Gamma-Ray Bursts and Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy

1996 ◽  
pp. 43-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hurley
Author(s):  
Paula M Chadwick

Very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy has undergone a transformation in the last few years, with telescopes of unprecedented sensitivity having greatly expanded the source catalogue. Such progress makes the detection of a gamma-ray burst at the highest energies much more likely than previously. This paper describes the facilities currently operating and their chances for detecting gamma-ray bursts, and reviews predictions for VHE gamma-ray emission from gamma-ray bursts. Results to date are summarized.


2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego F. Torres ◽  
Felix A. Aharonian ◽  
Werner Hofmann ◽  
Frank Rieger

1985 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Gupta ◽  
P. V. Ramana Murthy ◽  
S. C. Tonwar ◽  
P. R. Vishwanath

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 509-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. B. Petkov ◽  
E. V. Bugaev ◽  
P. A. Klimai ◽  
M. V. Andreev ◽  
V. I. Volchenko ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 1460174
Author(s):  
PAK-HIN THOMAS TAM

The extended high-energy gamma-ray (>100 MeV) emission occurring after the prompt gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is usually characterized by a single power-law spectrum, which has been explained as the afterglow synchrotron radiation. We report on the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of the >100 MeV emission from the very bright and nearby GRB 130427A, up to ~100 GeV. By performing time-resolved spectral fits of GRB 130427A, we found a strong evidence of an extra hard spectral component above a few GeV that exists in the extended high-energy emission of this GRB. This extra spectral component may represent the first clear evidence of the long sought-after afterglow inverse Compton emission. Prospects for observations at the very high-energy gamma-rays, i.e., above 100 GeV, are described.


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