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RAPTOR observations of delayed explosive activity in the high-redshift gamma-ray burst GRB 060206

The RAPid Telescopes for Optical Response (RAPTOR) system at Los Alamos National Laboratory observed GRB 060206 starting 48.1 minutes after gamma-ray emission triggered the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on-board the Swift satellite. The…

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The Earliest Optical Observations of GRB 030329

We present the earliest optical imaging observations of GRB 030329 related to SN 2003dh. The burst was detected by the HETE-2 satellite at 2003 March 29, 11:37:14.67 UT. Our wide-field monitoring started 97 minutes before the trigger and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Torii , T. Kato , H. Yamaoka , T. Kohmura , Y. Okamoto , K. Ohnishi , K. Kadota , S. Yoshida , K. Kinugasa , M. Kohama , T. Oribe , T. Kawabata

Agile Detection of Delayed Gamma-Ray Emission from the Short Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 090510

Short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), typically lasting less than 2 s, are a special class of GRBs of great interest. We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of the short GRB 090510 which shows two clearly distinct emission phases: a prompt…

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The complex light-curve of the afterglow of GRB071010A

We present and discuss the results of an extensive observational campaign devoted to GRB071010A, a long-duration gamma-ray burst detected by the Swift satellite. This event was followed for almost a month in the optical/near-infrared (NIR)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-06 S. Covino , P. D'Avanzo , A. Klotz , D. A. Perley , L. Amati , S. Campana , G. Chincarini , A. Cucchiara , V. D'Elia , D. Guetta , C. Guidorzi , D. A. Kann , A. Küpcü Yoldaş , K. Misra , G. Olofsson , G. Tagliaferri , L. A. Antonelli , E. Berger , J. S. Bloom , M. Böer , C. Clemens , F. D'Alessio , M. Della Valle , S. di Serego Alighieri , A. V. Filippenko , R. J. Foley , D. B. Fox , D. Fugazza , J. Fynbo , B. Gendre , P. Goldoni , J. Greiner , D. Kocevksi , E. Maiorano , N. Masetti , E. Meurs , M. Modjaz , E. Molinari , A. Moretti , E. Palazzi , S. B. Pandey , S. Piranomonte , D. Poznanski , N. Primak , P. Romano , E. Rossi , R. Roy , J. M. Silverman , L. Stella , G. Stratta , V. Testa , S. D. Vergani , F. Vitali , F. Zerbi

Photometry and spectroscopy of GRB 060526: A detailed study of the afterglow and host galaxy of a z=3.2 gamma-ray burst

Aims: With this paper we want to investigate the highly variable afterglow light curve and environment of gamma-ray burst (GRB) 060526 at $z=3.221$. Methods: We present one of the largest photometric datasets ever obtained for a GRB…

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A Short History of the First 50 Years: from the GRB Prompt Emission and Afterglow Discoveries to the Multimessenger Era

More than fifty years have been elapsed from the first discovery of a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) with the American Vela satellites, and more than twenty-five years from the discovery with the BeppoSAX satellite of the first X-ray afterglow of a…

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Multi-wavelength observations of the energetic GRB 080810: detailed mapping of the broadband spectral evolution

GRB 080810 was one of the first bursts to trigger both Swift and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. It was subsequently monitored over the X-ray and UV/optical bands by Swift, in the optical by ROTSE and a host of other telescopes and was…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-02 K. L. Page , R. Willingale , E. Bissaldi , A. de Ugarte Postigo , S. T. Holland , S. McBreen , P. T. O'Brien , J. P. Osborne , J. X. Prochaska , E. Rol , E. S. Rykoff , R. L. C. Starling , N. R. Tanvir , A. J. van der Horst , K. Wiersema , B. Zhang , F. J. Aceituno , C. Akerlof , A. P. Beardmore , M. S. Briggs , D. N. Burrows , A. J. Castro-Tirado , V. Connaughton , P. A. Evans , J. P. U. Fynbo , N. Gehrels , C. Guidorzi , A. W. Howard , J. A. Kennea , C. Kouveliotou , C. Pagani , R. Preece , D. Perley , F. Yuan

