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astro-ph.HE2025

Optimizing Kilonova Searches: A Case Study of the Type IIb SN 2025ulz in the Localization Volume of the Low-Significance Gravitational Wave Event S250818k

Noah Franz, Bhagya Subrayan, Charles D. Kilpatrick +54

Kilonovae, the ultraviolet/optical/infrared counterparts to binary neutron star mergers, are an exceptionally rare class of transients. Optical follow-up campaigns are plagued by c…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

No Sign of a Magnetar Remnant Following the Kilonova-Producing Long GRB 211211A Years Later

Genevieve Schroeder, Ben Margalit, Brian D. Metzger +9

In addition to a -ray burst (GRB), the merger of two neutron stars may produce a temporarily or indefinitely stable neutron star remnant with a strong magnetic field (a "magneta…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Exploring the Relationship Between Swift Short Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows and their Host Galaxy Properties

Cristian Castrejon, Anya E. Nugent, Wen-fai Fong +3

We present a comprehensive compilation of short-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows in the X-ray, optical, and radio bands, comprising 150 events discovered primarily by the…

astro-ph.HE2024

A millimeter rebrightening in GRB 210702A

Simon de Wet, Tanmoy Laskar, Paul J. Groot +9

We present X-ray to radio frequency observations of the bright long gamma-ray burst GRB 210702A. Our ALMA 97.5 GHz observations show a significant rebrightening by a factor of ~2 b…

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.HE2024

Constraints on Relativistic Jets from the Fast X-ray Transient 210423 using Prompt Radio Follow-Up Observations

Dina Ibrahimzade, R. Margutti, J. S. Bright +16

Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) are a new observational class of phenomena with no clear physical origin. This is at least partially a consequence of limited multi-wavelength follow u…

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★ 1 cited

Mapping Obscured Star Formation in the Host Galaxy of FRB 20201124A

Yuxin Dong, Tarraneh Eftekhari, Wen-fai Fong +23

We present high-resolution 1.5 6 GHz Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) optical and infrared observations of the extremely active repeating…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 84 cited

The Radio to GeV Afterglow of GRB 221009A

Tanmoy Laskar, Kate D. Alexander, Raffaella Margutti +27

GRB 221009A () is one of the closest known long -ray bursts (GRBs). Its extreme brightness across all electromagnetic wavelengths provides an unprecedented opportunity…

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★ 11 cited

VLBI observations of GRB 201015A, a relatively faint GRB with a hint of Very High Energy gamma-ray emission

S. Giarratana, L. Rhodes, B. Marcote +14

GRB 201015A is a long-duration Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) which was detected at very high energies (> 100 GeV) using the MAGIC telescopes. If confirmed, this would be the fifth and leas…

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.HE2021★ 36 cited

A Late-Time Galaxy-Targeted Search for the Radio Counterpart of GW190814

K. D. Alexander, G. Schroeder, K. Paterson +14

GW190814 was a compact object binary coalescence detected in gravitational waves by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo that garnered exceptional community interest due to its excelle…

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★ 42 cited

A Late-time Radio Survey of Short GRBs at : New Constraints on the Remnants of Neutron Star Mergers

Genevieve Schroeder, Ben Margalit, Wen-fai Fong +7

Massive, rapidly-spinning magnetar remnants produced as a result of binary neutron star (BNS) mergers may deposit a fraction of their energy into the surrounding kilonova ejecta, p…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 63 cited

Searches After Gravitational-waves Using ARizona Observatories (SAGUARO): System Overview and First Results from Advanced LIGO/Virgo's Third Observing Run

M. J. Lundquist, K. Paterson, W. Fong +53

We present Searches After Gravitational-waves Using ARizona Observatories (SAGUARO), a comprehensive effort dedicated to the discovery and characterization of optical counterparts…