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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which have been observed up to redshifts $z \approx 9.5$ can be good probes of the early universe and have the potential of testing cosmological models. The analysis by Dainotti of GRB Swift afterglow lightcurves…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-30 Maria Giovanna Dainotti , Vahe' Petrosian , Jack Singal , Michal Ostrowski

We present an analytical approach to calculate the hydrodynamics of the interaction between a relativistic ejecta and a surrounding medium, whose evolution serves as a model for Gamma-Ray Burst afterglows. We investigate the effect of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Panaitescu , P. Meszaros , M. J. Rees

The Gamma-Ray Bursts - GRBs are one of the most energetic astronomical events in the universe that have not yet an adequate explanation of what kind of mechanism is carried out. This question motivates the astronomical community to do…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-05 Camilo Delgado-Correal

We derive the equation for the surface of equal arrival times of radiation from a thin relativistic shell interacting with an external medium, representing the afterglow of a gamma-ray burst produced by a fireball. Due to the deceleration,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Panaitescu , P. Meszaros

In this work, we have modeled the hydrodynamic evolution of the GRBs fireball in violent interaction with the external medium (the ISM) surrounding the burst source by assuming a power law distribution of the accelerated relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-22 E. Zouaoui , M. Fouka , S. Ouichaoui

Observations and models of GRBs are reviewed with an emphasis on the early phase of the burst. Recent revision of the early afterglow model is described.

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrei M. Beloborodov

This is a very short conference proceeding based on a poster shown at the ESO workshop "Science with the VLT in the ELT Era". For more information, see "The Afterglows of Swift-era Gamma-Ray Bursts. I. Comparing pre-Swift and Swift era…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. A. Kann , S. Klose

The successful launch and operation of NASA's Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer open a new era for the multi-wavelength study of the very early afterglow phase of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). GRB early afterglow information is essential to explore…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bing Zhang

A number of correlations between observables have been found to exist for gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows, linking ejecta energy to prompt and afterglow energy release and linking early stage optical and X-ray luminosity to the end times…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-19 Hendrik van Eerten

Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows are emissions from ultrarelativistic blast waves produced by a narrow jet interacting with surrounding matter. Since the first multimessenger observation of a neutron star merger, hydrodynamic modeling of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-12 Hao Wang , Ranadeep G. Dastidar , Dimitrios Giannios , Paul C. Duffell

In Paper I we presented a detailed formulation of the relativistic shocks and synchrotron emission in the context of Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) physics. To see how well this model reproduces the observed characteristics of the GRBs and their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Houri Ziaeepour

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

Very few detections have been made of optical flashes contemporaneous with prompt high-energy emission from a gamma-ray burst (GRB). In this work, we present and analyze light curves of GRB-associated optical flashes and afterglows from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-28 Rahul Jayaraman , Michael Fausnaugh , George R. Ricker , Roland Vanderspek

We present a comparative study of the observed properties of the optical and X-ray afterglows of short- and long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Using a large sample of 37 short and 421 long GRBs, we find a strong correlation between the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-05 M. Nysewander , A. S. Fruchter , A. Pe'er

A number of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) exhibit the late simultaneous bumps in their optical and Xray afterglows around the jet break. Its origin is unclear. Based on the following two facts, we suggest that this feature may sound a transition…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-24 Xiao-Yan Li , Da-Bin Lin , Jia Ren , Shu-Jin Hou , Yu-Fei Li , Xiang-Gao Wang , En-Wei Liang

We present a study of the intermediate regime between ultra-relativistic and nonrelativistic flow for gamma-ray burst afterglows. The hydrodynamics of spherically symmetric blast waves is numerically calculated using the AMRVAC adaptive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-03 H. J. van Eerten , K. Leventis , Z. Meliani , R. A. M. J. Wijers

Four years after the launch the Swift satellite the nature of the Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) broadband afterglow behaviour is still an open issue ad the standard external shock fireball models cannot easily explain the puzzling combined…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-08-05 M. Nardini , G. Ghisellini , G. Ghirlanda , A. Celotti

Using the generic hydrodynamic model of Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) afterglows, we calculate the radio afterglow light curves of low luminosity, high luminosity, failed and standard GRBs in different observational bands of FAST's energy window.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Zhi-Bin Zhang , Si-Wei Kong , Yong-Feng Huang , Di Li , Long-Biao Li

The afterglow emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is a valuable source of information to understand the physics of these energetic explosions. The blast wave model has become the standard to describe the evolution of the afterglow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-20 M. D. Aksulu , R. A. M. J. Wijers , H. J. van Eerten , A. J. van der Horst

The precise localization of short/hard (Type I) gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in recent years has answered many questions but raised even more. I present some results of a systematic study of the optical afterglows of long/soft (Type II) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. A. Kann