Physics of Gamma‐Ray Bursts Prompt Emission

A Pe'Er - Advances in Astronomy, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, our understanding of gamma‐ray bursts (GRB) prompt emission has been
revolutionized, due to a combination of new instruments, new analysis methods, and novel …

Fermi-GBM discovery of GRB 221009A: An extraordinarily bright GRB from onset to afterglow

S Lesage, P Veres, MS Briggs… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of GRB 221009A, the highest flux gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever
observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (Fermi-GBM). This GRB has continuous …

Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger

BP Abbott - 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
On 2017 August 17 a binary neutron star coalescence candidate (later designated
GW170817) with merger time 12: 41: 04 UTC was observed through gravitational waves by …

GRB polarization: a unique probe of GRB physics

R Gill, M Kole, J Granot - Galaxies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over half a century from the discovery of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the dominant radiation
mechanism responsible for their bright and highly variable prompt emission remains poorly …

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 …

A decade of gamma-ray bursts observed by Fermi-LAT: the second GRB catalog

M Ajello, M Arimoto, M Axelsson, L Baldini… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the Fermi spacecraft routinely observes
high-energy emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Here we present the second catalog …

Discovery and confirmation of the shortest gamma-ray burst from a collapsar

T Ahumada, LP Singer, S Anand, MW Coughlin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the brightest and most energetic events in the
Universe. The duration and hardness distribution of GRBs has two clusters, now understood …

Measurement of atmospheric neutrino oscillations at 6–56 GeV with IceCube DeepCore

MG Aartsen, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We present a measurement of the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters using three
years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The DeepCore infill array in the center …

Fermi GBM observations of LIGO gravitational-wave event GW150914

V Connaughton, E Burns, A Goldstein… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
With an instantaneous view of 70% of the sky, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is
an excellent partner in the search for electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave …

The third swift burst alert telescope gamma-ray burst catalog

A Lien, T Sakamoto, SD Barthelmy… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT To date, the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) onboard Swift has detected∼ 1000
gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), of which∼ 360 GRBs have redshift measurements, ranging from …