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most citedA Kilonova Following a Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst at 350 Mpc

356 citations · 897 across the 26 of their papers we have counts for

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27 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

4U 1538-52 in a Heartbeat: Broadband X-ray Spectral Properties from XMM-Newton and NuSTAR

C. M. Diez, S. Dupourqué, A. -L. Doherty +8

Galactic high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) are important systems for studying accretion mechanisms onto compact objects and for investigating the complex stellar winds of massive st…

astro-ph.HE2026

The low luminosity end of Galactic HMXBs with eROSITA: Establishing a luminosity floor for accreting BeXRBs

Aafia Zainab, Philipp Thalhammer, Nico Zalot +18

We present a first look at the Galactic population of heretofore known HMXBs as observed by SRG/eROSITA during its first four surveys. eROSITA's sensitivity of $\sim10^{-13}\,\math…

astro-ph.HE2026

Early Multiwavelength Observations of AT 2026fgk: The Luminous Afterglow to Sub-luminous GRB 260310A, Identified Independently of a Gamma-ray Trigger

K. -R. Hinds, A. Y. Q. Ho, Y. Wagh +103

The origins of sub-luminous (\,erg\,s) gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) associated with broad-lined Type~Ic supernovae (Ic-BL SNe) are poorly u…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

GRB 210704A: A Luminous Fast Blue Transient in a GRB Afterglow at

Daniëlle L. A. Pieterse, Andrew J. Levan, Maria E. Ravasio +27

We present detailed, multi-wavelength analysis of GRB 210704A: a Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor discovered and Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) detected gamma-ray burst (GRB). The b…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Double-hump spectrum, pulse profile dip, and pulsed fraction spectra from the low-accretion regime in the X-ray pulsar MAXI J0655-013

C. Malacaria, S. N. Pike, A. D'Aì +18

Accreting X-ray pulsars (XRPs) undergo different physical regimes depending on the mass accretion rate. Recent observations have shown a dramatic change in the emission properties…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) Community Science Book

Michael Koss, Nafisa Aftab, Steven W. Allen +395

The AXIS Community Science Book represents the collective effort of 592 scientists worldwide to define the transformative science enabled by the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (A…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

The Long-lived Broadband Afterglow of Short Gamma-Ray Burst 231117A and the Growing Radio-Detected Short GRB Population

Genevieve Schroeder, Wen-fai Fong, Charles D. Kilpatrick +28

We present multiwavelength observations of the Swift short -ray burst GRB 231117A, localized to an underlying galaxy at redshift at a small projected offset ($\sim 2…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

VLA monitoring of LS V +44 17 reveals scatter in the X-ray--radio correlation of Be/X-ray binaries

J. van den Eijnden, A. Rouco Escorial, J. Alfonso-Garzón +8

LS V +44 17 is a persistent Be/X-ray binary (BeXRB) that displayed a bright, double-peaked period of X-ray activity in late 2022/early 2023. We present a radio monitoring campaign…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

A Radio Flare in the Long-Lived Afterglow of the Distant Short GRB 210726A: Energy Injection or a Reverse Shock from Shell Collisions?

Genevieve Schroeder, Lauren Rhodes, Tanmoy Laskar +32

We present the discovery of the radio afterglow of the short -ray burst (GRB) 210726A, localized to a galaxy at a photometric redshift of . While radio observations c…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 14 cited

An X-ray Census of Fast Radio Burst Host Galaxies: Constraints on AGN and X-ray Counterparts

T. Eftekhari, W. Fong, A. C. Gordon +16

We present the first X-ray census of fast radio burst (FRB) host galaxies to conduct the deepest search for AGN and X-ray counterparts to date. Our sample includes seven well-local…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 6 cited

The Jet Opening Angle and Event Rate Distributions of Short Gamma-ray Bursts from Late-time X-ray Afterglows

Alicia Rouco Escorial, Wen-fai Fong, Edo Berger +14

We present a comprehensive study of 29 short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) observed days post-burst using and . We provide the inferred distributi…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 15 cited

Radio monitoring of transient Be/X-ray binaries and the inflow-outflow coupling of strongly-magnetized accreting neutron stars

J. van den Eijnden, N. Degenaar, T. D. Russell +5

Strongly-magnetized ( G) accreting neutron stars (NSs) are prime targets for studying the launching of jets by objects with a solid surface; while classical jet-launc…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 125 cited

