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We analyzed data obtained by the SPI telescope onboard the INTEGRAL observatory to search for short transient events with a duration from 1 ms to a few tens of seconds. An algorithm for identifying gamma-ray events against the background of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 P. Yu. Minaev , A. S. Pozanenko , S. V. Molkov , S. A. Grebenev

Analysis of observations with XMM-Newton have made a significant contribution to the study of Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) X-ray afterglows. The effective area, bandpass and resolution of the EPIC instrument permit the study of a wide variety of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. T. O'Brien , J. N. Reeves , D. Watson , J. Osborne , R. Willingale

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are short and most intense bursts of gamma-rays that come from random direction in space. Their origin are still unknown and they originate likely from cosmological distances, probably after birth of a new black hole…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-19 S. Akkoyun

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most luminous electromagnetic transients in the universe, providing unique insights into extreme astrophysical processes and serving as promising probes for cosmology. Unlike Type Ia supernovae, which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 Chen Deng , Yong-Feng Huang , Fan Xu , Abdusattar Kurban

There are about 2000 gamma ray burst (GRB) events known to us with data pouring in at the rate of one per day. While the afterglows of GRBs in radio, optical and X-ray bands are successfully explained by the fireball model, a significant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jishnu Dey , Subharthi Ray , Xiang-Dong Li , Mira Dey , Ignazio Bombaci

Using Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) and Expectation Maximization Algorithm, we perform an analysis of time duration ($T_{90}$) for \textit{CGRO}/BATSE, \textit{Swift}/BAT and \textit{Fermi}/GBM Gamma-Ray Bursts. The $T_{90}$ distributions of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-01 En-Bo Yang , Zhi-Bin Zhang , Chul-Sung Choi , Heon-Young Chang

The French-Chinese SVOM satellite mission (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor) was launched in mid-2024, with science objectives focused on the detection and study of astrophysical transient events, primarily…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-28 S. Schanne , F. Château , N. Dagoneau , F. Daly , H. Le Provost , P. Kestener

Besides atmospheric turbulence and pointing errors which cause the signal intensity fluctuation, background radiation also impairs the free-space optical intensity-modulation / direct-detection link performance by introducing a noisy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-20 Tianyu Song , Pooi-Yuen Kam

Optical broad-band spectral shape measurements of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are typically made starting an hour or more after the trigger event. With our automated, rapid-response system, the Burst Simultaneous Three-channel Imager (BSTI) on…

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have puzzled astronomers since their accidental discovery in the late sixties. The BATSE detector on the COMPTON-GRO satellite has been detecting one burst per day for the last six years. Its findings have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Tsvi Piran

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

Fluctuations of the gamma-ray background (GRB) are investigated. It is assumed that the GRB is produced by discrete sources. Two basic classes of objects as dominant contributors to the GRB are considered: a) blazars and b) starburst…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrzej M. Soltan , Radoslaw Marcinkowski

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

Many different physical processes have been suggested to explain the prompt gamma-ray emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Although there are examples of both bursts with photospheric and synchrotron emission origins, these distinct…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 Zeynep Acuner , Felix Ryde

Gamma ray bursts (GRB's) often feature subpulses that have a distinctively asymmetric profile -- they rise quickly and decay much more slowly, while their spectrum softens slightly with observer time. It is suggested that these subpulses…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 David Eichler , Hadar Manis

The introduction of the three interpretational paradigms for Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and recent progress in understanding the X- and gamma ray luminosity in the afterglow allow us to make assessments about the astrophysical settings of…

A method is presented for the identification of high-energy neutrinos from gamma ray bursts by means of a large-scale neutrino telescope. The procedure makes use of a time profile stacking technique of observed neutrino induced signals in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-07 Nick van Eijndhoven

Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) prompt emission can, for specific conditions, be so powerful and short-pulsed to strongly influence any surrounding plasma. In this paper, we briefly discuss the possibility that a very intense initial burst of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-11 G. Barbiellini , F. Longo , N. Omodei , A. Celotti , M. Tavani

There is strong evidence for the existence of black holes(BHs) in some X-ray binaries and most galatic nuclei, based on different measuremental approaches, but black holes aren't finally identified for the lack of very firm observational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 W. Wang , Y. Zhao

Long Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) constitute an important tool to study the Universe near and beyond the epoch of reionization. We delineate here the characteristics of an 'ideal' instrument for the search of GRBs at z>6-10. We find that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Salvaterra , S. Campana , G. Chincarini , S. Covino , G. Tagliaferri