Discovery of an Afterglow Extension of the Prompt Phase of Two Gamma Ray Bursts Observed by Swift

BAT and XRT observations of two recent well-covered GRBs observed by Swift, GRB 050315 and GRB 050319, show clearly a prompt component joining the onset of the afterglow emission. By fitting a power law form to the gamma-ray spectrum, we…

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Revisiting the Statistics of X-ray Flares in Gamma-ray Bursts

The statistics of X-ray flares in the afterglow of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been studied extensively without considering the possible different origins of each flare. By satisfying six observational criteria, we find a sample composed…

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Discovery of the short gamma-ray burst GRB 050709

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) fall into two classes: short-hard and long-soft bursts. The latter are now known to have X-ray and optical afterglows, to occur at cosmological distances in star-forming galaxies, and to be associated with the…

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Detection of GRB 060927 at z = 5.47: Implications for the Use of Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes of the End of the Dark Ages

We report on follow-up observations of the GRB 060927 using the ROTSE-IIIa telescope and a suite of larger aperture ground-based telescopes. An optical afterglow was detected 20 s after the burst, the earliest rest-frame detection of…

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GRB 050509b: the elusive optical/nIR/mm afterglow of a short-duration GRB

We present multiwavelength (optical/near infrared/millimetre) observations of a short duration gamma-ray burst detected by Swift (GRB 050509b) collected between 0 seconds and ~18.8 days after the event. No optical, near infrared or…

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The radio afterglow of the ultra-long GRB 220627A

We present the discovery of the radio afterglow of the most distant ultra-long gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected to date, GRB~220627A at redshift $z=3.084$. Its prompt gamma-ray light curve shows a double-pulse profile, with the pulses…

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The INTEGRAL Burst Alert System: Results and Future Perspectives

The INTEGRAL Burst Alert System (IBAS) is the software for real time detection of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) and the rapid distribution of their coordinates. IBAS has been running almost continuously at the INTEGRAL Science Data Center since…

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A Decade of Short-duration Gamma-ray Burst Broad-band Afterglows: Energetics, Circumburst Densities, and Jet Opening Angles

We present a comprehensive catalog and analysis of broad-band afterglow observations for 103 short-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), comprised of all short GRBs from November 2004 to March 2015 with prompt follow-up observations in the…

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GRB 211024B: an ultra-long GRB powered by magnetar

Ultra-long gamma-ray bursts (ULGRBs) are characterized by exceptionally long-duration central engine activities, with characteristic timescales exceeding 1000 seconds. We present ground-based optical afterglow observations of the ultra-long…

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UVES/VLT high resolution absorption spectroscopy of the GRB080330 afterglow: a study of the GRB host galaxy and intervening absorbers

We study the Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) environment and intervening absorbers by analyzing the optical absorption features produced by gas surrounding the GRB or along its line of sight. We analyzed high resolution spectroscopic observations…

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GRB990510: on the possibility of a beamed X-ray afterglow

We discuss the prompt emission of the gamma-ray burst (GRB) 990510 and its subsequent X-ray afterglow from 8.0 to 44.3 hrs after the prompt emission, using observations with the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor and Narrow Field Instruments on…

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GRB 071003: Broadband Follow-up Observations of a Very Bright Gamma-Ray Burst in a Galactic Halo

The optical afterglow of long-duration GRB 071003 is among the brightest yet to be detected from any GRB, with R ~ 12 mag in KAIT observations starting 42 s after the GRB trigger, including filtered detections during prompt emission.…

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The gamma-ray burst source GRB970228 has been observed after a delay of 8--12 hours in X-rays and after one day in visible and near infrared light. This marks the first detection of emission at lower frequencies following the gamma-ray…

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