Short GRB Host Galaxies I: Photometric and Spectroscopic Catalogs, Host Associations, and Galactocentric Offsets

Wen-fai Fong, Anya E. Nugent, Yuxin Dong +25

We present a comprehensive optical and near-infrared census of the fields of 90 short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) discovered in 2005-2021, constituting all short GRBs for which host ga…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 86 cited

Short GRB Host Galaxies. II. A Legacy Sample of Redshifts, Stellar Population Properties, and Implications for their Neutron Star Merger Origins

Anya E. Nugent, Wen-fai Fong, Yuxin Dong +14

We present the stellar population properties of 69 short gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies, representing the largest uniformly-modeled sample to-date. Using the Prospector stella…

astro-ph.HE2022

A Radio-selected Population of Dark, Long Gamma-ray Bursts: Comparison to the Long Gamma-ray Burst Population and Implications for Host Dust Distributions

Genevieve Schroeder, Tanmoy Laskar, Wen-fai Fong +17

We present cm-band and mm-band afterglow observations of five long-duration -ray bursts (GRBs; GRB 130131A, 130420B, 130609A, 131229A, 140713A) with dust-obscured optical afterg…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 30 cited

The First Short GRB Millimeter Afterglow: The Wide-Angled Jet of the Extremely Energetic SGRB 211106A

Tanmoy Laskar, Alicia Rouco Escorial, Genevieve Schroeder +14

We present the discovery of the first millimeter afterglow of a short-duration -ray burst (SGRB) and the first confirmed afterglow of an SGRB localized by the GUANO system on Sw…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 356 cited

A Kilonova Following a Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst at 350 Mpc

J. C. Rastinejad, B. P. Gompertz, A. J. Levan +32

Here, we report the discovery of a kilonova associated with the nearby (350 Mpc) minute-duration GRB 211211A. In tandem with deep optical limits that rule out the presence of an ac…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 27 cited

Deep optical observations contemporaneous with emission from the periodic FRB 180916.J0158+65

Charles D. Kilpatrick, Joseph N. Burchett, David O. Jones +6

We present deep Apache Point Observatory optical observations within seconds of the outburst of the periodic fast radio burst (FRB) 180916.J0158+65 obtained on 3 September 2020. FR…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 81 cited

The Broad-band Counterpart of the Short GRB 200522A at : A Luminous Kilonova or a Collimated Outflow with a Reverse Shock?

W. Fong, T. Laskar, J. Rastinejad +20

We present the discovery of the radio afterglow and near-infrared (NIR) counterpart of the Swift short GRB 200522A, located at a small projected offset of kpc from the…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 31 cited

Discovery of the optical afterglow and host galaxy of short GRB181123B at : Implications for Delay Time Distributions

K. Paterson, W. Fong, A. Nugent +19

We present the discovery of the optical afterglow and host galaxy of the {\it Swift} short-duration gamma-ray burst, GRB\,181123B. Observations with Gemini-North starting at $\appr…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 26 cited

The distant, galaxy cluster environment of the short GRB 161104A at and a comparison to the short GRB host population

Anya E. Nugent, Wen-fai Fong, Yuxin Dong +9

We present optical observations of the Swift short-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) GRB 161104A and its host galaxy at . We model the multiband photometry and spec…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 4 cited

Recurrent low-level luminosity behaviour after a giant outburst in the Be/X-ray transient 4U 0115+63

A. Rouco Escorial, R. Wijnands, J. van den Eijnden +4

In 2017, the Be/X-ray transient 4U 0115+63 exhibited a new type-II outburst that was two times fainter than its 2015 giant outburst (in the Swift/BAT count rates). Despite this dif…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 21 cited

A re-establishing jet during an X-ray re-brightening of the Be/X-ray binary Swift J0243.6+6124

J. van den Eijnden, N. Degenaar, T. D. Russell +5

Transient Be/X-ray binary systems, wherein a compact object accretes from a Be-companion star, can show giant and periastron outbursts. During the decay of their giant outbursts, s…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 13 cited

Discovery of accretion-driven pulsations in the prolonged low X-ray luminosity state of the Be/X-ray transient GX 304-1

A. Rouco Escorial, J. van den Eijnden, R. Wijnands

We present our Swift monitoring campaign of the slowly rotating neutron star Be/X-ray transient GX 304-1 (spin period of ~275 s) when the source was not in outburst. We found that…