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1. Can we quickly flag ultra-long gamma-ray bursts?

Author: B Gendre, Q T Joyce, N B Orange, G Stratta, J L Atteia, and M Boër
Published: 2019
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2. Modeling the Prompt Optical Emission of GRB 180325A: The Evolution of a Spike from the Optical to Gamma Rays

Author: R. L. Becerra, F. De Colle, J. Cantó, S. Lizano, R. F. González, J. Granot, A. Klotz, A. M. Watson, N. Fraija, A. T. Araudo, E. Troja, J. L. Atteia, W. H. Lee, D. Turpin, J. S. Bloom, M. Boer, N. R. Butler, J. J. González, A. S. Kutyrev, J. X. Prochaska, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, M. G. Richer, and C. G. Román-Zúñiga
Subjects: Astrophysics, Astronomy
Abstract: The transition from prompt to afterglow emission is one of the most exciting and least understood phases in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Correlations among optical, X-ray, and gamma-ray emission in GRBs have been explored, to attempt to answer whether the earliest optical emission comes from internal and/or external shocks. We present optical photometric observations of GRB 180325A collected with the TAROT and RATIR ground-based telescopes. These observations show two strong optical flashes with separate peaks at ∼50 and ∼120 s, followed by a temporally extended optical emission. We also present X-rays and gamma-ray observations of GRB 180325A, detected by the Burst Alert Telescope and X-ray Telescope, on the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory, which both observed a narrow flash at ∼80 s. We show that the prompt gamma-ray and X-ray early emission shares similar temporal and spectral features consistent with internal dissipation within the relativistic outflow (e.g., by internal shocks or magnetic reconnection), while the early optical flashes are likely generated by the reverse shock that decelerates the ejecta as it sweeps up the external medium.
Published: 2021
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3. Quantum gravity phenomenology at the dawn of the multi-messenger era—A review

