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Multiwavelength study of the very long GRB 020410

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The luminous host galaxy, faint supernova and rapid afterglow rebrightening of GRB 100418A

Long gamma-ray bursts give us the chance to study both their extreme physics and the star-forming galaxies in which they form. GRB 100418A, at a z = 0.6239, had a bright optical and radio afterglow, and a luminous star-forming host galaxy.…

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

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We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of the afterglow and host galaxy of gamma-ray burst 040924. This GRB had a rather short duration of T90 ~2.4s, and a well sampled optical afterglow light curve. We aim to use this dataset to…

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The Rapidly Flaring Afterglow of the Very Bright and Energetic GRB 070125

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The Afterglow of GRB 130427A from 1 to 10^16 GHz

We present multiwavelength observations of the afterglow of GRB 130427A, the brightest (in total fluence) gamma-ray burst of the past 29 years. Optical spectroscopy from Gemini-North reveals the redshift of the GRB to be z=0.340, indicating…

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GRB 021004: Tomography of a gamma-ray burst progenitor and its host galaxy

We analyse the distribution of matter around the progenitor star of gamma-ray burst GRB 021004 as well as the properties of its host galaxy with high-resolution echelle as well as near-infrared spectroscopy. Observations were taken by the…

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Short GRB 160821B: a reverse shock, a refreshed shock, and a well-sampled kilonova

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

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Afterglow spectrum of a gamma-ray burst with the highest known redshift z=6.295

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Energy Injection Episodes in Gamma Ray Bursts: The Light Curves and Polarization Properties of GRB 021004

Several GRB afterglow light curves deviate strongly from the power law decay observed in most bursts. We show that these variations can be accounted for by including refreshed shocks in the standard fireball model previously used to…

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GRB 070306: A Highly Extinguished Afterglow

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Optical observations of the bright long duration peculiar GRB 021004 afterglow

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GRB 040403: a faint X-ray rich Gamma-ray Burst discovered by INTEGRAL

GRB 040403 is one of the faintest gamma-ray bursts for which a rapid and accurate localization has been obtained. Here we report on the gamma-ray properties of this burst, based on observations with the IBIS instrument aboard INTEGRAL, and…

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The afterglow, the redshift, and the extreme energetics of the gamma-ray burst 990123

Afterglow, or long-lived emission, has now been detected from about a dozen well-positioned gamma-ray bursts. Distance determinations made by measuring optical emission lines from the host galaxy, or absorption lines in the afterglow…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. R. Kulkarni , S. G. Djorgovski , S. C. Odewahn , J. S. Bloom , R. R. Gal , C. D. Koresko , F. A. Harrison , L. M. Lubin , L. Armus , R. Sari , G. D. Illingworth , D. D. Kelson , D. K Magee , P. G. van Dokkum , D. A. Frail , J. S. Mulchaey , M. A. Malkan , I. S. McLean , H. I. Teplitz , D. Koerner , D. Kirkpatrick , N. Kobayashi , I. A. Yadigaroglu , J. Halpern , T. Piran , R. Goodrich , F. Chaffee , M. Feroci , E. Costa

Broadband Modeling of GRB 021004

We present a broadband modeling of the afterglow of GRB 021004. The optical transient of this burst has been detected very early and densely sampled in several bands. Its light curve shows significant deviations from a simple power law. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jeremy S. Heyl , Rosalba Perna

The Faint Optical Afterglow and Host Galaxy of GRB 020124: Implications for the Nature of Dark Gamma-Ray Bursts

We present ground-based optical observations of GRB 020124 starting 1.6 hours after the burst, as well as subsequent Very Large Array (VLA) and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations. The optical afterglow of GRB 020124 is one of the…

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The afterglow of the short/intermediate-duration gamma-ray burst GRB 000301C: A jet at z=2.04

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…

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