2 papers
astro-ph.HE2025
Precise Measurements of Self-absorbed Rising Reverse Shock Emission from Gamma-ray Burst 221009A
Joe S. Bright, Lauren Rhodes, Wael Farah +18
The deaths of massive stars are sometimes accompanied by the launch of highly relativistic and collimated jets. If the jet is pointed towards Earth, we observe a "prompt" gamma-ray…
astro-ph.HE2024
Long term optical variations in Swift J1858.6-0814: evidence for ablation and comparisons to radio properties
L. Rhodes, D. M. Russell, P. Saikia +5
We present optical monitoring of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814 during its 2018-2020 outburst and subsequent quiescence. We find that there was strong op…