Author: A. Addazi, J. Alvarez-Muniz, R. Alves Batista, G. Amelino-Camelia, V. Antonelli, M. Arzano, M. Asorey, J.-L. Atteia, S. Bahamonde, F. Bajardi, A. Ballesteros, B. Baret, D.M. Barreiros, S. Basilakos, D. Benisty, O. Birnholtz, J.J. Blanco-Pillado, D. Blas, J. Bolmont, D. Boncioli, P. Bosso, G. Calcagni, S. Capozziello, J.M. Carmona, S. Cerci, M. Chernyakova, S. Clesse, J.A.B. Coelho, S.M. Colak, J.L. Cortes, S. Das, V. D’Esposito, M. Demirci, M.G. Di Luca, A. di Matteo, D. Dimitrijevic, G. Djordjevic, D. Dominis Prester, A. Eichhorn, J. Ellis, C. Escamilla-Rivera, G. Fabiano, S.A. Franchino-Viñas, A.M. Frassino, D. Frattulillo, S. Funk, A. Fuster, J. Gamboa, A. Gent, L.Á. Gergely, M. Giammarchi, K. Giesel, J.-F. Glicenstein, J. Gracia-Bondía, R. Gracia-Ruiz, G. Gubitosi, E.I. Guendelman, I. Gutierrez-Sagredo, L. Haegel, S. Heefer, A. Held, F.J. Herranz, T. Hinderer, J.I. Illana, A. Ioannisian, P. Jetzer, F.R. Joaquim, K.-H. Kampert, A. Karasu Uysal, T. Katori, N. Kazarian, D. Kerszberg, J. Kowalski-Glikman, S. Kuroyanagi, C. Lämmerzahl, J. Levi Said, S. Liberati, E. Lim, I.P. Lobo, M. López-Moya, G.G. Luciano, M. Manganaro, A. Marcianò, P. Martín-Moruno, Manel Martinez, Mario Martinez, H. Martínez-Huerta, P. Martínez-Miravé, M. Masip, D. Mattingly, N. Mavromatos, A. Mazumdar, F. Méndez, F. Mercati, S. Micanovic, J. Mielczarek, A.L. Miller, M. Milosevic, D. Minic, L. Miramonti, V.A. Mitsou, P. Moniz, S. Mukherjee, G. Nardini, S. Navas, M. Niechciol, A.B. Nielsen, N.A. Obers, F. Oikonomou, D. Oriti, C.F. Paganini, S. Palomares-Ruiz, R. Pasechnik, V. Pasic, C. Pérez de los Heros, C. Pfeifer, M. Pieroni, T. Piran, A. Platania, S. Rastgoo, J.J. Relancio, M.A. Reyes, A. Ricciardone, M. Risse, M.D. Rodriguez Frias, G. Rosati, D. Rubiera-Garcia, H. Sahlmann, M. Sakellariadou, F. Salamida, E.N. Saridakis, P. Satunin, M. Schiffer, F. Schüssler, G. Sigl, J. Sitarek, J. Solà Peracaula, C.F. Sopuerta, T.P. Sotiriou, M. Spurio, D. Staicova, N. Stergioulas, S. Stoica, J. Strišković, T. Stuttard, D. Sunar Cerci, Y. Tavakoli, C.A. Ternes, T. Terzić, T. Thiemann, P. Tinyakov, M.D.C. Torri, M. Tórtola, C. Trimarelli, T. Trześniewski, A. Tureanu, F.R. Urban, E.C. Vagenas, D. Vernieri, V. Vitagliano, J.-C. Wallet, J.D. Zornoza, Addazi, A., Alvarez-Muniz, J., Alves Batista, R., Amelino-Camelia, G., Antonelli, V., Arzano, M., Asorey, M., Atteia, J. -L., Bahamonde, S., Bajardi, F., Ballesteros, A., Baret, B., Barreiros, D. M., Basilakos, S., Benisty, D., Birnholtz, O., Blanco-Pillado, J. J., Blas, D., Bolmont, J., Boncioli, D., Bosso, P., Calcagni, G., Capozziello, S., Carmona, J. M., Cerci, S., Chernyakova, M., Clesse, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Colak, S. M., Cortes, J. L., Das, S., D'Esposito, V., Demirci, M., Di Luca, M. G., di Matteo, A., Dimitrijevic, D., Djordjevic, G., Prester, D. D., Eichhorn, A., Ellis, J., Escamilla-Rivera, C., Fabiano, G., Franchino-Vinas, S. A., Frassino, A. M., Frattulillo, D., Funk, S., Fuster, A., Gamboa, J., Gent, A., Gergely, L. A., Giammarchi, M., Giesel, K., Glicenstein, J. -F., Gracia-Bondia, J., Gracia-Ruiz, R., Gubitosi, G., Guendelman, E. I., Gutierrez-Sagredo, I., Haegel, L., Heefer, S., Held, A., Herranz, F. J., Hinderer, T., Illana, J. I., Ioannisian, A., Jetzer, P., Joaquim, F. R., Kampert, K. -H., Uysal, A. K., Katori, T., Kazarian, N., Kerszberg, D., Kowalski-Glikman, J., Kuroyanagi, S., Lammerzahl, C., Said, J. L., Liberati, S., Lim, E., Lobo, I. P., Lopez-Moya, M., Luciano, G. G., Manganaro, M., Marciano, A., Martin-Moruno, P., Martinez, M., Martinez-Huerta, H., Martinez-Mirave, P., Masip, M., Mattingly, D., Mavromatos, N., Mazumdar, A., Mendez, F., Mercati, F., Micanovic, S., Mielczarek, J., Miller, A. L., Milosevic, M., Minic, D., Miramonti, L., Mitsou, V. A., Moniz, P., Mukherjee, S., Nardini, G., Navas, S., Niechciol, M., Nielsen, A. B., Obers, N. A., Oikonomou, F., Oriti, D., Paganini, C. F., Palomares-Ruiz, S., Pasechnik, R., Pasic, V., Perez de los Heros, C., Pfeifer, C., Pieroni, M., Piran, T., Platania, A., Rastgoo, S., Relancio, J. J., Reyes, M. A., Ricciardone, A., Risse, M., Frias, M. D. R., Rosati, G., Rubiera-Garcia, D., Sahlmann, H., Sakellariadou, M., Salamida, F., Saridakis, E. N., Satunin, P., Schiffer, M., Schussler, F., Sigl, G., Sitarek, J., Peracaula, J. S., Sopuerta, C. F., Sotiriou, T. P., Spurio, M., Staicova, D., Stergioulas, N., Stoica, S., Striskovic, J., Stuttard, T., Cerci, D. S., Tavakoli, Y., Ternes, C. A., Terzic, T., Thiemann, T., Tinyakov, P., Torri, M. D. C., Tortola, M., Trimarelli, C., Trzesniewski, T., Tureanu, A., Urban, F. R., Vagenas, E. C., Vernieri, D., Vitagliano, V., Wallet, J. -C., Zornoza, J. D., AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), A. Addazi, J. Alvarez-Muniz, R. Alves Batista, G. Amelino-Camelia, V. Antonelli, M. Arzano, M. Asorey, J.-L. Atteia, S. Bahamonde, F. Bajardi, A. Ballestero, B. Baret, D.M. Barreiro, S. Basilako, D. Benisty, O. Birnholtz, J.J. Blanco-Pillado, D. Bla, J. Bolmont, D. Boncioli, P. Bosso, G. Calcagni, S. Capozziello, J.M. Carmona, S. Cerci, M. Chernyakov, S. Clesse, J.A.B. Coelho, S.M. Colak, J.L. Corte, S. Da, V. D???Esposito, M. Demirci, M.G. Di Luca, A. di Matteo, D. Dimitrijevic, G. Djordjevic, D. Dominis Prester, A. Eichhorn, J. Elli, C. Escamilla-Rivera, G. Fabiano, S.A. Franchino-Vi??a, A.M. Frassino, D. Frattulillo, S. Funk, A. Fuster, J. Gamboa, A. Gent, L.??. Gergely, M. Giammarchi, K. Giesel, J.-F. Glicenstein, J. Gracia-Bond??a, R. Gracia-Ruiz, G. Gubitosi, E.I. Guendelman, I. Gutierrez-Sagredo, L. Haegel, S. Heefer, A. Held, F.J. Herranz, T. Hinderer, J.I. Illana, A. Ioannisian, P. Jetzer, F.R. Joaquim, K.-H. Kampert, A. Karasu Uysal, T. Katori, N. Kazarian, D. Kerszberg, J. Kowalski-Glikman, S. Kuroyanagi, C. L??mmerzahl, J. Levi Said, S. Liberati, E. Lim, I.P. Lobo, M. L??pez-Moya, G.G. Luciano, M. Manganaro, A. Marcian??, P. Mart??n-Moruno, Manel Martinez, Mario Martinez, H. Mart??nez-Huerta, P. Mart??nez-Mirav??, M. Masip, D. Mattingly, N. Mavromato, A. Mazumdar, F. M??ndez, F. Mercati, S. Micanovic, J. Mielczarek, A.L. Miller, M. Milosevic, D. Minic, L. Miramonti, V.A. Mitsou, P. Moniz, S. Mukherjee, G. Nardini, S. Nava, M. Niechciol, A.B. Nielsen, N.A. Ober, F. Oikonomou, D. Oriti, C.F. Paganini, S. Palomares-Ruiz, R. Pasechnik, V. Pasic, C. P??rez de los Hero, C. Pfeifer, M. Pieroni, T. Piran, A. Platania, S. Rastgoo, J.J. Relancio, M.A. Reye, A. Ricciardone, M. Risse, M.D. Rodriguez Fria, G. Rosati, D. Rubiera-Garcia, H. Sahlmann, M. Sakellariadou, F. Salamida, E.N. Saridaki, P. Satunin, M. Schiffer, F. Sch??ssler, G. Sigl, J. Sitarek, J. Sol?? Peracaula, C.F. Sopuerta, T.P. Sotiriou, M. Spurio, D. Staicova, N. Stergioula, S. Stoica, J. Stri??kovi??, T. Stuttard, D. Sunar Cerci, Y. Tavakoli, C.A. Terne, T. Terzi??, T. Thiemann, P. Tinyakov, M.D.C. Torri, M. T??rtola, C. Trimarelli, T. Trze??niewski, A. Tureanu, F.R. Urban, E.C. Vagena, D. Vernieri, V. Vitagliano, J.-C. Wallet, J.D. Zornoza, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique d'Orsay [Orsay] (LPT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, European Commission, Xunta de Galicia, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Research Council, Eusko Jaurlaritza, Generalitat Valenciana, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and Comunidad de Madrid
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory, CAUSAL DYNAMICAL TRIANGULATIONS, Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, [PHYS.MPHY]Physics [physics]/Mathematical Physics [math-ph], Lorentz invariance violation and deformation, Gamma-ray astronomy, Cosmic neutrinos, Gravitational waves, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Lorentz transformations, Gravitational waves -- Detection, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, Gamma ray astronomy, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Cosmic neutrino, astro-ph.HE, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), General Relativity and Cosmology, hep-th, hep-ph, Quantum cosmology, ENERGY COSMIC-RAYS, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, [PHYS.GRQC]Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc], Neutrinos -- Scattering, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Particle Physics - Theory, Gravitational wave, ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], gr-qc, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), GAMMA-RAY BURST, DOUBLY-SPECIAL RELATIVITY, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, Particle Physics - Phenomenology, PRIMORDIAL BLACK-HOLES, Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430 [VDP], COHERENT STATES GCS, Quantum gravity, GENERALIZED UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE, EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], LORENTZ INVARIANCE VIOLATION
Abstract: The exploration of the universe has recently entered a new era thanks to the multimessenger paradigm, characterized by a continuous increase in the quantity and quality of experimental data that is obtained by the detection of the various cosmic messengers (photons, neutrinos, cosmic rays and gravitational waves) from numerous origins. They give us information about their sources in the universe and the properties of the intergalactic medium. Moreover, multi-messenger astronomy opens up the possibility to search for phenomenological signatures of quantum gravity. On the one hand, the most energetic events allow us to test our physical theories at energy regimes which are not directly accessible in accelerators; on the other hand, tiny effects in the propagation of very high energy particles could be amplified by cosmological distances. After decades of merely theoretical investigations, the possibility of obtaining phenomenological indications of Planck-scale effects is a revolutionary step in the quest for a quantum theory of gravity, but it requires cooperation between different communities of physicists (both theoretical and experimental). This review, prepared within the COST Action CA18108 ‘‘Quantum gravity phenomenology in the multi-messenger approach", is aimed at promoting this cooperation by giving a state-of-the art account of the interdisciplinary expertise that is needed in the effective search of quantum gravity footprints in the production, propagation and detection of cosmic messengers., Talent Scientific Research Program of College of Physics, Sichuan University 1082204112427, Fostering Program in Disciplines Possessing Novel Features for Natural Science of Sichuan University 2020SCUNL209, 1000 Talent program of Sichuan province 2021, Xunta de Galicia, European Commission European Union ERDF, "Maria de Maeztu'' Units of Excellence program MDM-2016-0692, Red Tematica Nacional de Astroparticulas RED2018-102661-T, La Caixa Foundation 100010434, European Commission 847648 LCF/BQ/PI21/11830030 754510, Ministry of Education, Science & Technological Development, Serbia 451-03-9/2021-14/200124, FSR Incoming Postdoctoral Fellowship Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia 451-03-9/2021-14/200124, University of Rijeka grant uniri-prirod-18-48, Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ) IP-2016-06-9782, Villum Fonden 29405 DGA-FSE 2020-E2117R, European Regional Development Fund through the Center of Excellence (TK133) "The Dark Side of the Universe'' European Regional Development Fund (ESIF/ERDF), Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports - Czech Republic CoGraDS-CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15 003/0000437, Blavatnik grant, Basque Government IT-97916 Basque Foundation for Science (IKERBASQUE), European Space Agency C4000120711 4000132310, FNRS (Belgian Fund for Research), Programa de Apoyo a Proyectos de Investigacion e Innovacion Tecnologica (PAPIIT), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico TA100122, National University of La Plata X909 DICYT 042131GR, National Research, Development & Innovation Office (NRDIO) - Hungary 123996, FQXi, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), European Commission 181461 199307, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) 680-91-119 15MV71, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) 20H01899 20H05853 JP21F21789, Estonian Research Council PRG356, Julian Schwinger Foundation, Generalitat Valenciana Excellence PROMETEO-II/2017/033 PROMETEO/2018/165, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), European ITN project HIDDeN H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019//860881-HIDDeN, Swedish Research Council, European Commission 2016-05996 European Research Council (ERC) European Commission 668679, Advanced ERC grant TReX, Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) 2017X7X85K, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS 4.4501.18, Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization - Romania PN19-030102-INCDFM PN-III-P4ID-PCE-2020-2374, United States Department of Energy (DOE) DE-SC0020262, Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning, Republic of Korea 075-15-2020-778, German Academic Scholarship Foundation German Research Foundation (DFG) 408049454 420243324 425333893 445990517 Germany's Excellence Strategy (EXC 2121 "Quantum Universe'') 390833306 390837967 Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF) 05 A20GU2 05 A20PX1, Centro de Excelencia "Severo Ochoa'' SEV-2016-0588, CERCA program of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Agencia de Gestio D'Ajuts Universitaris de Recerca Agaur (AGAUR) Generalitat de Catalunya 2017-SGR-1469 2017-SGR-929 ICCUB CEX2019-000918-M, National Science Centre, Poland 2019/33/B/ST2/00050 2017/27/B/ST2/01902, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) 306414/2020-1, Dicyt-USACH 041931MF, National Science Fund of Bulgaria KP-06-N 38/11 RCN ROMFORSK 302640, Comunidad de Madrid 2018-T1/TIC-10431 2019-T1/TIC-13177 S2018/NMT-4291, UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) ST/T000759/1 ST/P000258/1 ST/T000732/1 ST/V005596/1, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology UIDB/00618/2020 UIDB/00777/2020 UIDP/00777/2020 CERN/FIS-PAR/0004/2019 PTDC/FIS-PAR/29436/2017 PTDC/FISPAR/31938/2017 PTDC/FIS-OUT/29048/2017 SFRH/BD/137127/2018, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), LabEx UnivEarthS ANR-10-LABX-0023 ANR18-IDEX-0001, Junta de Andalucia European Commission A-FQM-053-UGR18, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) RGPIN-2021-03644, National Science Centre Poland Sonata Bis 2019/33/B/ST2/00050 DEC-2017/26/E/ST2/00763, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) DGIID-DGA 2015-E24/2, Spanish Research State Agency and Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion MCIN/AEI PID2019-104114RB-C32 PID2019-105544GB-I00 PID2019-105614GB-C21 PID2019106515GB-I00 PID2019-106802GB-I00 PID2019-107394GB-I00 PID2019-107844GB-C21 PID2019-107847RB-C41 MCIN/AEI PGC2018-095328-B-I00 PGC2018-094856-B-I00 PGC2018-096663-B-C41 PGC2018-096663-B-C44 PGC2018-094626-BC21 PGC2018-101858-B-I00 FPA2017-84543-P FPA2016-76005-C2-1-P, Spanish 'Ministerio de Universidades' BG20/00228 Spanish Government PID2020-115845GBI00 Generalitat de Catalunya Comunidad de Madrid S2018/NMT-4291 Spanish Government PID2019-105544GB-I00, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Government of Canada through the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Fundamental Questions Institute (FQXi), European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) CA18108, Research Council of University of Guilan, Iniziativa Specifica TEONGRAV Iniziativa Specifica QGSKY Iniziativa Specifica QUAGRAP Iniziativa Specifica GeoSymQFT, the Spanish Research State Agency and Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion MCIN/AEI PID2020-115845GBI00 PID2019-108485GB-I00 PID2020-113334GB-I00 PID2020-113701GB-I00 PID2020-113775GB-I00 PID2020-118159GB-C41 PID2020-118159GA-C42 PRE2019-089024, Rothchild grant UID/MAT/00212/2020 FPU18/04571
Published: 2022
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4. On-ground calibration highlights for the SVOM/ECLAIRs camera

