-19 A. J. van der Horst , C. Kouveliotou , N. Gehrels , E. Rol , R. A. M. J. Wijers , J. K. Cannizzo , J. Racusin , D. N. Burrows

Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) observed up to redshifts $z>8$ are fascinating objects to study due to their still unexplained relativistic outburst mechanisms and a possible use to test cosmological models. Our analysis of 77 GRB afterglows with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 M. G. Dainotti , R. Willingale , S. Capozziello , V. F. Cardone , M. Ostrowski

By using recent publicly available observational data obtained in conjunction with the NASA Swift gamma-ray burst mission and a novel data analysis technique, we have been able to make some rough estimates of the GRB afterglow apparent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Carl W. Akerlof , Heather F. Swan

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

Gamma ray bursts (GRBs) have great advantages for their huge burst energies, luminosities and high redshifts in probing the Universe. A few interesting luminosity correlations of GRBs have been used to test cosmology models. Especially, for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Xu , Y. F. Huang

A significant number of the parameters of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) and its host galaxy are calculated from the afterglow. There are various methods obtaining extinction values for the necessary correction for galactic foreground. These are:…

We present an upper limit on the brightness of the afterglow of the long GRB 030115 measured from Infrared (IR) images taken with the Magellan Classic Cam instrument of Ks > 22 at 6.2 days after the burst. We also present measurments of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Allyn Dullighan , George Ricker , Nathaniel Butler , Roland Vanderspek

We present a multiwavelength analysis of 63 Gamma-Ray Bursts observed with the world's three largest robotic optical telescopes, the Liverpool and Faulkes Telescopes (North and South). Optical emission was detected for 24 GRBs with…

We summarise recent deep, rapid GRB follow-up observations using the RoboNet-1.0 network which comprises three fully-robotic 2-m telescopes, the Liverpool Telescope and the Faulkes Telescopes North and South. Observations begin…

In order to obtain an overview of the gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), we need a full sample. In this paper, we collected 6289 GRBs (from GRB 910421 to GRB 160509A) from the literature, including prompt emission, afterglow and host galaxy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-13 Feifei Wang , Yuan-Chuan Zou , Fuxiang Liu , Bin Liao , Yu Liu , Yating Chai , Lei Xia

GRBs have remained a puzzle for many high-energy astrophysicists since their discovery in 1967. With the advent of the X-ray satellites BeppoSAX and RossiXTE, it has been possible to carry out deep multi-wavelength observations of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alberto J. Castro-Tirado

We present the spectral analysis of 14 gamma-ray bursts (GRB) X-ray afterglows in order to investigate the properties of interstellar matter (ISM) along the line of sight of GRB. We carried out a simultaneous analysis of the NIR-optical and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 M. L Conciatore , L. A. Antonelli , G. Stratta , F. Fiore , R. Perna

Long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are considered to be originated from core collapse of massive stars. It is believed that the afterglow property is determined by the density of the material in the surrounding interstellar medium. Therefore, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-02 Xiao Tian , Ying Qin , Mei Du , Shuang-Xi Yi , Yan-Ke Tang

The detection of x-ray afterglows of gamma-ray burst (GRB) sources has enabled the optical discovery that GRBs are at cosmological distances, which confirms that the enormous luminosities required must produce a relativistically expanding…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jonathan E. Grindlay