Physics of radiation mediated shocks and its applications to GRBs, supernovae, and neutron star mergers

A Levinson, E Nakar - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
The first electromagnetic signal observed in different types of cosmic explosions is released
upon emergence of a shock created in the explosion from the opaque envelope …

A transient radio source consistent with a merger-triggered core collapse supernova

DZ Dong, G Hallinan, E Nakar, AYQ Ho, AK Hughes… - Science, 2021 - science.org
A core collapse supernova occurs when exothermic fusion ceases in the core of a massive
star, which is typically caused by exhaustion of nuclear fuel. Theory predicts that fusion …

Shock within a shock: revisiting the radio flares of NS merger ejecta and gamma-ray burst-supernovae

B Margalit, T Piran - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Fast ejecta expelled in binary neutron star (NS) mergers or energetic supernovae (SNe)
should produce late-time synchrotron radio emission as the ejecta shocks into the …

Late-time radio and millimeter observations of superluminous supernovae and long gamma-ray bursts: Implications for central engines, fast radio bursts, and obscured …

T Eftekhari, B Margalit, CMB Omand… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the largest and deepest late-time radio and millimeter survey to date of
superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) and long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) to …

Deep ATCA and VLA Radio Observations of Short-GRB Host Galaxies. Constraints on Star Formation Rates, Afterglow Flux, and Kilonova Radio Flares

S Klose, AMN Guelbenzu, MJ Michałowski… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results of an extensive radio-continuum observing campaign of host galaxies
of short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The goal of this survey was to search for optically …

Late-time evolution and modeling of the off-axis gamma-ray burst candidate FIRST J141918. 9+ 394036

KP Mooley, B Margalit, CJ Law, DA Perley… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present new radio and optical data, including very-long-baseline interferometry, as well
as archival data analysis, for the luminous, decades-long radio transient FIRST J141918. 9+ …

A search for radio afterglows from gamma-ray bursts with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder

JK Leung, T Murphy, G Ghirlanda… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We present a search for radio afterglows from long gamma-ray bursts using the Australian
Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). Our search used the Rapid ASKAP Continuum …

Rebrightening properties of multi-wave band afterglows in GRBs associated with supernovae

Q Wang, ZB Zhang, Q Pan, XJ Li - International Journal of Modern …, 2023 - World Scientific
In this paper, we collect 54 Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) afterglows rebrightening in X-ray,
optical, and radio bands to build the biggest sample so far, of which 18 type-Ic/b Supernova …

Radio Constraints on r-process Nucleosynthesis by Collapsars

KH Lee, I Bartos, A Eddins, A Corsi… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The heaviest elements in the universe are synthesized through rapid neutron capture (r-
process) in extremely neutron-rich outflows. Neutron star mergers were established as an …

A Multi-scale Radio Study of Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows

J Leung - 2023 - ses.library.usyd.edu.au
The radio afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) reveal important details about the
properties of the blast wave and the circumburst environment, while also lending themselves …