Author: Olivier Godet, J.-L Atteia, C. Amoros, P. Roger, L. Bouchet, J.-P Dezalay, M. Yassine, B. Arcier, S. Bordon, K. Lacombe, E. Lecomte, M. Llamas, S. Maestre, W. Marty, Stéphane Papais, P. Ramon, C. Verdeil, V. Waegebaert, S. Schanne, N. Dagoneau, F. Chateau, P. Kestener, H. Le Provost, C. Tahoulan, B. Cordier, Th. Tourrette, F. Daly, H. Triou, A. Coleiro, A. Goldwurm, C. Lachaud, P. Guillemot, J-M. Mouret, M.-C. Charmeau, L. Perraud, F. Bousquet, Y. Cervantes, Ph. Gasc, H. Pasquier, L. Perrin, M. Ruellan, O. Simonella, and M. Yadallee
Published: 2022
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5. A-STAR: THE ALL-SKY TRANSIENT ASTROPHYSICS REPORTER

Author: J. P. Osborne, P. O’Brien, P. Evans, G. W. Fraser, A. Martindale, J.-L. Atteia, B. Cordier, and S. Mereghetti
Published: 2020
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6. Primary and secondary mirror manufacturing for COLIBRI ground follow-up telescope of the SVOM mission

Author: Kjetil Dohlen, Didier Dubreuil, F. A. Uribe, S. Cuevas Cardona, C. Meessen, S. Basa, J. Boy, B. Cordier, D. Corre, Emmanuel Hugot, P. Gallais, F. Quirós, J. Platzer, Alan M. Watson, H. Valentin, Jorge Fuentes-Fernández, Liliana Figueroa, W. H. Lee, J-L. Atteia, A. Le Van Suu, Rosalía Langarica Lebre, P. E. Blanc, E. Jimenez-Bailon, O. Boulade, E. Cadena, J. Floriot, J. F. Le Borgne, A. F. Simon, F. Dolon, R. Mathon, Samuel Ronayette, Marc Ferrari, M. Ageron, E. Pallier, J. L. Ochoa, Damien Dornic, Michel Marcos, P. Ambert, and A. Klotz
Subjects: Telescope, Computer science, law, Primary (astronomy), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Celestial coordinate system, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Secondary mirror, law.invention
Abstract: COLIBRI is one of the two robotic ground follow-up telescopes for the SVOM (Space Variable Object Monitor) mission dedicated to the study of gamma-ray bursts, allowing determination of precise celestial coordinates of the detected bursts. COLIBRI telescope is a two-mirror Ritchey-Chretien telescope whose concave primary and convex secondary mirrors have diameters of 1325mm and 485mm respectively. The mirrors are currently manufactured at LAM (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille). In this article, the advancement of the work is presented. We also give a global overview and status of the COLIBRI project.
Published: 2018
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7. Structural design techniques applied in astronomical instruments

Author: D. Corre, Kjetil Dohlen, Salvador Cuevas, Samuel Ronayette, Didier Dubreuil, J. Boy, J. F. Le Borgne, F. Dolon, Marc Ferrari, Carlos Tejada, J. Floriot, Emmanuel Hugot, R. Mathon, P. Ambert, F. Quirós, M. Ageron, B. Cordier, P. E. Blanc, Jorge Fuentes-Fernández, Alejandro Farah, C. Meessen, A. Klotz, Silvio J. Tinoco, Alan M. Watson, Jaime Ruíz-Diáz-Soto, Damien Dornic, R. Langarica, Fernando Ángeles, J-L. Atteia, J. Platzer, O. Boulade, Michel Marcos, H. Valentin, P. Gallais, E. Pallier, S. Basa, and A. Le Van Suu
Subjects: Teamwork, Work (electrical), Computer science, media_common.quotation_subject, Key (cryptography), Position (finance), Instrumentation (computer programming), media_common, Reliability engineering
Abstract: We present in this article some of the techniques applied at the Instituto de Astronomia of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (IA-UNAM) to the mechanical structural design for astronomical instruments. With this purpose we use two recent projects developed by the Instrumentation Department. The goal of this work is to give guidelines about support structures design for achieving a faster and accurate astronomical instruments design. The main guidelines that lead all the design stages for instrument subsystems are the high-level requirements and the overall specifications. From these, each subsystem needs to get its own requirements, specifications, modes of operation, relative position, tip/tilt angles, and general tolerances. Normally these values are stated in the error budget of the instrument. Nevertheless, the error budget is dynamic, it is changing constantly. Depending on the manufacturing accuracy achieved, the error budget is again distributed. That is why having guidelines for structural design helps to know some of the limits of tolerances in manufacture and assembly. The error budget becomes then a quantified way for the interaction between groups; it is the key for teamwork.
Published: 2018
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8. Status of technological development on ECLAIRs camera onboard the SVOM space mission

Author: Armelle Bajat, K. Lacombe, P. Mandrou, J. L. Atteia, B. Houret, R. Pons, S. Maestre, W. Marty, B. Cordier, F. Gonzalez, C. Amoros, I. Belkacem, P. Ramon, M. Galliano, Damien Rambaud, L. Bautista, V. Waegebaert, S. Bordon, Ph. Guillemot, and O. Godet
Subjects: Telescope, Pixel, Application-specific integrated circuit, law, Computer science, Real-time computing, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Process (computing), Calibration, Electronics, Energy (signal processing), law.invention
Abstract: ECLAIRs is a 2-D coded-mask imaging telescope on-board the Sino-French SVOM space mission, in order to detect and locate precisely Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the 4 - 150 keV energy range. Its design has been drawn by the central objective of achieving a low-energy threshold of 4 keV. In that respect, the camera is formed by 6400 Schottky CdTe detectors organized on elementary hybrid matrices of 4 × 8 pixels, which will be polarized up to -450V and operated at - 20°C. The remarkable low-energy threshold homogeneity required for the detection plane has been achieved thanks to an extensive characterization of the innovative hybrid module composed of 32 CdTe detectors, associated to a very lownoise 32-channel ASIC chip, and both assembled on specific ceramics. In this paper, we outline the SVOM space mission, and then describe the ECLAIRs instrument. We continue by focusing on the different elements of the camera prototype named “ProtoDPIX”. Indeed, this is a very important step for the project because it is the first time we are working in Camera Mode with 800 detectors. Then, we present some spectral results obtained from this, to show its great spectroscopic performance, after explaining the setup. Thus, we performed a large spectral measurements campaign at the regulated temperature of -20°C, using several calibrated radioactive sources (241Am and 57Co). Moreover, we will resume the future steps of development of the final flight model camera and the different constraints due to the short planning and the very challenging technical requirements. In conclusion, thanks to this prototype we are in the process of validating a complete detection chain, from the detectors to the backend electronics, and from mechanical study through thermal design. Finally, we are checking the performance to be ready for integration, functional tests and calibration stages.
Published: 2018
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9. End-to-end simulations for COLIBRI, ground follow-up telescope for the SVOM mission

Author: Samuel Ronayette, E. Pallier, D. Turpin, E. Cadena, S. Basa, Jorge Fuentes-Fernández, Liliana Figueroa, D. Corre, Michel Marcos, J. Floriot, J. L. Ochoa, P. E. Blanc, J-L. Atteia, Alejandro Farah, F. Quirós, J. F. Le Borgne, R. Mathon, F. Dolon, A. Klotz, W. H. Lee, E. Jimenez-Bailon, O. Boulade, Fernando Ángeles, A. Le Van Suu, J. Platzer, B. Cordier, H. Valentin, S. D. Vergani, Alan M. Watson, Didier Dubreuil, S. Cuevas Cardona, Damien Dornic, P. Gallais, J. Boy, M. Ageron, P. Ambert, R. Langarica Lebre, C. Meessen, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Institut Pythéas (OSU PYTHEAS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département d'Astrophysique (ex SAP) (DAP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Computer science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Python (programming language), 01 natural sciences, Redshift, law.invention, Telescope, Open source, End-to-end principle, law, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Gamma-ray burst, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, computer, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, computer.programming_language, Photometric redshift
Abstract: International audience; We present an overview of the development of the end-to-end simulations programs developed for COLIBRI (Catching OpticaL and Infrared BRIght), a 1.3m robotic follow-up telescope of the forthcoming SVOM (Space Variable Object Monitor) mission dedicated to the detection and study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The overview contains a description of the Exposure Time Calculator, Image Simulator and photometric redshift code developed in order to assess the performance of COLIBRI. They are open source Python packages and were developed to be easily adaptable to any optical/ Near-Infrared imaging telescopes. We present the scientific performances of COLIBRI, which allows detecting about 95% of the current GRB dataset. Based on a sample of 500 simulated GRBs, a new Bayesian photometric redshift code predicts a relative photometric redshift accuracy of about 5% from redshift 3 to 7.
Published: 2018
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10. Comparing the birth rate of stellar black holes in binary black hole mergers and long gamma-ray bursts

Author: J. L. Atteia, J. P. Dezalay, Damien Turpin, M. G. Bernardini, O. Godet, A. Klotz, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ITA, FRA, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie ( IRAP ), Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 ( UPS ) -Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées ( OMP ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier ( LUPM ), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques ( UM2 ) -Université de Montpellier ( UM )
Subjects: Stellar mass, media_common.quotation_subject, [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, interferometer, Population, gamma-ray burst: general, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, gamma ray: burst, gravitational radiation: direct detection, 01 natural sciences, Binary black hole, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Stellar evolution, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common, Physics, education.field_of_study, Solar mass, mass: solar, gamma-ray bursts, gravitational radiation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, black holes, Universe, Redshift, gravitational radiation detector, gravitational waves, black hole: binary, Space and Planetary Science, black hole: coalescence, gravitational radiation: emission, Gamma-ray burst, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], stars: black holes
Abstract: Context. Gravitational wave interferometers have proven the existence of a new class of binary black hole (BBH) weighing tens of solar masses, and have provided the first reliable measurement of the rate of coalescing black holes (BHs) in the local Universe. Furthermore, long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected with gamma-ray satellites are believed to be associated with the birth of stellar-mass BHs, providing a measure of the rate of these events across the history of the Universe, thanks to the measure of their cosmological redshift. These two types of sources, which are subject to different detection biases and involve BHs born in different environments with potentially different characteristics, provide complementary information on the birth rate of stellar BHs. Aims. We compare the birth rates of BHs found in BBH mergers and in long GRBs. Methods. We construct a simple model that makes reasonable assumptions on the history of GRB formation, and takes into account some major uncertainties, like the beaming angle of GRBs or the delay between the formation of BBHs and their coalescence. We use this model to evaluate the ratio of the number of stellar mass BHs formed in BBH mergers to those formed in GRBs. Results. We find that in our reference model the birth rate of stellar BHs in BBH mergers represents a significant fraction of the rate of long GRBs and that comparable birth rates are favored by models with moderate beaming angles. These numbers, however, do not consider subluminous GRBs, which may represent another population of sources associated with the birth of stellar mass BHs. We briefly discuss this result in view of our understanding of the progenitors of GRBs and BBH mergers, and we emphasize that this ratio, which will be better constrained in the coming years, can be directly compared with the prediction of stellar evolution models if a single model is used to produce GRBs and BBH mergers with the same assumptions.
Published: 2018
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11. A new analysis of the short-duration, hard-spectrum GRB 051103, a possible extragalactic soft gamma repeater giant flare

