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most citedMethods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample of Swift-XRT observations of GRBs

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astro-ph.HE2021

The Fast Radio Burst-emitting magnetar SGR 1935+2154 -- proper motion and variability from long-term Hubble Space Telescope monitoring

J. D. Lyman, A. J. Levan, K. Wiersema +3

We present deep Hubble Space Telescope near-infrared (NIR) observations of the magnetar SGR 1935+2154 from June 2021, approximately 6 years after the first HST observations, a year…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 22 cited

Properties of High-Redshift GRBs

Chris L. Fryer, Amy Y. Lien, Andrew Fruchter +5

The immense power of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) make them ideal probes of the early universe. By using absorption lines in the afterglows of high-redshift GRBs, astronomers can study…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 2 cited

A Temporal Scale to Track the Spectral Transitions in Low-Mass X-ray Binaries

E. Sonbas, K. Mohamed, K. S. Dhuga +1

The results of a temporal analysis of observations for a sample of nine low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) are presented. Of these sources, five host a neutron star (NS) primary (4U16…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 21 cited

Thermal and nonthermal emission in the optical-UV spectrum of PSR B0950+08

Vadim Abramkin, George G. Pavlov, Yuriy Shibanov +1

Based on recent Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations in far-UV and groundbased observations in optical bands, Pavlov and colleagues have revealed a thermal component in the sp…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 21 cited

The Gamow Explorer: A gamma-ray burst observatory to study the high redshift universe and enable multi-messenger astrophysics

N. E. White, F. E. Bauer, W. Baumgartner +63

The Gamow Explorer will use Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) to: 1) probe the high redshift universe (z > 6) when the first stars were born, galaxies formed and Hydrogen was reionized; and…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 2 cited

X-ray imaging observations of the high-mass gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057

Oleg Kargaltsev, Noel Klingler, Jeremy Hare +1

The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) imaged the high-mass gamma-ray binary (HMGB) HESS J0632+057 with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS). We analyzed the CXO data together…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 31 cited

The early afterglow of GRB 190829A

S. Dichiara, E. Troja, V. Lipunov +19

GRB 190829A at z=0.0785 is the fourth closest long GRB ever detected by the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory, and the third confirmed case with a very high energy component. We prese…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 21 cited

Instrumental Tip-of-the-iceberg Effects on the Prompt Emission of Swift/BAT Gamma-ray Bursts

M. Moss, A. Lien, S. Guiriec +2

The observed durations of prompt gamma-ray emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are often used to infer the progenitors and energetics of the sources. Inaccurate duration measurem…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 5 cited

Identification of an X-ray Pulsar in the BeXRB system IGR J182191347

B. O'Connor, E. Gogus, D. Huppenkothen +25

We report on observations of the candidate Be/X-ray binary IGR J182191347 with \textit{Swift}/XRT, \textit{NuSTAR}, and \textit{NICER} during Type-I outbursts in March and June…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 11 cited

Precise timing and phase-resolved spectroscopy of the young pulsar J1617-5055 with NuSTAR

J. Hare, I. Volkov, G. G. Pavlov +2

We report on a NuSTAR observation of the young, energetic pulsar PSR J1617-5055. Parkes Observatory 3 GHz radio observations of the pulsar (taken about 7 years before the NuSTAR ob…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 27 cited

Constraints on the electromagnetic counterpart of the Neutron Star Black Hole merger GW200115

S. Dichiara, R. L. Becerra, E. A. Chase +10

We report the results of our follow-up campaign for the neutron star - black hole (NSBH) merger GW200115 detected during the O3 run of the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detector…

astro-ph.HE2021

GRB 160410A: the first Chemical Study of the Interstellar Medium of a Short GRB

J. F. Agüí Fernández, C. C. Thöne, D. A. Kann +27

Short Gamma-Ray Bursts (SGRBs) are produced by the coalescence of compact binary systems which are remnants of massive stars. GRB 160410A is classified as a short-duration GRB with…

astro-ph.HE2021

A month of monitoring the new magnetar Swift J1555.2-5402 during an X-ray outburst

Teruaki Enoto, Mason Ng, Chin-ping Hu +23

The soft gamma-ray repeater Swift J1555.2-5402 was discovered by means of a 12-ms duration short burst detected with Swift BAT on 2021 June 3. Then 1.6 hours after the first burst…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 61 cited

The Fast Radio Burst FRB 20201124A in a star forming region: constraints to the progenitor and multiwavelength counterparts

L. Piro, G. Bruni, E. Troja +16

We present the results of a multiwavelength campaign of FRB 20201124A, the third closest repeating fast radio burst recently localized in a nearby (z=0.0978) galaxy. Deep VLA obser…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 3 cited

Back to quiescence: post-outburst evolution of the pulsar J1119-6127 and its wind nebula

Harsha Blumer, Samar Safi-Harb, Alice Borghese +4

We report on the analysis of a deep Chandra observation of the high-magnetic field pulsar (PSR) J1119-6127 and its compact pulsar wind nebula (PWN) taken in October 2019, three yea…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 38 cited

Exploring the GRB population: Robust afterglow modelling

M. D. Aksulu, R. A. M. J. Wijers, H. J. van Eerten +1

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are ultra-relativistic collimated outflows, which emit synchrotron radiation throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum when they interact with their en…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 23 cited

Fermi-GBM Observations of the SGR J1935+2154 Burst Forest

Yuki Kaneko, Ersin Gogus, Matthew G. Baring +7

During 2020 April and May, SGR J1935+2154 emitted hundreds of short bursts and became one of the most prolific transient magnetars. At the onset of the active bursting period, a 13…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 23 cited

Catalog of Long-Term Transient Sources in the First 10 Years of Fermi-LAT Data

L. Baldini, J. Ballet, D. Bastieri +112

We present the first Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) catalog of long-term -ray transient sources (1FLT). This comprises sources that were detected on monthly time intervals dur…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 15 cited

A Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from Pulsar Tails by VERITAS

Wystan Benbow, A. Brill, James Buckley +56

We report on the search for very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the regions around three nearby supersonic pulsars (PSR B0355+54, PSR J0357+3205 and PSR J1740+1000) that exhib…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 59 cited

Kilonova Detectability with Wide-Field Instruments

Eve A. Chase, Brendan O'Connor, Christopher L. Fryer +7

Kilonovae are ultraviolet, optical, and infrared transients powered by the radioactive decay of heavy elements following a neutron star merger. Joint observations of kilonovae and…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 2 cited

A Broad Grid of 2D Kilonova Emission Models

R. T. Wollaeger, C. L. Fryer, E. A. Chase +6

Depending upon the properties of their compact remnants and the physics included in the models, simulations of neutron star mergers can produce a broad range of ejecta properties.…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 18 cited

Late-time radio observations of the short GRB200522A: constraints on the magnetar model

G. Bruni, B. O'Connor, T. Matsumoto +4

GRB200522A is a short duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) at redshift =0.554 characterized by a bright infrared counterpart. A possible, although not unambiguous, interpretation of t…

astro-ph.HE2021

Visualizing Multiwavelength Properties of Classified X-ray Sources from Chandra Source Catalog

Hui Yang, Jeremy Hare, Igor Volkov +1

We present a simple but informative online tool to visualize the multiwavelength properties of about 2,700 X-ray sources from Chandra Source Catalog version 2.0 with literature ver…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 38 cited

Gamma rays from Fast Black-Hole Winds

LAT Collaboration

Massive black holes at the centers of galaxies can launch powerful wide-angle winds that, if sustained over time, can unbind the gas from the stellar bulges of galaxies. These wind…