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JWST unveils a dust-obscured supernova associated with a gamma-ray burst
B. Schneider, A. J. Levan, N. Sarin +22
Recent observations have challenged the duration-based classification of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), making the detection of an associated supernova (SN) or kilonova crucial for concl…
SVOM/VT: On-ground processing of VT-VHF data
Chao Wu, Jesse T. Palmerio, Tatyana Sadibekova +14
The VT--VHF data comprise three types of onboard-processed data results generated from four sequential observational sequences and transmitted to the ground via a Very High Frequen…
SVOM/VT: Overview of data processing and GRB identifications with X-band data
Hua-Li Li, Yu-Lei Qiu, Li-Ping Xin +16
VT (the Visible Telescope) is an optical telescope onboard the SVOM (Space-based Multi-band Astronomical Variable Objects Monitor) mission, specifically designed to detect optical…
SVOM Science User Support at FSC
A. Claret, D. Turpin, C. Moreau +16
The SVOM mission, a Sino-French collaboration dedicated to Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and transient sources, began scientific operations in 2025. This paper describes the ground compu…
The SVOM French Science Center Infrastructure
H. Louvin, D. Corre, A. Formica +35
At the heart of the SVOM French ground segment, the French Science Center is a cloud-based platform which provides services and tools for the management, storage, scientific proces…
SVOM/VT: Instrument Overview, Science Objectives, and First-Year Performance
Yu-Lei Qiu, Li-Ping Xin, Jin-Song Deng +22
The 44-cm Visible Telescope (VT) aboard the Space-based Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a dual-band (400-650 nm and 650-1000 nm) instrument designed to detect and characterize t…
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.…
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…
JWST Spectroscopy of GRB 250702B: An Extremely Rare and Exceptionally Energetic Burst in a Dusty, Massive Galaxy at
Benjamin P. Gompertz, Andrew J. Levan, Tanmoy Laskar +25
We present follow-up observations of the day-long, repeating GRB 250702B with the Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Through the i…
Discovery and Analysis of Afterglows from Poorly Localised GRBs with the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) All-sky Survey
Amit Kumar, B. P. Gompertz, B. Schneider +86
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), particularly those detected by wide-field instruments such as the Fermi/GBM, pose a challenge for optical follow-up due to their large initial localisation…
GRB 240825A: Early Reverse Shock and Its Physical Implications
Chao Wu, Yun Wang, Hua-Li Li +84
Early multiwavelength observations offer crucial insights into the nature of the relativistic jets responsible for gamma-ray bursts and their interaction with the surrounding mediu…
JWST reveals a supernova following a gamma-ray burst at z 7.3
A. J. Levan, B. Schneider, E. Le Floc'h +50
The majority of energetic long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are thought to arise from the collapse of massive stars, making them powerful tracers of star formation across cosmi…
SVOM GRB 250314A at z 7.3: an exploding star in the era of reionization
B. Cordier, J. Y. Wei, N. R. Tanvir +103
Most long Gamma-ray bursts originate from a rare type of massive stellar explosion. Their afterglows, while rapidly fading, can be initially extremely luminous at optical/near-infr…
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…
A large, chemically enriched, neutral gas reservoir in a galaxy at z = 6.782
A. Saccardi, S. D. Vergani, L. Izzo +23
The chemical characterization of galaxies in the first billion years after the Big Bang is one of the central goals of current astrophysics. Optical/near-infrared spectroscopy of l…
Gaia FGK Benchmark Stars: spectral library, metallicities and abundances of and Fe-peak elements of the third version
L. Casamiquela, C. Soubiran, P. Jofré +14
The accurate determination of chemical abundances in stars plays a pivotal role in understanding stellar structure and evolution, nucleosynthesis, and the chemical enrichment histo…
EP 250108a/SN 2025kg: Observations of the most nearby Broad-Line Type Ic Supernova following an Einstein Probe Fast X-ray Transient
J. C. Rastinejad, A. J. Levan, P. G. Jonker +66
With a small sample of fast X-ray transients (FXTs) with multi-wavelength counterparts discovered to date, the progenitors of FXTs and their connections to gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)…
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…
Modelling of long gamma-ray burst host galaxies at cosmic noon from damped Lyman-α absorption statistics
J. -K. Krogager, A. De Cia, K. E. Heintz +11
We study the properties of long gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies using a statistical modelling framework derived to model damped Lyman- absorbers (DLAs) in quasar spectra at…
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…
Multi-purpose InSTRument for Astronomy at Low-resolution: MISTRAL@OHP
J. Schmitt, C. Adami, M. Dennefeld +31
MISTRAL is the new Faint Object Spectroscopic Camera mounted at the folded Cassegrain focus of the 1.93m telescope of Haute-Provence Observatory. We describe the design and compone…
Neutral Fraction of Hydrogen in the Intergalactic Medium Surrounding High-Redshift Gamma-Ray Burst 210905A
H. M. Fausey, S. Vejlgaard, A. J. van der Horst +22
The Epoch of Reionization (EoR) is a key period of cosmological history in which the intergalactic medium (IGM) underwent a major phase change from being neutral to almost complete…
Multi-band analyses of the bright GRB 230812B and the associated SN2023pel
T. Hussenot-Desenonges, T. Wouters, N. Guessoum +109
GRB~230812B is a bright and relatively nearby () long gamma-ray burst (GRB) that has generated significant interest in the community and has thus been observed over the en…
The cosmic build-up of dust and metals. Accurate abundances from GRB-selected star-forming galaxies at
K. E. Heintz, A. De Cia, C. C. Thöne +38
The chemical enrichment of dust and metals in the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies throughout cosmic time is one of the key driving processes of galaxy evolution. Here we stud…