Author: D. Bersier, R. Vanderspek, Yujin E. Nakagawa, James E. Rhoads, Masanori Ohno, H. A. Krimm, A. S. Kozyrev, Daniel A. Perley, William V. Boynton, I. G. Mitrofanov, Antonia Rowlinson, K. Hurley, C. Fellows, J. L. Atteia, A. J. Levan, N. Gehrels, A. B. Sanin, George R. Ricker, A. S. Fruchter, Robert C. Duncan, M. L. Litvak, K. Harshmann, A. Rau, T. Cline, E. Rol, Eric C. Bellm, K. Wiersema, Jj Kavelaars, Nial R. Tanvir, P. T. O'Brien, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Dmitry Golovin, W. Hajdas, D. M. Palmer, David M. Smith, Claudia Wigger, A. von Kienlin, High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), and Faculty of Science
Subjects: Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Soft gamma repeater, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Magnetar, Galaxy, Afterglow, law.invention, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, law, QD, Gamma-ray burst, Supernova remnant, QC, QB, media_common, Flare
Abstract: GRB 051103 is considered to be a candidate soft gamma repeater (SGR) extragalactic giant magnetar flare by virtue of its proximity on the sky to M81/M82, as well as its time history, localization, and energy spectrum. We have derived a refined interplanetary network localization for this burst which reduces the size of the error box by over a factor of two. We examine its time history for evidence of a periodic component, which would be one signature of an SGR giant flare, and conclude that this component is neither detected nor detectable under reasonable assumptions. We analyze the time-resolved energy spectra of this event with improved time- and energy resolution, and conclude that although the spectrum is very hard, its temporal evolution at late times cannot be determined, which further complicates the giant flare association. We also present new optical observations reaching limiting magnitudes of R > 24.5, about 4 magnitudes deeper than previously reported. In tandem with serendipitous observations of M81 taken immediately before and one month after the burst, these place strong constraints on any rapidly variable sources in the region of the refined error ellipse proximate to M81. We do not find any convincing afterglow candidates from either background galaxies or sources in M81, although within the refined error region we do locate two UV bright star forming regions which may host SGRs. A supernova remnant (SNR) within the error ellipse could provide further support for an SGR giant flare association, but we were unable to identify any SNR within the error ellipse. These data still do not allow strong constraints on the nature of the GRB 051103 progenitor, and suggest that candidate extragalactic SGR giant flares will be difficult, although not impossible, to confirm.
Published: 2017

12. Development of a 32-detector CdTe matrix for the SVOM ECLAIRs X/Gamma camera: Preliminary results

Author: W. Marty, F. Lugiez, B. Cordier, P. Ramon, J.-A. Martin, C. Amoros, G. Rouaix, F. Gonzalez, P. Mandrou, D. Rambaud, K. Lacombe, B. Houret, K. Mercier, G. Nasser, O. Gevin, O. Godet, V. Waegebaert, M. Billot, R. Pons, J. Landé, J.-L. Atteia, and Didier Barret
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Detector, Schottky diode, Linearity, law.invention, Telescope, Optics, law, Optoelectronics, Spectral resolution, business, Instrumentation, Voltage, Leakage (electronics), Gamma camera
Abstract: ECLAIRs, a 2D coded-mask imaging telescope on the Sino-French SVOM space mission, will detect and locate gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) between 4 and 150 keV. The detector array is an assembly of 6400 Schottky CdTe detectors of size 4×4×1 mm3, biased from −100 V to −600 V and operated at −20 °C to minimize the leakage current and maximize the polarization time. The remarkable low-energy threshold is achieved through various steps: an extensive detectors selection, a low-noise 32 channels ASIC study, and the design of an innovative detection module called XRDPIX formed by a thick film ceramic holding 32 detectors, a high voltage grid and an HTCC substrate housing the ASIC within a hermetic cavity. In this paper, we describe the XRDPIX module and explain the results of first tests to measure the linearity and compare the sources of noise, such as leakage currents and the Equivalent Noise Charge (ENC) measured on ASIC Ceramics. We confront these values with the energy threshold and spectral resolution made with dedicated test benches. Finally, we present the superposition of 32 calibrated spectra of one XRDPIX module, showing the excellent homogeneity of the 32 detectors and the achievement of a detection threshold at 4 keV over the entire module.
Published: 2013
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13. Development of a 32-detector CdTe matrix for the SVOM ECLAIRs x/gamma camera: tests results of first flight models

Author: K. Lacombe, K. Mercier, P. Ramon, M. Galliano, C. Amoros, Marc Billot, J.-P. Dezalay, B. Cordier, J. L. Atteia, B. Houret, O. Godet, V. Waegebaert, Ph. Guillemot, S. Bordon, Kévin Aubaret, R. Pons, Olivier Limousin, O. Gevin, F. Gonzalez, Damien Rambaud, S. Delaigue, and G. Nasser
Subjects: Physics, business.industry, Radioactive source, Detector, Schottky diode, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, 010309 optics, Full width at half maximum, Optics, Application-specific integrated circuit, law, visual_art, 0103 physical sciences, visual_art.visual_art_medium, Optoelectronics, Ceramic, business, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Leakage (electronics), Gamma camera
Abstract: ECLAIRs, a 2-D coded-mask imaging camera on-board the Sino-French SVOM space missi on, will detect and locate gamma-ray bursts in near real time in the 4 - 150 keV energy band in a large field of view. The design of ECLAIRs has been driven by the objective to reach an unprecedented low-energy threshold of 4 keV. The detection plane is an assembly of 6400 Schottky CdTe detectors of size 4x4x1 mm 3 , biased from -200V to -500V and operated at -20°C. The low-energy threshold is achieved thanks to an innovative hybrid module composed of a thick film ceramic holding 32 CdTe detectors ("Detectors Ceramics"), associated to an HTCC ceramic housing a low-noise 32-channel ASIC ("ASIC Ceramics"). We manage the coupling between Detectors Ceramics and ASIC Ceramics in order to achieve the best performance and ensure the unifor mity of the detection plane. In this paper, we describe the complete hybrid XRDPIX, of which 50 flight models have been manufactured by the SAGEM company. Afterwards, we show test results obtained on Detectors Ceramics, on ASIC Ceramics and on the modules once assembled. Then, we compare and confront detectors leakage currents and ASIC ENC with the energy threshold values and FWHM measured on XRDPIX modules at the temperature of -20°C by using a calibrated radioactive source of 241Am. Finally, we study the homogeneity of the spectral properties of the 32-detector hybrid matrices and we conclude on general performance of more than 1000 detection channels which may reach the low-energy threshold of 4 keV required for the future ECLAIRs space camera.
Published: 2016
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14. New Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Locations of Several Short‐Hard Gamma‐Ray Bursts

Author: Avishay Gal‐Yam, Ehud Nakar, Eran O. Ofek, S. B. Cenko, S. R. Kulkarni, A. M. Soderberg, F. Harrison, D. B. Fox, P. A. Price, B. E. Penprase, Dale A. Frail, J. L. Atteia, E. Berger, M. Gladders, and J. Mulchaey
Subjects: Physics, education.field_of_study, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, Life time, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Redshift, Lower limit, Galaxy, Afterglow, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, education, Gamma-ray burst, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Galaxy cluster
Abstract: The detection and characterization of the afterglow emission and host galaxies of short-hard gamma-ray bursts (SHBs) is one of the most exciting recent astronomical discoveries. In particular, indications that SHB progenitors belong to old stellar populations, in contrast to the long-soft GRBs, provide a strong clue about the physical nature of these systems. Definitive conclusions are currently limited by the small number of SHBs with known hosts available for study. Here, we present our investigation of SHBs previously localized by the interplanetary network (IPN). We show that the brightest galaxy within the error box of SHB 000607, at z = 0.1405, is the probable host galaxy of this event, expanding the sample of SHBs with known hosts and distances. We find a spatial association of the bright SHB 790613 and the cataloged position of the rich galaxy cluster Abell 1892. However, we are unable to verify the reality of this cluster via spectroscopy or multicolor imaging, and we conclude that this association may well be spurious. In addition, we rule out the existence of galaxy overdensities (down to ≈21 mag, i.e., ≈0.1 L* at z = 0.2) near the locations of two other SHBs and set a lower limit on their probable redshift. We combine our SHB sample with a complete sample of events discovered by the Swift and HETE-2 missions and investigate the properties of the extended sample. We show that the progenitors of SHBs appear to be older than those of Type Ia SNe, on average, suggesting a typical lifetime of several Gyr. The low typical redshift of SHBs leads to a significant increase in the local SHB rate and bodes well for the detection of gravitational radiation from these events, should they result from compact binary mergers, with forthcoming facilities.
Published: 2008
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15. Study of Time Lags inHETE‐2Gamma‐Ray Bursts with Redshift: Search for Astrophysical Effects and a Quantum Gravity Signature

Author: J. Bolmont, A. Jacholkowska, J.‐L. Atteia, F. Piron, G. Pizzichini, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules (LPTA), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and HETE-2
Subjects: Physics, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Measure (physics), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Light curve, 01 natural sciences, String (physics), Redshift, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Quantum gravity, 010306 general physics, Gamma-ray burst, Maxima, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Scale parameter, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract: The study of time lags between spikes in Gamma-Ray Burst light curves in different energy bands as a function of redshift may lead to the detection of effects due to Quantum Gravity. We present an analysis of 15 Gamma-Ray Bursts with measured redshift, detected by the HETE-2 mission in order to measure time lags related to astrophysical effects and search for Quantum Gravity signature in the framework of an extra-dimension string model. The wavelet transform method is used both for de-noising the light curves and for the detection of sharp transitions. The use of photon tagged data allows us to consider various energy ranges and to evaluate systematic effects due to selections and cuts. The analysis of maxima and minima of the light curves leads to no significant Quantum Gravity effect. A lower limit at 95% Confidence Level on the Quantum Gravity scale parameter of 2x10**15 GeV is set., 34 pages, 11 figures. Submitted to ApJ
Published: 2008
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16. End-to-end simulations for COLIBRI, ground follow-up telescope for the SVOM mission.

