[HTML][HTML] The structure of gamma ray burst jets

OS Salafia, G Ghirlanda - Galaxies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to relativistic bulk motion, the structure and orientation of gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets
have a fundamental role in determining how they appear. The recent discovery of the …

The case for a minute-long merger-driven gamma-ray burst from fast-cooling synchrotron emission

BP Gompertz, ME Ravasio, M Nicholl, AJ Levan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
For decades, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been broadly divided into long-and short-
duration bursts, lasting more or less than 2 s, respectively. However, this dichotomy does not …

Pre-merger alert to detect prompt emission in very-high-energy gamma-rays from binary neutron star mergers: Einstein Telescope and Cherenkov Telescope Array …

B Banerjee, G Oganesyan, M Branchesi… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
The current generation of very-high-energy gamma-ray (VHE; E> 30 GeV) detectors (MAGIC
and HESS) have recently demonstrated the ability to detect the afterglow emission of …

[HTML][HTML] Gamma-Ray Bursts at the highest energies

L Nava - Universe, 2021 - mdpi.com
Emission from Gamma-ray bursts is thought to be powered mainly by synchrotron radiation
from energetic electrons. The same electrons might scatter these synchrotron seed photons …

Multicollision Internal Shock Lepto-hadronic Models for Energetic Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs)

A Rudolph, M Petropoulou, Ž Bošnjak… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
For a subpopulation of energetic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), a moderate baryonic loading
may suffice to power ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). Motivated by this, we study …

Neutrino signal dependence on gamma-ray burst emission mechanism

T Pitik, I Tamborra, M Petropoulou - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Long duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the least understood astrophysical
transients powering the high-energy universe. To date, various mechanisms have been …

Insights into the physics of gamma-ray bursts from the high-energy extension of their prompt emission spectra

ME Ravasio, G Ghirlanda, G Ghisellini - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2024 - aanda.org
The study of the high-energy part (MeV-GeV) of the spectrum of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)
can play a crucial role in investigating the physics of prompt emission, but it is often …

The slope of the low-energy spectrum of prompt gamma-ray burst emission

M Toffano, G Ghirlanda, L Nava, G Ghisellini… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
The prompt emission spectra from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are often fitted with the
empirical “Band” function, namely two smoothly connected power laws. The typical slope of …

Constraints on the Physics of the prompt emission from distant and energetic gamma-ray burst GRB 220101A

A Mei, G Oganesyan, A Tsvetkova… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The emission region of γ-ray bursts (GRBs) is poorly constrained. The uncertainty on the
size of the dissipation site spans over 4 orders of magnitude (10 12–10 17 cm) depending …

Bethe–Heitler Signature in Proton Synchrotron Models for Gamma-Ray Bursts

D Bégué, F Samuelsson, A Pe'er - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the effect of Bethe–Heitler (BeHe) pair production on a proton synchrotron model
for the prompt emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The possible parameter space of the …