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The advent of large panoramic photometric surveys of the sky offers the possibly of exploring the association of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with supernovae. To date, a few gamma-ray bursts have been connected possibly with supernovae: GRB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jeremy S. Heyl

The properties of the cosmic Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are briefly summarized. A detailed bibliography is given with titles of the papers. Two fundamental theoretical problems are pointed out: the problem of the energy source, and the problem…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 S. Blinnikov

Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic sources in the universe and among the farthest known astrophysical sources. These features make them appealing candidates as standard candles for cosmological applications so that studying the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-28 M. G. Dainotti , V. F. Cardone , S. Capozziello , M. Ostrowski , R. Willingale

The modelling of gamma-ray burst (GRB) spectra has considerable potential for increasing the understanding of these enigmatic sources. A diversity of ideas and analyses has been generated over the last two decades to explain line features…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 M. G. Baring

The two brightest and so far the best studied gamma ray bursts (GRBs), 990123 and 080319B, were ordinary, highly collimated GRBs produced in a core collapse supernova explosion within a high-density wind environment and observed from a very…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-22 Shlomo Dado , Arnon Dar

Several lines of evidence point to a relationship between gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and the high mass stars that explode as supernovae. Arguments that GRB sources accelerate cosmic rays (CRs) are summarized. High-energy neutrino detection…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. D. Dermer , A. Atoyan

Gamma-ray bursts are flashes of high-energy radiation lasting from a fraction of a second to several hours. Military satellites made the first detections of GRBs in the late 1960s. The $\gamma$-ray emission forms from shocks in a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-08 Andrew J. Levan

$\gamma$-ray bursts (GRBs) have puzzled astronomers since their accidental discovery in the sixties. The BATSE detector on COMPTON-GRO satellite has been detecting GRBs for the last four years at a rate of one burst per day. Its findings…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tsvi Piran

Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the Universe, whose origin and mechanism is the focus of intense interest. They appear connected to supernova remnants from massive stars or the merger of their remnants, and their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Peter Mészáros , Neil Gehrels

A long-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) marks the violent end of a massive star. GRBs are rare in the universe, and their progenitor stars are thought to possess unique physical properties such as low metal content and rapid rotation, while…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Z. Cano

We present the Hubble diagram (HD) of 66 Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) derived using only data from their X - ray afterglow lightcurve. To this end, we use the recently updated L_X - T_a correlation between the break time T_a and the X - ray…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 V. F. Cardone , M. G. Dainotti , S. Capozziello , R. Willingale

The cosmological origin of $\gamma$-ray bursts (GRBs) is now commonly accepted and, according to several models for the central engine, GRB sources should also emit at the same time gravitational waves bursts (GWBs). We have performed two…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-17 P. Tricarico , A. Ortolan , A. Solaroli , G. Vedovato , L. Baggio , M. Cerdonio , L. Taffarello , J. Zendri , R. Mezzena , G. A. Prodi , S. Vitale , P. Fortini , M. Bonaldi , P. Falferi

Recent evidence appears to link gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) to star-forming regions in galaxies at cosmological distances. If short-lived massive stars are the progenitors of GRBs, the rate of events per unit cosmological volume should be an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Cristiano Porciani , Piero Madau

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most luminous sources in the universe. The nature of their emission at TeV energies is one of the most relevant open issues related to these events. The temporal and spectral features inferred from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-10 Y. Pérez Araujo , M. M. González , N. Fraija

In this paper, we firstly calibrate the Amati relation (the $E_{\rm p}-E_{\rm iso}$ correlation) of gamma ray bursts (GRBs) at low redshifts ($z<0.8$) via Gaussian process by using the type Ia supernovae samples from Pantheon+ under the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-12 Yuhao Mu , Baorong Chang , Lixin Xu

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are brief but intense emission of soft $\gamma-$rays, mostly lasting from a few seconds to a few thousand seconds. For such kind of high energy transients, their isotropic-equivalent-energy ($E_{\rm iso}$) function…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-07-18 Shi-Wei Wu , Dong Xu , Fu-Wen Zhang , Da-Ming Wei

We discuss some open problems concerning the origin and the emission mechanism of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in light of recent developments. If GRBs originate at extragalactic distances, we are facing four crises: (1) an energy crisis, models…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Marco Tavani

The nature of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) remains a complete mystery, despite the recent breakthrough discovery of low energy counterparts, although it is now generally believed that at least most GRBs are at cosmological distances. Virtually…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Bradley E. Schaefer

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have long been considered as candidates of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). We investigate the signatures of CR proton acceleration in the GRBs by consistently taking into account their hadronic and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-25 Soebur Razzaque , Charles D. Dermer , Justin D. Finke , Armen Atoyan

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are most intense transient gamma-ray events in the sky when they are on together with the strong evidences (i.e. the isotropic and inhomogeneous distribution of GRBs detected by BASTE) that they are located at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-01 K. S. Cheng , T. Lu
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