Author: D., Corre, S., Basa, A., Klotz, A. M., Watson, M., Ageron, P., Ambert, F., Ángeles, J. L., Atteia, P. E., Blanc, O., Boulade, J., Boy, E., Cadena, B., Cordier, S., Cuevas Cardona, F., Dolon, D., Dornic, D., Dubreuil, A. S., Farah, L., Figueroa, and J., Floriot
Published: 2018

17. Calibration of the spectral response of the SVOM/ECLAIRs detection plane.

Author: A., Bajat, O., Godet, and J. L., Atteia
Published: 2018
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18. Temporal and Spectral Analyses of SGRs Observed by HETE-2

Author: E. E. Fenimore, M. Maetou, A. Yoshida, Y. E. Nakagawa, Y. Shirasaki, M. Galassi, J. L. Atteia, M. Suzuki, K. Hurley, K. Tanaka, Takanori Sakamoto, George R. Ricker, N. Kawai, M. Matsuoka, T. Tamagawa, Chercheur indépendant, Department of Physics, Sophia University, National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Center for Space Research [Cambridge] (CSR), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Subjects: Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, 020206 networking & telecommunications, 02 engineering and technology, Astrophysics, Spectral line, law.invention, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Decay time, Neutron star, Spectral evolution, 13. Climate action, law, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing, Black-body radiation, Linear correlation, Gamma-ray burst, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Flare
Abstract: HETE‐2 localized 63 flares from SGR1806‐20 and 6 flares from SGR1900+14 in the summer periods from June 18 2001 through August 7 2005. We report on the temporal and spectral analyses of short flares from those SGRs. The estimation of T90 durations in 2–30 keV and 30–100 keV revealed that there is no difference between them with a few exceptions. For these exceptional short flares, there seems softening or possibly hardening during flares, but these spectral evolution are not common. We also found a good linear correlation between the rise and decay time, and they do not depend on a peak flux. We also found that the spectra are well reproduced by a sum of two blackbody models for all short flares. The temperatures are lying around 4 keV and 11 keV which are consistent with previous studies. They are not depend on either the magnitude of flare, the event morphology or the source.
Published: 2006

19. Detection of a Very Bright Optical Flare from the Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 050904 at Redshift 6.29

Author: A. Klotz, Bruce Gendre, J. L. Atteia, Yassine Damerdji, G. Stratta, and Michel Boer
Subjects: Physics, education.field_of_study, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Redshift, Luminosity, Afterglow, law.invention, Stars, Robotic telescope, Space and Planetary Science, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, education, Gamma-ray burst, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Flare
Abstract: In this Letter, we discuss the flux and the behavior of the bright optical flare emission detected by the 25 cm TAROT robotic telescope during the prompt high-energy emission and the early afterglow. We combine our data with simultaneous observations performed in X-rays, and we analyze the broadband spectrum. These observations lead us to emphasize the similarity of GRB 050904 with GRB 990123, a remarkable gamma-ray burst whose optical emission reached 9th magnitude. While GRB 990123 was, until now, considered as a unique event, this observation suggests the existence of a population of GRBs that have very large isotropic equivalent energies and extremely bright optical counterparts. The luminosity of these GRBs is such that they are easily detectable through the entire universe. Since we can detect them to very high redshift even with small-aperture telescopes like TAROT, they will constitute powerful tools for the exploration of the high-redshift universe and might be used to probe the first generation of stars.
Published: 2006
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20. Global Characteristics of X-Ray Flashes and X-Ray-Rich Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by HETE-2

Author: Al Levine, Kevin Hurley, T. L. Cline, Ken'ichi Torii, Edward E. Fenimore, J. Villasenor, J. L. Atteia, D. Q. Lamb, Makoto Yamauchi, K. Takagishi, George R. Ricker, Geoffrey B. Crew, G. Monnelly, John P. Doty, R. K. Manchanda, Edward H. Morgan, Masaru Matsuoka, Atsumasa Yoshida, F. Martel, S. E. Woosley, J. F. Olive, João Braga, J. G. Jernigan, J. P. Dezalay, Roland Vanderspek, Michel Boer, Motoko Suzuki, Y. Shirasaki, C. Barraud, T. Sakamoto, Nathaniel R. Butler, Nobuyuki Kawai, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, Toru Tamagawa, T. Q. Donaghy, M. Galassi, Carlo Graziani, and G. Pizzichini
Subjects: Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Spectral properties, X-ray, Energy flux, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Gamma Rays: Bursts, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Energy fluence, Gamma-ray burst, media_common
Abstract: We describe and discuss the global properties of 45 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed by HETE-2 during the first 3 years of its mission, focusing on the properties of X-ray flashes (XRFs) and X-ray-rich GRBs (XRRs). We find that the numbers of XRFs, XRRs, and GRBs are comparable, and that the durations and the sky distributions of XRFs and XRRs are similar to those of GRBs. We also find that the spectral properties of XRFs and XRRs are similar to those of GRBs, except that the values of the peak energy Eobspeak of the burst spectrum in νFν, the peak energy flux Fpeak, and the energy fluence SE of XRFs are much smaller (and those of XRRs are smaller) than those of GRBs. Finally, we find that the distributions of all three kinds of bursts form a continuum in the [SE(2-30 keV), SE(30-400) keV] plane, the [SE(2-400 keV), Epeak] plane, and the [Fpeak(50-300 keV), Epeak] plane. These results provide strong evidence that all three kinds of bursts arise from the same phenomenon.
Published: 2005

21. HETE-2 Observation of Two Gamma-Ray Bursts at z > 3

Author: John P. Doty, Yuji Shirasaki, R. K. Manchanda, J-L. Atteia, José Braga, Masaru Matsuoka, F. Martel, T. Q. Donaghy, Joel Villasenor, K. Takagishi, Roland Vanderspek, J. P. Dezalay, Makoto Yamauchi, C. Graziani, M. Galassi, Nobuyuki Kawai, J-F. Olive, Geoffrey B. Crew, Rie Sato, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, G. Pizzichini, Ken'ichi Torii, J. G. Jernigan, Edward E. Fenimore, Atsumasa Yoshida, Stanford E Woosley, C. Barraud, Motoko Suzuki, Michel Boer, Y. E. Nakagawa, T. L. Cline, Donald Q. Lamb, Toru Tamagawa, Kevin Hurley, Al Levine, N. Butler, Edward H. Morgan, George R. Ricker, Takanori Sakamoto, Services communs OMP (UMS 831), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP), Institut Pythéas (OSU PYTHEAS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Services communs OMP - UMS 831 (UMS 831), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics, education.field_of_study, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Spectral properties, Population, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Redshift, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Gamma Rays: Bursts, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Gamma-ray burst, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Luminosity function, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: GRB 020124 and GRB 030323 constitute half the sample of gamma-ray bursts with a measured redshift greater than 3. This paper presents the temporal and spectral properties of these two gamma-ray bursts detected and localized with HETE-2. While they have nearly identical redshifts (z=3.20 for GRB 020124, and z=3.37 for GRB 030323), these two GRBs span about an order of magnitude in fluence, thus sampling distinct regions of the GRB luminosity function. The properties of these two bursts are compared with those of the bulk of the GRB population detected by HETE-2. We also discuss the energetics of GRB 020124 and GRB 030323 and show that they are compatible with the Epeak - Eiso relation discovered by Amati et al. (2002). Finally, we compute the maximum redshifts at which these bursts could have been detected by HETE-2 and we address various issues connected with the detection and localization of high-z GRBs., Comment: 19 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ApJ
Published: 2005

22. High‐Energy Observations of XRF 030723: Evidence for an Off‐Axis Gamma‐Ray Burst?

Author: Stanford E Woosley, Kevin Hurley, N. Butler, Peter G. Ford, Edward H. Morgan, João Braga, George R. Ricker, T. Q. Donaghy, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, Yuji Shirasaki, R. K. Manchanda, Donald Q. Lamb, A. Dullighan, C. Graziani, G. Pizzichini, Nobuyuki Kawai, Masaru Matsuoka, Al Levine, Ken'ichi Torii, J. P. Dezalay, Toru Tamagawa, Edward E. Fenimore, M. Galassi, C. Barraud, Motoko Suzuki, J. G. Jernigan, Michel Boer, Joel Villasenor, Roland Vanderspek, J-L. Atteia, A. Yoshida, F. Martel, Geoffrey B. Crew, Takanori Sakamoto, J. F. Olive, T. L. Cline, and John P. Doty
Subjects: Physics, High Energy Transient Explorer, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Redshift, law.invention, Afterglow, Gamma Rays: Bursts, Telescope, Supernova, Stars: Supernovae: General, X-Rays: General, Space and Planetary Science, law, Observatory, Gamma-ray burst
Abstract: We report High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2) Wide Field X-ray Monitor/French Gamma Telescope observations of XRF030723 along with observations of the XRF afterglow made using the 6.5m Magellan Clay telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The observed peak energy E_pk_obs of the nu F_nu burst spectrum is found to lie within (or below) the WXM 2-25 keV passband at 98.5% confidence, and no counts are detected above 30 keV. Our best fit value is E_pk_obs=8.4+3.5/-3.4 keV. The ratio of X-ray to Gamma-ray flux for the burst follows a correlation found for GRBs observed with HETE-2, and the duration of the burst is similar to that typical of long-duration GRBs. If we require that the burst isotropic equivalent energy E_iso and E_pk_rest satisfy the relation discovered by Amati et al. (2002), a redshift of z=0.38+0.36/-0.18 can be determined, in agreement with constraints determined from optical observations. We are able to fit the X-ray afterglow spectrum and to measure its temporal fade. Although the best-fit fade is shallower than the concurrent fade in the optical, the spectral similarity between the two bands indicates that the X-ray fade may actually trace the optical fade. If this is the case, the late time rebrightening observed in the optical cannot be due to a supernova bump. We interpret the prompt and afterglow X-ray emission as arising from a jetted GRB observed off-axis and possibly viewed through a complex circumburst medium due to a progenitor wind., Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures, to appear in ApJ
Published: 2005
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23. Time‐resolved X‐Ray Spectral Modeling of an Intermediate Burst from SGR 1900+14 Observed byHETE‐2FREGATE and WXM

