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most citedGravitational Waves and Gamma-rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

3.6k citations · 36.9k across the 100 of their papers we have counts for

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101 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Can we constrain the binary neutron star merger time from kilonova light curves?

Noah Jamsin, Marion Pillas, Marko Ristić +18

The joint observation of gravitational waves (GWs) from a binary neutron star (BNS) merger (GW170817), together with a short Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB 170817A) and a kilonova (KN, AT201…

astro-ph.HE2026

The (missing) gamma-ray counterparts to EP events

Maria Edvige Ravasio, Ansh Chopra, Peter G. Jonker +23

While the connection of Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs) detected by Einstein Probe (EP) with Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) is increasingly compelling, most lack gamma-ray counterparts, leav…

astro-ph.HE2026

X-ray Flares in Gamma-Ray Bursts at High and Very-High-Energies

Pawan Tiwari, Biswajit Banerjee, Gor Oganesyan +5

A significant fraction of GRB early afterglows exhibit fast and bright X-ray flares, discovered by Swift X-ray Telescope. Their rapid temporal variability and spectral evolution ha…

astro-ph.HE2026

The ultra-fast afterglow of GRB 260226A

Biswajit Banerjee, Alessio Mei, Annarita Ierardi +13

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts are typically powered by relativistic jets launched after the core collapse of some rapidly rotating massive stars. Internal dissipation releases par…

astro-ph.HE2026

Detectability of Gravitational-wave counterparts of EP-FXTs observed during the O4b LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run

Ansh Chopra, Samuele Ronchini, Biswajit Banerjee +5

Fast X-ray transients (FXTs) detected by the Einstein Probe mission have emerged as a rapidly growing class of extragalactic transients, whose physical origin remains uncertain. Co…

astro-ph.HE2026

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 ab…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Early X-ray emission of short Gamma-Ray Bursts: insights into physics and multi-messenger prospects

Annarita Ierardi, Gor Oganesyan, Stefano Ascenzi +3

Early X-ray emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) traces the transition between the prompt emission and the afterglow radiation, and its rapid flux decline is often interpreted as th…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Magnetar Outburst Models with Cooling Simulations

D. De Grandis, N. Rea, K. Kovlakas +6

Magnetar outbursts are among the most noteworthy manifestations of magnetism in neutron stars. They are episodes in which the X-ray luminosity of a strongly magnetised neutron star…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 4 cited

Ultra-long MeV transient from a relativistic jet: a tidal disruption event candidate

Gor Oganesyan, Elias Kammoun, Annarita Ierardi +11

On July 2, 2025, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray space telescope detected three short-duration MeV transients with overlapping sky locations. These ev…

gr-qc2025★ 97 cited

The Science of the Einstein Telescope

Adrian Abac, Raul Abramo, Simone Albanesi +485

Einstein Telescope (ET) is the European project for a gravitational-wave (GW) observatory of third-generation. In this paper we present a comprehensive discussion of its science ob…

astro-ph.HE2024

An X-ray and radio view of the 2022 reactivation of the magnetar SGRJ1935+2154

A. Y. Ibrahim, A. Borghese, F. Coti Zelati +19

Recently, the Galactic magnetar SGR J1935+2154 has garnered attention due to its emission of an extremely luminous radio burst, reminiscent of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). SGR J1935+2…

astro-ph.HE2024

Neutron-star Measurements in the Multi-messenger Era

Stefano Ascenzi, Vanessa Graber, Nanda Rea

Neutron stars are compact and dense celestial objects that offer the unique opportunity to explore matter and its interactions under conditions that cannot be reproduced elsewhere…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 19 cited

3D code for MAgneto-Thermal evolution in Isolated Neutron Stars, MATINS: thermal evolution and lightcurves

Stefano Ascenzi, Daniele Viganò, Clara Dehman +3

The thermal evolution of isolated neutron stars is a key element in unraveling their internal structure and composition and establishing evolutionary connections among different ob…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 19 cited

3D evolution of neutron star magnetic-fields from a realistic core-collapse turbulent topology

Clara Dehman, Daniele Viganò, Stefano Ascenzi +2

We present the first 3D fully coupled magneto-thermal simulations of neutron stars (including the most realistic background structure and microphysical ingredients so far) applied…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 3 cited

A bright megaelectronvolt emission line in -ray burst GRB 221009A

Maria Edvige Ravasio, Om Sharan Salafia, Gor Oganesyan +13

The highly variable and energetic pulsed emission of a long gamma-ray burst (GRB) is thought to originate from local, rapid dissipation of kinetic or magnetic energy within an ultr…

astro-ph.HE2022

Deep X-ray and radio observations of the first outburst of the young magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607

A. Y. Ibrahim, A. Borghese, N. Rea +23

Swift J1818.0-1607 is a radio-loud magnetar with a spin period of 1.36 s and a dipolar magnetic field strength of B~3E14 G, which is very young compared to the Galactic pulsar popu…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 20 cited

Gamma Ray Burst studies with THESEUS

G. Ghirlanda, R. Salvaterra, M. Toffano +30

Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful transients in the Universe, over-shining for a few seconds all other -ray sky sources. Their emission is produced within narrowly c…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

Multi-Messenger Astrophysics with THESEUS in the 2030s

Riccardo Ciolfi, Giulia Stratta, Marica Branchesi +63

Multi-messenger astrophysics is becoming a major avenue to explore the Universe, with the potential to span a vast range of redshifts. The growing synergies between different probe…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 20 cited

Electromagnetic Counterparts of Compact Binary Mergers

Stefano Ascenzi, Gor Oganesyan, Marica Branchesi +1

The first detection of a binary neutron star merger through gravitational waves and photons marked the dawn of multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves, and it greatly in…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 39 cited

Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by Fermi and Swift During the LIGO-Virgo Run O3a

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1250

We search for gravitational-wave transients associated with gamma-ray bursts detected by the Fermi and Swift satellites during the first part of the third observing run of Advanced…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 10 cited

Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1338

We report on the population of the 47 compact binary mergers detected with a false-alarm rate 1/yr in the second LIGO--Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog, GWTC-2. We observ…

gr-qc2020★ 807 cited

Tests of General Relativity with Binary Black Holes from the second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1344

Gravitational waves enable tests of general relativity in the highly dynamical and strong-field regime. Using events detected by LIGO-Virgo up to 1 October 2019, we evaluate the co…

gr-qc2020★ 2.4k cited

GWTC-2: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the First Half of the Third Observing Run

R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, S. Abraham +1349

We report on gravitational wave discoveries from compact binary coalescences detected by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo in the first half of the third observing run (O3a) between…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 639 cited

Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 Msun binary black hole merger GW190521

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, R. Abbott +1254

The gravitational-wave signal GW190521 is consistent with a binary black hole merger source at redshift 0.8 with unusually high component masses, and $6…