8 papers
Sub-MeV spectroscopy with AstroSat-CZT Imager for Gamma Ray Bursts
Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Soumya Gupta, Vidushi Sharma +10
Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager (CZTI) onboard AstroSat has been a prolific Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) monitor. While the 2-pixel Compton scattered events (100 - 300 keV) are used to extr…
GRB 200415A: A Short Gamma-Ray Burst from a Magnetar Giant Flare?
Jun Yang, Vikas Chand, Bin-Bin Zhang +16
The giant flares of soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) have long been proposed to contribute to at least a subsample of the observed short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). In this paper, we p…
Identifying Black Hole Central Engines in Gamma-Ray Bursts
Vidushi Sharma, Shabnam Iyyani, Dipankar Bhattacharya
The nature of the gamma-ray burst (GRB) central engine still remains an enigma. Entities widely believed to be capable of powering the extreme jets are magnetars and black holes. T…
Spectro-polarimetric analysis of prompt emission of GRB 160325A: jet with evolving environment of internal shocks
Vidushi Sharma, Shabnam Iyyani, Dipankar Bhattacharya +3
GRB 160325A is the only bright burst detected by AstroSat CZT Imager in its primary field of view to date. In this work, we present the spectral and polarimetric analysis of the pr…
Peculiar prompt emission and afterglow in H.E.S.S. detected GRB 190829A
Vikas Chand, Ankush Banerjee, Rahul Gupta +10
We present the results of a detailed investigation of the prompt and afterglow emission in the HESS detected GRB 190829A. Swift and Fermi observations of the prompt phase of this G…
Time varying polarized gamma-rays from GRB 160821A: evidence for ordered magnetic fields
Vidushi Sharma, Shabnam Iyyani, Dipankar Bhattacharya +8
GRB 160821A is the third most energetic gamma ray burst observed by the {\it Fermi} gamma-ray space telescope. Based on the observations made by Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager (CZTI…