Author: J. F. Olive, George R. Ricker, K. Hurley, N. Kawai, J. L. Atteia, C. Barraud, G. Crew, T. Sakamoto, and G. Pizzichini
Subjects: Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), X-ray, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Astrophysics, X-Rays: Bursts, Magnetar, Spectral line, Magnetic field, Stars: Individual: Alphanumeric: SGR 1900+14, Space and Planetary Science, Stars: Neutron, Stars: Pulsars: General, Black-body radiation, Neutron, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: We present a detailed analysis of a 3.5 s long burst from SGR1900+14 which occurred on 2001 July 2. The 2-150 keV time-integrated energy spectrum is well described by the sum of two blackbodies whose temperatures are approximately 4.3 and 9.8 keV. The time-resolved energy spectra are similarly well fit by the sum of two blackbodies. The higher temperature blackbody evolves with time in a manner consistent with a shrinking emitting surface. The interpretation of these results in the context of the magnetar model suggests that the two blackbody fit is an approximation of an absorbed, multi-temperature spectrum expected on theoretical grounds rather than a physical description of the emission. If this is indeed the case, our data provide further evidence for a strong magnetic field, and indicate that the entire neutron was radiating during most of the burst duration., Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Published: 2004
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24. HETE Observations of the Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 030329: Evidence for an Underlying Soft X-Ray Component

Author: J. L. Atteia, Masaya Suzuki, E. E. Fenimore, S. E. Woosley, T. Tamagawa, D. Q. Lamb, George R. Ricker, J. G. Jernigan, Nat Butler, G. Pizzichini, M. Galassi, Y. Shirasaki, T. Q. Donaghy, N. Kawai, G. Prigozhin, J. Villasenor, C. Graziani, K. Takagishi, Kazufumi Torii, R. Vanderspek, João Braga, A. Dullighan, Atsumasa Yoshida, John P. Doty, C. Barraud, R. K. Manchanda, T. Sakamoto, M. Matsuoka, J. F. Olive, M. Boer, K. Hurley, G. Crew, and J. P. Dezalay
Subjects: Physics, Brightness, Soft x ray, High Energy Transient Explorer, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), X-rays: individual (GRB 030329), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Fluence, On board, Gamma Rays: Bursts, Supernova, Space and Planetary Science, Gamma-ray burst, Erg
Abstract: An exceptionally intense gamma-ray burst, GRB030329, was detected and localized by the instruments on board the High Energy Transient Explorer satellite (HETE) at 11:37:14 UT on 29 March 2003. The burst consisted of two \~10s pulses of roughly equal brightness and an X-ray tail lasting >100s. The energy fluence in the 30-400 keV energy band was 1.08e-4 erg/cm2, making GRB030329 one of the brightest GRBs ever detected. Communication of a 2 arcmin error box 73 minutes after the burst allowed the rapid detection of a counterpart in the optical, X-ray, radio and the ensuing discovery of a supernova with most unusual characteristics. Analyses of the burst lightcurves reveal the presence of a distinct, bright, soft X-ray component underlying the main GRB: the 2-10 keV fluence of this component is ~7e-6 erg/cm2. The main pulses of GRB030329 were preceded by two soft, faint, non-thermal bumps. We present details of the HETE observations of GRB030329., 22 pages, 5 figures, to be published in ApJ 617, no. 2 (10 December 2004). Referee comments have been incorporated; results of improved spectral analysis are included
Published: 2004

25. Scientific highlights of the HETE-2 mission

Author: S. E. Woosley, J. G. Jernigan, Takanori Sakamoto, Al Levine, George R. Ricker, G. Vedrenne, T. Q. Donaghy, K. Takagishi, John P. Doty, Toru Tamagawa, Yuji Shirasaki, N. Butler, Motoko Suzuki, Geoffrey B. Crew, Masaru Matsuoka, Michel Boer, G. Pizzichini, D. Q. Lamb, J-L. Atteia, E. E. Fenimore, Joel Villasenor, M. Galassi, Atsumasa Yoshida, G. Morgan, João Braga, C. Barraud, Roland Vanderspek, G. Monnelly, F. Martel, Kazufumi Torii, R. K. Manchanda, Carlo Graziani, J.-P. Dezalay, J. F. Olive, T. L. Cline, Nobuyuki Kawai, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, Makoto Yamauchi, A. Dullighan, and Kevin Hurley
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Redshift, Universe, Cosmology, Luminosity, Afterglow, Stars, Supernova, Space and Planetary Science, γ-rays: γ-ray bursts - supernovae, Gamma-ray burst, media_common
Abstract: The HETE-2 mission has been highly productive. It has observed more than 250 GRBs so far. It is currently localizing 25 - 30 GRBs per year, and has localized 43 GRBs to date. Twenty-one of these localizations have led to the detection of X-ray, optical, or radio afterglows, and as of now, 11 of the bursts with afterglows have known redshifts. HETE-2 has confirmed the connection between GRBs and Type Ic supernovae, a singular achievement and certainly one of the scientific highlights of the mission so far. It has provided evidence that the isotropic-equivalent energies and luminosities of GRBs are correlated with redshift, implying that GRBs and their progenitors evolve strongly with redshift. Both of these results have profound implications for the nature of GRB progenitors and for the use of GRBs as a probe of cosmology and the early universe. HETE-2 has placed severe constraints on any X-ray or optical afterglow of a short GRB. It is also solving the mystery of "optically dark' GRBs, and revealing the nature of X-ray flashes., Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures, to appear in proc. "The Restless High-Energy Universe", Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam; revised text, added refs
Published: 2004
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26. High Energy Transient Explorer 2 Observations of the Extremely Soft X-Ray Flash XRF 020903

Author: Y. Shirasaki, Al Levine, J. F. Olive, T. L. Cline, Nobuyuki Kawai, K. Takagishi, George R. Ricker, S. E. Woosley, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, John P. Doty, Ken'ichi Torii, T. Q. Donaghy, Motoko Suzuki, F. Martel, N. Butler, Edward H. Morgan, Makoto Yamauchi, J. G. Jernigan, J. P. Dezalay, C. Barraud, Carlo Graziani, João Braga, M. Galassi, T. Tamagawa, T. Tavenner, J-L. Atteia, Masaru Matsuoka, D. Q. Lamb, Michel Boer, E. E. Fenimore, Joel Villasenor, Takanori Sakamoto, G. Monnelly, G. Pizzichini, Roland Vanderspek, Atsumasa Yoshida, R. K. Manchanda, Geoffrey B. Crew, and Kevin Hurley
Subjects: Physics, Soft x ray, X-Rays: Individual: Alphanumeric: GRB 020903, High Energy Transient Explorer, Photon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, X-Rays: Bursts, Wide field, Redshift, Galaxy, law.invention, Telescope, Gamma Rays: Bursts, Space and Planetary Science, law, Extreme value theory
Abstract: We report High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2) Wide Field X-Ray Monitor/French Gamma Telescope observations of the X-ray flash XRF 020903. This event was extremely soft: the ratio log(SX/Sγ)=0.7, where SX and Sγ are the fluences in the 2-30 and 30-400 keV energy bands, is the most extreme value observed so far by HETE-2. In addition, the spectrum has an observed peak energy of Eobspeakobspeak is due to the cosmological redshift, and show that this is very unlikely. We find that the properties of XRF 020903 are consistent with the relation between the fluences S(7-30 keV) and S(30-400 keV), found by Barraud et al. for GRBs and X-ray-rich GRBs, and are consistent with the extension by a decade of the hardness-intensity correlation found by the same authors. Assuming that XRF 020903 lies at a redshift z=0.25, as implied by the host galaxy of the candidate optical and radio afterglows of this burst, we find that the properties of XRF 020903 are consistent with an extension by a factor ~300 of the relation between the isotropic-equivalent energy Eiso and the peak Epeak of the νFν spectrum (in the source frame of the burst) found by Amati et al. for GRBs. The results presented in this paper therefore provide evidence that X-ray flashes (XRFs), X-ray-rich GRBs, and GRBs form a continuum and are a single phenomenon. The results also impose strong constraints on models of XRFs and X-ray-rich GRBs.
Published: 2004

27. A simple empirical redshift indicator for gamma-ray bursts

Author: J-L. Atteia, Services communs OMP (UMS 831), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), and Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Redshift, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Space and Planetary Science, Duration (music), Simple (abstract algebra), 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Gamma-ray burst, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract: We propose a new empirical redshift indicator for gamma-ray bursts. This indicator is easily computed from the gamma-ray burst spectral parameters, and its duration, and it provides ``pseudo-redshifts'' accurate to a factor two. Possible applications of this redshift indicator are briefly discussed., Comment: Final version, 4 pages, 3 figures, A&A, vol. 407, L1
Published: 2003
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28. Spectral analysis of 35 GRBs/XRFs observed with HETE-2/FREGATE

