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Failed jet breakout in the metal-poor broad-lined type Ic supernova 2026gzf
Antonio Martin-Carrillo, Christina C. Thöne, James K. Leung +103
A long-standing question in the death of massive stars is the role of relativistic jets. While many gamma-ray bursts and some fast X-ray transients seem to be associated with broad…
Radio detection of supernova remnant G310.7-5.4 with -ray counterpart: Abeona SNR
Christopher Burger-Scheidlin, Brianna D. Ball, Sanja Lazarević +10
G310.7-5.4 is a supernova remnant (SNR) candidate identified as a faint shell in the second epoch Molonglo Galactic Plane Survey (MGPS-2), but this has not been followed up with mu…
XRF 241001A/SN 2024aiiq: A faint soft X-ray transient detected by SVOM with a broad-line type Ic supernova revealed by JWST
B. Schneider, M. Brunet, B. P. Gompertz +61
X-ray flashes (XRFs) are a type of gamma-ray burst (GRB) with prompt emission predominantly below 30 keV and have been poorly detected by previous missions. The advent of the SVOM…
GRB 180728A and SN 2018fip: the nearest high-energy cosmological gamma-ray burst with an associated supernova
A. Rossi, L. Izzo, K. Maeda +29
The long GRB 180728A, at a redshift of , stands out due to its high isotropic energy of erg, in contrast with most events at redshif…
The most distant optically polarised GRB afterglow: GRB 240419A at z = 5.178
R. Brivio, S. Covino, M. Ferro +31
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are extremely bright phenomena powered by relativistic jets arising from explosive events at cosmological distances. The nature of the jet and the configura…
The radio flare and multi-wavelength afterglow of the short GRB 231117A: energy injection from a violent shell collision
G. E. Anderson, G. P. Lamb, B. P. Gompertz +64
We present the early radio detection and multi-wavelength modeling of the short gamma-ray burst (GRB) 231117A at redshift . The Australia Telescope Compact Array automatic…
GRB 241105A: A test case for GRB classification and rapid r-process nucleosynthesis channels
Dimple, B. P. Gompertz, A. J. Levan +85
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) offer a powerful window to probe the progenitor systems responsible for the formation of heavy elements through the rapid neutron capture (r-) process, than…
The kangaroo's first hop: the early fast cooling phase of EP250108a/SN 2025kg
Rob A. J. Eyles-Ferris, Peter G. Jonker, Andrew J. Levan +52
Fast X-ray transients (FXTs) are a rare and poorly understood population of events. Previously difficult to detect in real time, the launch of the Einstein Probe with its wide fiel…
The Einstein Probe transient EP240414a: Linking Fast X-ray Transients, Gamma-ray Bursts and Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients
Joyce N. D. van Dalen, Andrew J. Levan, Peter G. Jonker +30
Detections of fast X-ray transients (FXTs) have been accrued over the last few decades. However, their origin has remained mysterious. There is now rapid progress thanks to timely…
The host of GRB 171205A in 3D -- A resolved multiwavelength study of a rare grand-design spiral GRB host
C. C. Thöne, A. de Ugarte Postigo, L. Izzo +17
Long GRB hosts at z<1 are usually low-mass, low metallicity star-forming galaxies. Here we present the until now most detailed, spatially resolved study of the host of GRB 171205A,…
The fast X-ray transient EP240315a: a z ~ 5 gamma-ray burst in a Lyman continuum leaking galaxy
Andrew J. Levan, Peter G. Jonker, Andrea Saccardi +73
The nature of the minute-to-hour long Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) localised by telescopes such as Chandra, Swift, and XMM-Newton remains mysterious, with numerous models suggested…
Varying linear polarisation in the dust-free GRB 210610B
J. F. Agüí Fernández, A. de Ugarte Postigo, C. C. Thöne +19
Long gamma ray bursts (GRBs) are produced by the collapse of some very massive stars, which emit ultra-relativistic jets. When the jets collide with the interstellar medium they de…
A search for the afterglows, kilonovae, and host galaxies of two short GRBs: GRB 211106A and GRB 211227A
M. Ferro, R. Brivio, P. D'Avanzo +30
Context: GRB 211106A and GRB 211227A are recent gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with initial X-ray positions suggesting associations with nearby galaxies (z < 0.7). Their prompt emission c…
A long-duration gamma-ray burst of dynamical origin from the nucleus of an ancient galaxy
Andrew J. Levan, Daniele B. Malesani, Benjamin P. Gompertz +29
The majority of long duration ( s) gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are believed to arise from the collapse of massive stars \cite{Hjorth+03}, with a small proportion created from the m…
The first JWST spectrum of a GRB afterglow: No bright supernova in observations of the brightest GRB of all time, GRB 221009A
A. J. Levan, G. P. Lamb, B. Schneider +57
We present JWST and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of the afterglow of GRB 221009A, the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever observed. This includes the first mid-IR spe…
Photometric and Spectroscopic Observations of GRB 190106A: Emission from Reverse and Forward Shocks with Late-time Energy Injection
Zi-Pei Zhu, Dong Xu, Johan P. U. Fynbo +20
Early optical observations of gamma-ray bursts can significantly contribute to the study of the central engine and physical processes therein. However, of the thousands observed so…
The brightest GRB ever detected: GRB 221009A as a highly luminous event at z = 0.151
D. B. Malesani, A. J. Levan, L. Izzo +39
Context: The extreme luminosity of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) makes them powerful beacons for studies of the distant Universe. The most luminous bursts are typically detected at moder…
GRB 180325A: dust grain-size distribution and interstellar iron nanoparticles contribution
Elizabeth Cappellazzo, Tayyaba Zafar, Pablo Corcho-Caballero +3
We modelled dust grain-size distributions for carbonaceous and silicates dust, as well as for free-flying iron nanoparticles in the environment of a -ray burst (GRB) afterglow,…
The luminous host galaxy, faint supernova and rapid afterglow rebrightening of GRB 100418A
A. de Ugarte Postigo, C. C. Thoene, K. Bensch +35
Long gamma-ray bursts give us the chance to study both their extreme physics and the star-forming galaxies in which they form. GRB 100418A, at a z = 0.6239, had a bright optical an…
X-shooter and ALMA spectroscopy of GRB 161023A - A study of metals and molecules in the line of sight towards a luminous GRB
A. de Ugarte Postigo, C. C. Thöne, J. Bolmer +45
Long gamma-ray bursts are produced during the dramatic deaths of massive stars with very short lifetimes, meaning that they explode close to the birth place of their progenitors. D…
GRB 100219A with X-shooter - abundances in a galaxy at z = 4.7
C. C. Thoene, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Goldoni +24
Abundances of galaxies at redshifts z > 4 are difficult to obtain from damped Ly α (DLA) systems in the sightlines of quasars (QSOs) due to the Ly α forest blanketing and the low n…
VLT/X-shooter spectroscopy of the GRB 090926A afterglow
V. D'Elia, J. P. U. Fynbo, S. Covino +21
The aim of this paper is to study the environment and intervening absorbers of the gamma-ray burst GRB 090926A through analysis of optical spectra of its afterglow. We analyze medi…