The physics of gamma-ray bursts & relativistic jets

P Kumar, B Zhang - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
We provide a comprehensive review of major developments in our understanding of gamma-
ray bursts, with particular focus on the discoveries made within the last fifteen years when …

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 …

High-energy emission from gamma-ray bursts

L Nava - International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2018 - World Scientific
The number of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected at high energies (∼ 0. 1− 1 0 0 GeV) has
seen a rapid increase over the last decade, thanks to observations from the Fermi-Large …

The first Fermi-LAT gamma-ray burst catalog

M Ackermann, M Ajello, K Asano… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
In three years of observations since the beginning of nominal science operations in 2008
August, the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope …

Observation of inverse Compton emission from a long γ-ray burst

P Veres, PN Bhat, MS Briggs, WH Cleveland… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from ultra-relativistic jets launched from the
collapsing cores of dying massive stars. They are characterized by an initial phase of bright …

Significant and variable linear polarization during the prompt optical flash of GRB 160625B

E Troja, VM Lipunov, CG Mundell, NR Butler… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Newly formed black holes of stellar mass launch collimated outflows (jets) of ionized matter
that approach the speed of light. These outflows power prompt, brief and intense flashes of γ …

Fermi and Swift observations of GRB 190114C: tracing the evolution of high-energy emission from prompt to afterglow

M Ajello, M Arimoto, M Axelsson, L Baldini… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
36 AIM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité,
F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France 37 Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan …

Energies of GRB blast waves and prompt efficiencies as implied by modelling of X-ray and GeV afterglows

P Beniamini, L Nava, RB Duran… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We consider a sample of 10 gamma-ray bursts with long-lasting (≳ 102 s) emission detected
by Fermi/Large Area Telescope and for which X-ray data around 1 d are also available. We …

Off-axis afterglow closure relations and Fermi-LAT detected gamma-ray bursts

N Fraija, MG Dainotti, D Levine… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most promising transient events for studying
multiwavelength observations in extreme conditions. Observation of GeV photons from …

Synchrotron self-Compton as a likely mechanism of photons beyond the synchrotron limit in GRB 190114C

N Fraija, RB Duran, S Dichiara… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
GRB 190114C, a long and luminous burst, was detected by several satellites and ground-
based telescopes from radio wavelengths to GeV gamma-rays. In the GeV gamma-rays, the …