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If X-ray flashes are due to the forward jet emissions from gamma ray bursts (GRBs) observed with large viewing angles, we show that a prompt emission from a counter jet should be observed as a delayed flash in the UV or optical band several…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Ryo Yamazaki , Kunihito Ioka , Takashi Nakamura

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense pulses of high-energy emission associated with massive stars' death or compact objects' coalescence. Their multi-wavelength observations help verify the reliability of the standard fireball model. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-19 M. G. Dainotti , S. Bhardwaj , E. Bissaldi , N. Fraija , S. Sourav , A. Galvan-Gamez

We present an analysis of early BAT and XRT data for 107 gamma--ray bursts (GRBs) observed by the Swift satellite. We use these data to examine the behaviour of the X-ray light curve and propose a classification scheme for GRBs based on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. T. O'Brien , R. Willingale

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic phenomena in the Universe, characterized by prompt gamma-ray emission followed by multiwavelength afterglows. X-ray flares, observed during the afterglow phase, are generally believed to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-22 Yinuo Ma , He Gao

The nature of fast radio bursts (FRBs), which occurs on millisecond time scales in the radio band, has not been well-understood. Among their unknown observational properties are their broadband spectra and persistent and transient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Shangyu Sun , Wenfei Yu , Yunwei Yu , Dongming Mao , Jie Lin

Jet precession has previously been proposed to explain the apparently repeating features in the light curves of a few gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). In this {\it Letter}, we further apply the precession model to a bright GRB 220408B by examining…

We investigated the main prompt and afterglow emission parameters of gamma-ray bursts detected by the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) and X-Ray Telescope installed on the Swift satellite. Our aim was to look for differences or connections…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-09-05 J. Kóbori , Z. Bagoly , L. G. Balázs , I. Horváth

The prompt emission of the gamma-ray bursts is found to be very energetic, releasing ~10^51 ergs in a flash. However, their emission mechanism remains unclear and understanding their spectra is a key to determining the emission mechanism.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Y. Kaneko , R. D. Preece , M. M. Gonzalez , B. L. Dingus , M. S. Briggs

The proportional counter and scintillator on Ginga provided unprecented spectral coverage of GRBs, from 2 - 400 keV. Below 20 keV we find evidence for a positive spectral number index in approximately 40% of our burst sample, with some…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 T. E. Strohmayer , E. E. Fenimore , T. Murakami , Y. Yoshida

There is mounting evidence that long duration gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and X-ray flashes (XRFs) are produced by highly relativistic and narrowly collimated jets ejected in core collapse supernova (SN) explosions akin to SN 1998bw. We review…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-16 Arnon Dar

We report the X-ray observations of the Galactic X-ray transient source GRS 1915+105 with the PPCs of the Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment(IXAE) onboard the Indian satellite IRS-P3 during 1997 June - August, which have revealed the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. S. Yadav , A. R. Rao , P. C. Agrawal , B. Paul , S. Seetha , K. Kasturirangan

Some recent experiments detecting very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays above 10-20 TeV independently reported VHE bursts for some of bright gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). If these signals are truly from GRBs, these GRBs must emit a much larger…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Tomonori Totani

Numerous reports have been made of features, either in emission or absorption, in the 10 - 1000 keV spectra of some gamma-ray bursts. Originally interpreted in the context of Galactic neutron star models as cyclotron line emission and $e^+…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. J. Hailey , F. A. Harrison , K. Mori

It has been established that Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) can produce Very High Energy radiation (E > 100 GeV), opening a new window on the investigation of particle acceleration and radiation properties in the most energetic domain. We expect…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-03 G. La Mura

The gamma-ray detector of HETE-2, called FREGATE, has been designed to detect gamma-ray bursts in the energy range [6-400] keV. Its main task is to alert the other instruments of the occurrence of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) and to provide the…

Last and nearest GRB-XRF 080109 has been an exceptional lesson on GRB nature. After a decade (since 25 April 08) we know that Supernovae may often contain a Jet. Its persistent activity may shine on axis as a GRBs. Such a persistent, thin…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-10-13 D. Fargion , D. D'Armiento , P. Oliva , F. Manniti

We discuss the prompt emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts in different spectral energy bands. First, we suggest that a three-part synchrotron emission model is a good description of the ~20 keV - 1 MeV gamma-ray emission of GRBs. We show that this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning

Recent advances in fitting prompt emission spectra in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are boosting our understanding of the still elusive origin of this radiation. These progresses have been possible thanks to a more detailed analysis of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 Lara Nava , Gor Oganesyan , Maria E. Ravasio , Lorenzo Amati , Giancarlo Ghirlanda , Paul O'Brien , Julian P. Osborne , Richard Willingale

The prompt $\gamma$-rays of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) may originate from the photosphere of a relativistic jet. However, only a few GRBs have been observed with evident blackbody-like emission, for example, GRB~090902B. It has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-22 Guo-Yu Li , Da-Bin Lin , Zhi-Lin Chen , En-Wei Liang

Very-high-energy (VHE) photons around TeV energies from a gamma-ray burst (GRB) jet will play an essential role in the multi-messenger era, with a fair fraction of the events being observed off-axis to the jet. We show that different energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-12 Željka Bošnjak , B. Theodore Zhang , Kohta Murase , Kunihito Ioka