Author: George R. Ricker, T. Q. Donaghy, E. E. Fenimore, D. Q. Lamb, Nat Butler, John P. Doty, A. M. Levine, Atsumasa Yoshida, Carlo Graziani, G. Pizzichini, G. Monelly, T. Tamagawa, J-L. Atteia, K. Hurley, J. P. Dezalay, Kazufumi Torii, J. Villasenor, John Patrick Lestrade, J. F. Olive, Yuji Shirasaki, Geoffrey B. Crew, J. G. Jernigan, M. Boer, R. Vanderspek, M. Matsuoka, Nobuyuki Kawai, C. Barraud, T. Sakamoto, M. Galassi, T. Tavenner, Services communs OMP (UMS 831), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), and Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Subjects: Physics, Range (particle radiation), Photon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Wide field, Spectral line, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Space and Planetary Science, gamma-rays: bursts, 0103 physical sciences, Spectral analysis, Gamma-ray burst, Interplanetary spaceflight, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract: We present a spectral analysis of 35 GRBs detected with the HETE-2 gamma-ray detectors (the FREGATE instrument) in the energy range 7-400 keV. The GRB sample analyzed is made of GRBs localized with the Wide Field X-ray Monitor onboard HETE-2 or with the GRB Interplanetary Network. We derive the spectral parameters of the time-integrated spectra, and present the distribution of the low-energy photon index, alpha, and of the peak energy, e_peak . We then discuss the existence and nature of the recently discovered X-Ray Flashes and their relationship with classical GRBs., 14 pages, 43 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Published: 2003
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29. GRB 010921: Discovery of the First [ITAL]High Energy Transient Explorer[/ITAL] Afterglow

Author: Fiona A. Harrison, Joshua S. Bloom, George R. Ricker, Daniel E. Reichart, Dale A. Frail, Carlo Graziani, Ashish Mahabal, S. A. Yost, Nobuyuki Kawai, Kevin Hurley, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Edo Berger, D. W. Fox, J-L. Atteia, Arne Henden, E. E. Fenimore, R. van der Spek, S. G. Djorgovski, and P. A. Price
Subjects: Physics, Line-of-sight, High Energy Transient Explorer, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Extinction (astronomy), Astronomy, Balmer series, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Galaxy, Afterglow, symbols.namesake, Space and Planetary Science, symbols, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Gamma-ray burst, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We report the discovery of the optical and radio afterglow of GRB 010921, the first gamma-ray burst afterglow to be found from a localization by the High Energy Transient Explorer satellite. We present optical spectroscopy of the host galaxy, which we find to be a dusty and apparently normal star-forming galaxy at z = 0.451. The unusually steep optical spectral slope of the afterglow can be explained by heavy extinction, AV > 0.5 mag, along the line of sight to the GRB. Dust with similar AV for the host galaxy as a whole appears to be required by the measurement of a Balmer decrement in the spectrum of the host galaxy.
Published: 2002
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30. GRB 010921: Localization and Observations by the [ITAL]High Energy Transient Explorer[/ITAL] Satellite

Author: S. E. Woosley, João Braga, M. Niel, George R. Ricker, N. Butler, J. Villasenor, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, Edward H. Morgan, T. Tamagawa, D. Q. Lamb, T. L. Cline, Al Levine, M. Galassi, Michel Boer, Makoto Yamauchi, E. E. Fenimore, K. Takagishi, Kevin Hurley, T. Q. Donaghy, G. Monnelly, R. K. Manchanda, John P. Doty, Geoffrey B. Crew, G. Pizzichini, Carlo Graziani, Masaru Matsuoka, Nobuyuki Kawai, Takanori Sakamoto, Roland Vanderspek, Atsumasa Yoshida, J. F. Olive, G. Vedrenne, Kazufumi Torii, J-L. Atteia, F. Martel, J. G. Jernigan, J. P. Dezalay, T. Tavenner, and Yuji Shirasaki
Subjects: Physics, High Energy Transient Explorer, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Field of view, Astrophysics, Light curve, Redshift, Afterglow, law.invention, Telescope, Space and Planetary Science, law, Interplanetary spaceflight, Gamma-ray burst
Abstract: On 2001 September 21 at 05:15:50.56 UT, the French Gamma Telescope (FREGATE) on the High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) detected a bright gamma-ray burst (GRB). The burst was also seen by the X-detector on the Wide-field X-ray Monitor (WXM) instrument and was therefore well localized in the X-direction; however, the burst was outside the fully coded field of view of the WXM Y-detector, and therefore information on the Y-direction of the burst was limited. Cross-correlation of the HETE and Ulysses time histories yielded an Interplanetary Network (IPN) annulus that crosses the HETE error strip at an ~45° angle. The intersection of the HETE error strip and the IPN annulus produces a diamond-shaped error region for the location of the burst having an area of 310 arcmin2. Based on the FREGATE and WXM light curves, the duration of the burst is characterized by t90 = 34.2 s in the WXM 4-25 keV energy range, and 23.8 and 21.8 s in the FREGATE 6-40 and 32-400 keV energy ranges, respectively. The fluence of the burst in these same energy ranges is 4.8 × 10-6, 5.5 × 10-6, and 11.4 × 10-6 ergs cm-2, respectively. Subsequent optical and radio observations by ground-based observers have identified the afterglow of GRB 010921 and determined an apparent redshift of z = 0.450.
Published: 2002
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31. The use of Schottky CdTe detectors for high-energy astronomy: application to the detection plane of the instrument SVOM/ECLAIRs

Author: G. Nasser, G. Rouaix, J-L. Atteia, O. Gevin, Didier Barret, C. Amoros, P. Ramon, W. Marty, Damien Rambaud, V. Waegebaert, F. Gonzalez, S. Bordon, K. Mercier, R. Pons, B. Houret, O. Godet, K. Lacombe, P. Mandrou, and B. Cordier
Subjects: Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, High-energy astronomy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Schottky diode, Biasing, Optics, Semiconductor, Optoelectronics, Quantum efficiency, business, Gamma-ray burst, Ohmic contact
Abstract: Ohmic CdZnTe and CdTe detectors have been successfully used in high-energy missions such as IBIS on-board INTEGRAL and the Swift-BAT in the past two decades. Such detectors provide very good quantum efficiency in the hard X-ray band. For the future generation of hard X-ray coded mask detectors, a higher sensitivity will be required. A way to achieve this is to increase the effective area of the pixilated detection plane, to change the mask pattern and/or the properties of the semi-conductors paving the detection plane. For the future Chinese-French Gamma-ray burst mission SVOM, the GRB trigger camera ECLAIRs will make use of a new type of high-energy detectors, the Schottky CdTe detectors. Such detectors, when reversely biased, are known to present very low leakage current, resulting in lower values of the low-energy threshold (down to 4 keV or less) than for previous missions (i.e. > 10 keV for the Swift-BAT and INTEGRAL/IBIS). Such low values will enable ECLAIRs with a moderate geometrical area of 1024 cm2 and a low-energy threshold of 4 keV to be more sensitive to high-redshift GRBs (emitting mainly in X-rays) than the Swift-BAT with a higher effective area and low-energy threshold. However, the spectral performance of such detectors are known to degrade over time, once polarized, due to the polarization effect that strongly depends on the temperature and the bias voltage applied to the detectors. In this paper, we present an intensive study of the properties of Schottky CdTe detectors as used on SVOM/ECLAIRs such as I-V characteristics, polarization effect, activation energy and low temperature annealing effects. We discuss the implications of these measurements on the use of this type of detectors in future high-energy instruments.
Published: 2014
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32. ECLAIRs detection plane: current state of development

Author: W. Marty, K. Mercier, V. Waegebaert, J-L. Atteia, B. Houret, Marc Billot, F. Gonzalez, O. Gevin, B. Cordier, C. Amoros, O. Godet, P. Mandrou, P. Ramon, K. Lacombe, S. Bordon, G. Rouaix, Didier Barret, R. Pons, Damien Rambaud, and G. Nasser
Subjects: Physics, Optics, Application-specific integrated circuit, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Detector, Schottky diode, High voltage, Vacuum chamber, Electronics, business, Semiconductor detector, Space environment
Abstract: ECLAIRs, a 2-D coded-mask imaging camera on-board the Sino-French SVOM space mission, will detect and locate Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in near real time in the 4-150 keV energy band. The design of ECLAIRs has been mainly driven by the objective of achieving a low-energy threshold of 4 keV, unprecedented for this type of instrument. The detection plane is an assembly of 6400 Schottky CdTe semiconductor detectors of size 4x4x1 mm 3 organized on elementary hybrid matrices of 4x8 detectors. The detectors will be polarized from -300V to -500V and operated at -20°C to reduce both the leakage current and the polarization effect induced by the Schottky contact. The remarkable low-energy threshold homogeneity required for the detection plane has been achieved thanks to: i) an extensive characterization and selection of the detectors, ii) the development of a specific low-noise 32-channel ASIC, iii) the realization of an innovative hybrid module composed of a thick film ceramic (holding 32 CdTe detectors with their high voltage grid), associated to an HTCC ceramic (housing the ASIC chip within an hermetic enclosure). In this paper, we start describing a complete hybrid matrix, and then the manufacturing of a first set of 50 matrices (representing 1600 detectors, i.e. a quarter of ECLAIRs detector’s array). We show how this manufacturing allowed to validate the different technologies used for this hybridization, as well as the industrialization processes. During this phase, we systematically measured the leakage current on Detector Ceramics after an outgassing, and the Equivalent Noise Charge (ENC) for each of the 32 channels on ASIC Ceramics, in order to optimize the coupling of the two ceramics. Finally, we performed on each hybrid module, spectral measurements at -20°C in our vacuum chamber, using several calibrated radioactive sources ( 241 Am and 55 Fe), to check the performance homogeneity of the 50 modules. The results demonstrated that the 32-detector hybrid matrices presented homogeneous spectral properties and that a lowenergy threshold of 4 keV for each detector could be reached. In conclusion, our hybrid module has obtained the performance required at the SVOM mission level and successfully withstood the space environment tests (TRL 6/7). This development phase has given us the opportunity to build a detector’s array prototype (Engineering Model) equipped with 50 hybrid modules. Thanks to this prototype we are in the process of validating a complete detection chain (from the detectors to the backend electronics) and checking the performance. In addition it enables us to consolidate the instrument’s mechanical and thermal design, and to write preliminary versions of the quality procedures required for integration, functional tests and calibration steps. At the end of this prototype development and testing, we will be ready to start the detailed design of the detection plane Flight Model.
Published: 2014
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33. The X-/Gamma-ray camera ECLAIRs for the Gammay-ray burst mission SVOM

