A comprehensive analysis of Fermi gamma-ray burst data. I. Spectral components and the possible physical origins of LAT/GBM GRBs

BB Zhang, B Zhang, EW Liang, YZ Fan… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a systematic analysis of the spectral and temporal properties of 17 gamma-ray
bursts (GRBs) codetected by the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and the Large Area …

The second swift burst alert telescope gamma-ray burst catalog

T Sakamoto, SD Barthelmy… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the second Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) catalog of gamma-ray bursts
(GRBs), which contains 476 bursts detected by the BAT between 2004 December 19 and …

Extragalactic high-energy transients: event rate densities and luminosity functions

H Sun, B Zhang, Z Li - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Several types of extragalactic high-energy transients have been discovered, which include
high-luminosity and low-luminosity long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), short-duration …

How bad or good are the external forward shock afterglow models of gamma-ray bursts?

XG Wang, B Zhang, EW Liang, H Gao… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The external forward shock models have been the standard paradigm to interpret the
broadband afterglow data of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). One prediction of the models is that …

A test of the millisecond magnetar central engine model of gamma-ray bursts with swift data

HJ Lü, B Zhang - The Astrophysical Journal, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT A rapidly spinning, strongly magnetized neutron star (magnetar) has been
proposed as one possible candidate of the central engine of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We …

A complete sample of bright Swift long gamma-ray bursts: testing the spectral-energy correlations

L Nava, R Salvaterra, G Ghirlanda… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We use a nearly complete sample of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the Swift
satellite to study the correlations between the spectral peak energy E peak of the prompt …

The Konus–Wind Catalog of Gamma-Ray Bursts with Known Redshifts. II. Waiting-Mode Bursts Simultaneously Detected by Swift/BAT

A Tsvetkova, D Frederiks, D Svinkin… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In the second part of The Konus–Wind Catalog of Gamma-Ray Bursts with Known Redshifts
(the first part: Tsvetkova et al. 2017; T17), we present the results of a systematic study of …

An achromatic break in the afterglow of the short GRB 140903A: evidence for a narrow jet

E Troja, T Sakamoto, SB Cenko, A Lien… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results of our observing campaign on GRB 140903A, a nearby (z= 0.351)
short-duration (T 90∼ 0.3 s) gamma-ray burst discovered by Swift. We monitored the X-ray …

Probing the cosmic gamma-ray burst rate with trigger simulations of the swift burst alert telescope

A Lien, T Sakamoto, N Gehrels… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The gamma-ray burst (GRB) rate is essential for revealing the connection between GRBs,
supernovae, and stellar evolution. Additionally, the GRB rate at high redshift provides a …

Spectral lags and the lag–luminosity relation: an investigation with Swift BAT gamma-ray bursts

TN Ukwatta, M Stamatikos, KS Dhuga… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Spectral lag, the time difference between the arrival of high-energy and low-energy photons,
is a common feature in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Norris et al. reported a correlation …