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most citedGRB 140206A: the most distant polarized Gamma-Ray Burst

89 citations · 273 across the 23 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

GRB 220706A: a gamma-ray burst with a month-long engine and a luminous supernova

Benjamin P. Gompertz, Nusrin Habeeb, Dheeraj R. Pasham +30

While the progenitors of many long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are well established as the core collapse of very massive, envelope-stripped, rapidly-rotating stars, it has been suggest…

astro-ph.HE2026

GRB 250424A: A Case Study of Energy Injection with Multiwavelength Observations

Yifang Liang, Yun Wang, WeiKang Zheng +61

We present a comprehensive multiwavelength analysis of the long-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) 250424A. Our dataset spans from the prompt gamma-ray emission to late-time optical mo…

astro-ph.HE2026

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…

astro-ph.HE2026

JWST's Dusty Blue BOAT -- GRB 221009A

Nguyen M. Khang, Gavin P. Lamb, Helena-M. S. Grabham +6

GRB 221009A, the Brightest Of All Time (BOAT), presents a challenge for afterglow modelling due to its low Galactic latitude and consequent high line-of-sight extinction. This has…

astro-ph.HE2026

ENGRAVE follow-up of a type IIb supernova spatially coincident with the sub-threshold gravitational wave trigger S250818k

K. Ackley, M. T. Botticella, A. Boye +54

The candidate gravitational wave (GW) event S250818k was one of only three non-retracted LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA public alerts issued during the fourth observing run of the network (O4) w…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

GRB 210704A: A Luminous Fast Blue Transient in a GRB Afterglow at

Daniëlle L. A. Pieterse, Andrew J. Levan, Maria E. Ravasio +27

We present detailed, multi-wavelength analysis of GRB 210704A: a Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor discovered and Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) detected gamma-ray burst (GRB). The b…

astro-ph.HE2026

EP250302a: violent shell collision in a soft-X-ray-selected GRB-like transient

Shao-Yu Fu, Cui-Yuan Dai, Ai-Ling Wang +57

The Einstein Probe opens a previously unexplored soft X-ray window onto gamma-ray bursts, filling a critical observational gap in the soft X-ray coverage of their prompt emission.…

astro-ph.HE2026

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…

astro-ph.HE2026

Minutes-long soft X-ray prompt emission from a compact object merger

An Li, Chen-Wei Wang, Niccolò Passaleva +75

Compact object mergers are multi-messenger sources and known progenitors of some gamma-ray bursts, bright flashes of high-energy radiation powered by a central engine, either an ac…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

First Results from the PanRadio Gamma-Ray Burst Collaboration: The 400-day Afterglow of GRB 230815A

James K. Leung, Gemma E. Anderson, Alexander J. van der Horst +26

We introduce the PanRadio Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) program carried out on the Australia Telescope Compact Array: a systematic, multi-year, radio survey of all southern $\textit{Swift}…

astro-ph.HE2025

The day-long, repeating GRB 250702BDE / EP250702a: A unique extragalactic transient

Andrew J. Levan, Antonio Martin-Carrillo, Tanmoy Laskar +42

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are singular outbursts of high-energy radiation with durations typically lasting from milliseconds to minutes and, in extreme cases, a few hours. They are a…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

First joint absorption and T-based metallicity measured in a GRB host galaxy at using JWST/NIRSpec

Anne Inkenhaag, Patricia Schady, Phil Wiseman +20

We present the first gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxy with a measured absorption line and electron temperature (T) based metallicity, using the temperature sensitive [OIII]…

astro-ph.IM2025

Observatory Science with eXTP

Ping Zhou, Jirong Mao, Liang Zhang +97

Scheduled for launch in 2030, the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarization (eXTP) telescope is a Chinese space-based mission aimed at studying extreme conditions and phenomena in ast…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2025

EP240801a/XRF 240801B: An X-ray Flash Detected by the Einstein Probe and Implications of its Multiband Afterglow

Shuai-Qing Jiang, Dong Xu, Agnes P. C. van Hoof +89

We present multiband observations and analysis of EP240801a, a low-energy, extremely soft gamma-ray burst (GRB) discovered on August 1, 2024 by the Einstein Probe (EP) satellite, w…

astro-ph.GA2023

Comparing emission- and absorption-based gas-phase metallicities in GRB host galaxies at using JWST

P. Schady, R. M. Yates, L. Christensen +34

Much of what is known of the chemical composition of the universe is based on emission line spectra from star forming galaxies. Emission-based inferences are, nevertheless, model-d…

astro-ph.IM2022

CUBES, the Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph

S. Cristiani, J. M. Alcalá, S. H. P. Alencar +74

In the era of Extremely Large Telescopes, the current generation of 8-10m facilities are likely to remain competitive at ground-UV wavelengths for the foreseeable future. The Casse…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 24 cited

The 2175 Å extinction feature in the optical afterglow spectrum of GRB 180325A at z=2.25

T. Zafar, K. E. Heintz, J. P. U. Fynbo +26

The UV extinction feature at 2175 Å is ubiquitously observed in the Galaxy but is rarely detected at high redshifts. Here we report the spectroscopic detection of the 2175 Å bump o…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 71 cited

SN 2013dx associated with GRB 130702A: a detailed photometric and spectroscopic monitoring and a study of the environment

V. D'Elia, E. Pian, A. Melandri +12

Long duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and broad-line, type Ic supernovae (SNe) are strongly connected. We aim at characterizing SN 2013dx, associated with GRB\,130702A, through sen…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 9 cited

Are many radio-selected BL Lacs radio quasars in disguise?

V. D'Elia, P. Padovani, P. Giommi +1

We show that a blazar classification in BL Lacs and Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars may not be adequate when it relies solely on the equivalent widths (EWs) of optical lines. In fact,…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 89 cited

GRB 140206A: the most distant polarized Gamma-Ray Burst

D. Gotz, P. Laurent, S. Antier +4

The nature of the prompt gamma-ray emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) is still far from being completely elucidated. The measure of linear polarization is a powerful tool that can…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 43 cited

LOFT: the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing

M. Feroci, J. W. den Herder, E. Bozzo +245

The LOFT mission concept is one of four candidates selected by ESA for the M3 launch opportunity as Medium Size missions of the Cosmic Vision programme. The launch window is curren…