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If Gamma-Ray-Bursts (GRBs) occur at high redshifts, then their bright afterglow emission can be used to probe the ionization and metal enrichment histories of the intervening intergalactic medium during the epoch of reionization. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Benedetta Ciardi , Abraham Loeb

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are tremendous explosions visible across most of the Universe, certainly out to redshifts of z=4.5 and likely out to z~10. Recently, GRBs have been found to have a roughly constant explosive energy as well as to have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Bradley E. Schaefer

The Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) 021211 detected by the High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) II had a simple light-curve in the x-ray and gamma-ray energy bands containing one peak and little temporal fluctuation other than the expected Poisson…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Pawan Kumar , Alin Panaitescu

The bright GRB 050408 was localized by HETE-II near local midnight, enabling an impressive ground-based followup effort as well as space-based followup from Swift. The Swift data from the X-Ray Telescope (XRT) and our own optical photometry…

The explosion that results in a cosmic gamma-ray burst (GRB) is thought to produce emission from two physical processes -- the activity of the central engine gives rise to the high-energy emission of the burst through internal shocking and…

Recent results on Gamma-Ray Bursts obtained with the X-ray Astronomy satellite BeppoSAX are reviewed. Main emphasis is given to the GRBs simultaneously detected with the Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (40-700 keV) and the Wide Field Cameras…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Filippo Frontera

We report the optical polarization of a gamma ray burst (GRB) afterglow, obtained 203 seconds after the initial burst of gamma rays from GRB 060418, using a ring polarimeter on the robotic Liverpool Telescope. Our robust (2-sigma) upper…

ECLAIRs is the next space borne instrument that will be fully dedicated to multi-wavelength studies of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). It consists of a coded mask telescope with a wide (~2 sr) field of view, made of 6400 CdTe pixels (~1000 cm^2),…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Diego Gotz

The Space-based multiband astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM), detected its first short gamma-ray burst, GRB 240715A, in-flight, which was jointly observed by Fermi. Based on observational data of SVOM/GRM and Fermi/GBM, we perform…

Lobster-ISS is an X-ray all-sky monitor experiment selected by ESA two years ago for a Phase A study (now almost completed) for a future flight (2009) aboard the Columbus Exposed Payload Facility of the International Space Station. The main…

The X-ray burster 4U1850-087, located in the globular cluster NGC6712, is an ultracompact binary likely harbouring a degenerate companion.The source has been observed with INTEGRAL several times, during the monitoring of the Galactic plane,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lara Sidoli , Ada Paizis , Angela Bazzano , Sandro Mereghetti

We present Ulysses and NEAR data from the detection of the short or intermediate duration (2 s) gamma-ray burst GRB000301C (2000 March 1.41 UT). The gamma-ray burst (GRB) was localised by the Inter Planetary Network (IPN) and RXTE to an…

We present the transient nature of INTEGRAL source IGR J17285-2922, identified from a single period of activity during an IBIS/ISGRI Galactic Centre Deep Exposure in September 2003. The source has a maximum detection significance of 14…

Since it started observing the sky, the INTEGRAL satellite has discovered new categories of high mass X-ray binaries (HMXB) in our Galaxy. These observations raise important questions on the formation and evolution of these rare and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Alexis Coleiro , Sylvain Chaty , Juan A. Zurita Heras , Farid Rahoui , John A. Tomsick

The ESA gamma-ray observatory INTEGRAL, launched on 17 October 2002, continues to produce a wealth of discoveries and new results on compact high energy Galactic objects, nuclear gamma-ray line emission, diffuse line and continuum emission,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-11-02 Christoph Winkler

We search for possible time lags caused by quantum gravitational (QG) effects using gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by INTEGRAL. The advantage of this satellite is that we have at our disposal the energy and arrival time of every detected…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Raphael Lamon , Nicolas Produit , Frank Steiner

We explore the potential of INTEGRAL to improve our understanding of the low fluence regime for explosive transients, such as GRBs. We probe the nature of the so-called "WEAK" INTEGRAL triggers, when the gamma-ray instruments record…

IGR J18483-0311 is a poorly known transient hard X-ray source discovered by INTEGRAL during observations of the Galactic Center region performed between 23--28 April 2003. Aims: To detect new outbursts from IGR J18483-0311 using INTEGRAL…

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A is one of the most energetic GRBs ever observed. The initial pulse up to 2.5 s is possibly the brightest well-isolated pulse observed to date. A fine time resolution spectral analysis shows power-law decays of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-11-25 R. Preece , J. Michael Burgess , A. von Kienlin , P. N. Bhat , M. S. Briggs , D. Byrne , V. Chaplin , W. Cleveland , A. C. Collazzi , V. Connaughton , A. Diekmann , G. Fitzpatrick , S. Foley , M. Gibby , M. Giles , A. Goldstein , J. Greiner , D. Gruber , P. Jenke , R. M. Kippen , C. Kouveliotou , S. McBreen , C. Meegan , W. S. Paciesas , V. Pelassa , D. Tierney , A. J. van der Horst , C. Wilson-Hodge , S. Xiong , G. Younes , H. -F. Yu , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , M. Axelsson , L. Baldini , G. Barbiellini , M. G. Baring , D. Bastieri , R. Bellazzini , E. Bissaldi , E. Bonamente , J. Bregeon , M. Brigida , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , J. Chiang , G. Chiaro , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , L. R. Cominsky , J. Conrad , F. D'Ammando , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , C. D. Dermer , R. Desiante , S. W. Digel , L. Di Venere , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , C. Favuzzi , A. Franckowiak , Y. Fukazawa , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , N. Gehrels , S. Germani , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , G. Godfrey , J. Granot , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , D. Hadasch , Y. Hanabata , A. K. Harding , M. Hayashida , S. Iyyani , T. Jogler , G. Jóannesson , T. Kawano , J. Knödlseder , D. Kocevski , M. Kuss , J. Lande , J. Larsson , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , M. Mayer , M. N. Mazziotta , P. F. Michelson , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , E. Moretti , A. Morselli , S. Murgia , R. Nemmen , E. Nuss , T. Nymark , M. Ohno , T. Ohsugi , A. Okumura , N. Omodei , M. Orienti , D. Paneque , J. S. Perkins , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , T. A. Porter , J. L. Racusin , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , S. Razzaque , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , S. Ritz , M. Roth , F. Ryde , A. Sartori , J. D. Scargle , A. Schulz , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , D. J. Suson , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , J. G. Thayer , J. B. Thayer , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , E. Troja , T. L. Usher , J. Vandenbroucke , V. Vasileiou , G. Vianello , V. Vitale , M. Werner , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood , S. Zhu

We present the results obtained by INTEGRAL on the Soft-Gamma Ray Repeater SGR 1806-20. In particular we report on the temporal and spectral properties of the bursts detected during a moderately active period of the source in September and…