4 papers
A Shell Collision Scenario for EP251222b/GRB 251222A: Connecting Prompt Emission and Double-Peaked Afterglow
Run Shi, Di Xiao, Brajesh Kumar +23
GRB 251222A is a long-duration gamma-ray burst at a spectroscopic redshift of . It was detected by the EP as the soft X-ray transient EP251222b before and during the gamma…
X-rays breaking out of pre-explosion ejecta mark a supernova's first light
Weimin Yuan, Qiu-Ju Huang, Jin-Ping Zhu +130
Massive stars die as core-collapse supernovae, whose optical light emerges days after the implosion. Theory predicts that the initial collapse-driven shock, upon breaking through t…
Pinning Down the Geometry of the Type Ic Broad-Line Supernova 2026gzf
Xudong Wen, Yi Yang, Jing Lu +11
Type Ic broad-line supernovae (SNe Ic-BL) are often associated with energetic explosions that display a prompt outburst of high-energy emission. Since their progenitor lost the H a…
Probing Extragalactic Ultralight Axion Dark Matter with Decade-Long Blazar Optical Polarimetry of 1ES 1959+650
Qiu-Ju Huang, Bao Wang, Jun-Jie Wei +1
Axions or axion-like particles (ALPs) are well-motivated dark matter (DM) candidates whose coupling to photons induces periodic oscillations in the polarization angle of astrophysi…