16 papers
Late-time X-ray afterglows of GRBs: Implications for particle acceleration at relativistic shocks
Zhi-Qiu Huang, Om Sharan Salafia, Lara Nava +2
Particle-in-cell (PIC) numerical simulations are currently among the most advanced tools to investigate particle acceleration at relativistic shocks. Still, they come with limitati…
MeV absorption in gamma-ray bursts as a probe of their progenitor environments
Gor Oganesyan, Om Sharan Salafia, Emanuele Sobacchi +8
A small fraction of X-ray photons from -ray bursts (GRBs), after escaping the relativistic jet, are scattered by electrons in the circumburst medium. Subsequent photon-photon a…
Advanced Virgo Plus for O5 -- Design Report Overview
F. Acernese, A. Agapito, D. Agarwal +578
This document presents an overview of the design, implementation, and expected performance of the Advanced Virgo Plus (AdV+) upgrades in view of the O5 observing run. Following the…
The maximum offsets of binary neutron star mergers from host galaxies
Ilya Mandel, Om Sharan Salafia, Andrew Levan +1
We analytically derive, and illustrate with a population synthesis model, the maximum offset of binary neutron star mergers ejected from their host galaxies. This approximate maxim…
ASKAP J005512.2-255834: A Luminous, Long-Lived Radio Transient at z = 0.1 -- an Orphan Afterglow or an off-nuclear TDE from an IMBH?
Ashna Gulati, Tara Murphy, David L. Kaplan +24
We report the discovery of a slowly evolving, extragalactic radio transient, ASKAP J005512.2--255834 (hereafter ASKAP J0055-2558), identified using the Australian SKA Pathfinder in…
Evolution and afterglow emission of gamma-ray burst jets from binary neutron star mergers
Emma Dreas, Om Sharan Salafia, Andrea Pavan +2
Relativistic jets launched in binary neutron star (BNS) mergers are widely accepted as the engines powering most of the population of short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Understanding t…