Author: S. Bordon, K. Lacombe, W. Marty, G. Rouaix, B. Cordier, V. Waegebaert, G. Nasser, Stéphane Schanne, Didier Barret, F. Gonzalez, O. Gevin, C. Amoros, K. Mercier, B. Houret, Damien Rambaud, D. Gotz, P. Mandrou, Henri Triou, A. Gros, P. Ramon, R. Pons, J-L. Atteia, O. Godet, and C. Lachaud
Subjects: Physics, Photon, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Gamma ray, FOS: Physical sciences, Schottky diode, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Charged particle, Data processing system, Optics, Calibration, business, Gamma-ray burst, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: We present ECLAIRs, the Gamma-ray burst (GRB) trigger camera to fly on-board the Chinese-French mission SVOM. ECLAIRs is a wide-field ($\sim 2$\,sr) coded mask camera with a mask transparency of 40\% and a 1024 $\mathrm{cm}^2$ detection plane coupled to a data processing unit, so-called UGTS, which is in charge of locating GRBs in near real time thanks to image and rate triggers. We present the instrument science requirements and how the design of ECLAIRs has been optimized to increase its sensitivity to high-redshift GRBs and low-luminosity GRBs in the local Universe, by having a low-energy threshold of 4 keV. The total spectral coverage ranges from 4 to 150 keV. ECLAIRs is expected to detect $\sim 200$ GRBs of all types during the nominal 3 year mission lifetime. To reach a 4 keV low-energy threshold, the ECLAIRs detection plane is paved with 6400 $4\times 4~\mathrm{mm}^2$ and 1 mm-thick Schottky CdTe detectors. The detectors are grouped by 32, in 8x4 matrices read by a low-noise ASIC, forming elementary modules called XRDPIX. In this paper, we also present our current efforts to investigate the performance of these modules with their front-end electronics when illuminated by charged particles and/or photons using radioactive sources. All measurements are made in different instrument configurations in vacuum and with a nominal in-flight detector temperature of $-20^\circ$C. This work will enable us to choose the in-flight configuration that will make the best compromise between the science performance and the in-flight operability of ECLAIRs. We will show some highlights of this work., 15 pages, 12 figures, Proceeding SPIE - Montreal 2014
Published: 2014

34. Early Results from HETE-2

Author: G. Vedrenne, T. Cline, G. Monnelly, M. Matsuoka, Isamu Hatsukade, G. Pizzichini, J. L. Atteia, M. Boer, K. Takagishi, D. Q. Lamb, J. G. Jernigan, A. M. Levine, Y. Shirasaki, K. Hurley, R. Vanderspek, T. Tamagawa, J. L. Issler, E. E. Fenimore, Atsumasa Yoshida, J. F. Olive, John P. Doty, C. Graziani, C. Colongo, S. Woosely, Makoto Yamauchi, J. Villasenor, Geoffrey B. Crew, George R. Ricker, N. Kawai, and M. Galassi
Subjects: Physics, Early results
Abstract: The High Energy Transient Explorer 2 is a small scientific satellite designed to detect and localize gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The coordinates of GRBs detected by HETE-2 will be distributed to interested ground-based observers within seconds of burst detection, thereby allowing detailed observations of the initial phases of GRBs. HETE-2 was launched successfully on October 9, 2000. The GRB positions will start to be delivered after a few months of the complete testing and calibration of the spacecraft system and the science instruments.
Published: 2001
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35. The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing

Author: Antonios Manousakis, S. Boutloukos, F. Zwart, Jose M. Torrejon, C. Pittori, Alessandro Drago, Dieter H. Hartmann, Feryal Özel, T. J. L. Courvoisier, Tim Johannsen, Jordi José, M. Michalska, Christian Schmid, I. Rashevskaya, Gottfried Kanbach, V. Petracek, L. Bradley, Allan Hornstrup, M. H. Erkut, Sergio Campana, Rudy Wijnands, Andrew Cumming, Nils Andersson, Tomaso Belloni, M. C. Miller, Roman Wawrzaszek, Stefano Bianchi, Enrique García-Berro, Sandro Mereghetti, C. Guidorzi, C. Corral Van Damme, Søren Brandt, Francesco Tombesi, Felix Ryde, Didier Barret, Simon Vaughan, Marco Feroci, T. Di Salvo, C. van Baren, Angelo Antonelli, Marc Ribó, J. L. Atteia, P. Soleri, Alessio Trois, Silvia Zane, G. Mouret, Ersin Gogus, Emanuele Perinati, J. Coker, Piero Malcovati, V. Mangano, F. Jetter, P. Uter, P. Romano, M. Nowak, Roberto Turolla, Laura Tolos, Antonino D'Ai, Laura Alvarez, C. Amoros, Simone Scaringi, A. Possenti, David M. Smith, M. Falanga, A. Goldwurm, René Hudec, Ignacio Negueruela, M. van der Klis, Francesco Longo, José A. Pons, I. M. McHardy, R. Rohlfs, P. Cais, Luigi Stella, S. Di Cosimo, Antoine Rousseau, M. Ayre, M. Gschwender, D. Klochkov, Niels Lund, Chryssa Kouveliotou, P. Azzarello, F. Château, Michael Gabler, S. Vercellone, Martin Durant, I. Donnarumma, Giorgio Matt, Mauro Orlandini, P. Kaaret, Patrick Smith, P. T. O'Brien, A. Argan, M. Orienti, Marco Grassi, Claudio Labanti, Edward F. Brown, Christopher S. Reynolds, Gloria Sala, Y. Evangelista, Gabriel Török, José Braga, Riccardo Campana, Alan Smith, C. Gouiffes, Nevin N. Weinberg, Leonardo Gualtieri, Yannick Favre, P.G. Jonker, Gabriele Giovannini, D. de Martino, Irfan Kuvvetli, S. Motta, Teresa Mineo, Paul J. Groot, Pablo Reig, Martino Marisaldi, Andrea Sanna, Lorenzo Amati, G. L. Israel, D. Macera, K. S. Wood, Pablo Cerdá-Durán, F. Fuschino, Suvi Gezari, Mariano Mendez, Slawomir Suchy, Damien Rambaud, Nanda Rea, R. Artigue, J.-Y. Seyler, S. N. 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Scientifique (CNRS), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona [Barcelona] (UAB), Astronomy, den Herder, J. W., Atteia, J. L., Bonnet Bidaud, J. M., Cadoux, F. R., Cais, P., Caliandro, G. A., Castro Tirado, A. J., D'Aì, A., De Luca, A., De Martino, D., Dercksen, J. P. C., De Pasquale, M., Di Salvo, T., Erkut, M. H., Finger, M. H., Fraser, G. W., Galloway, D. K., Galvez Sanchez, J. L., Giles, A. B., Hartmann, D. H., Haswell, C. A., in't Zand, J. J. M., Jacobs, H. M., Kuiper, L. M., Lamb, F. K., Laubert, P. P., Maccarone, T. J., Mchardy, I. M., Miller, M. C., Miller, J. M., Norton, A. J., Olsen, P. E. H., Orleanski, P., Osborne, J. P., Paolillo, Maurizio, Paredes, J. M., Penacchioni, A. V., Perez, M. A., Ray, P. S., Rossi, E. M. R., Schwope, A. D., Seyler, J. Y., Smith, D. M., Smith, P. J., Steiner, A. W., Strohmayer, T. E., Torrejon, J. M., Torres, D. F., and Wilson Hodge, C. A.
Subjects: x-ray and γ-ray instrumentation, compact objects, microchannel plates, X-ray detectors, X-ray imaging, X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray timing, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vision, Observatories, Field of view, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, neutron stars, Observatory, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Equipment and services, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Steradian, [ SDU.ASTR.IM ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, X-ray detector, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Cosmic Vision, Spectral resolution, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, NO, microchannel plate, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, X-rays, compact object, 0103 physical sciences, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), dense hadronic matter, Sensors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy, Accretion (astrophysics), [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Neutron star, 13. Climate action, [ PHYS.ASTR.IM ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Gamma-ray burst, astro-ph.IM
Abstract: The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) was studied within ESA M3 Cosmic Vision framework and participated in the final down-selection for a launch slot in 2022-2024. Thanks to the unprecedented combination of effective area and spectral resolution of its main instrument, LOFT will study the behaviour of matter under extreme conditions, such as the strong gravitational field in the innermost regions of accretion flows close to black holes and neutron stars, and the supra-nuclear densities in the interior of neutron stars. The science payload is based on a Large Area Detector (LAD, 10 m 2 effective area, 2-30 keV, 240 eV spectral resolution, 1 deg collimated field of view) and a WideField Monitor (WFM, 2-50 keV, 4 steradian field of view, 1 arcmin source location accuracy, 300 eV spectral resolution). The WFM is equipped with an on-board system for bright events (e.g. GRB) localization. The trigger time and position of these events are broadcast to the ground within 30 s from discovery. In this paper we present the status of the mission at the end of its Phase A study., Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 91442T
Published: 2014
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36. The Hardness-Intensity Correlation in Bright Gamma-Ray Bursts

Author: R. A. Sunyaev, O. Terekhov, J. L. Atteia, A. V. Kuznetsov, P. Goupil, R. Talon, Kevin Hurley, M. Niel, C. Barat, G. Vedrenne, J. P. Dezalay, M. Boer, and Frédéric Darracq
Subjects: Physics, education.field_of_study, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Spatial distribution, Quantitative Biology::Genomics, Redshift, Intensity (physics), Distribution (mathematics), Space and Planetary Science, Linear regression, Range (statistics), Gamma-ray burst, education
Abstract: The presence of a hardness-intensity correlation (HIC) is demonstrated in a sample of 77 bright bursts observed by the Phebus and Ulysses gamma-ray burst (GRB) experiments. Using simulations, we find a significant correlation (5 σ) between the peak spectral hardness and the peak intensity in Phebus. Moreover, the HIC is compatible with a single regression line over the full range of intensities. This result, together with earlier ones, shows that the HIC is a fundamental property of GRBs that has important consequences for statistical studies of these events. First, the presence of a HIC implies that the intensity distribution (and V/Vmax) depends on the energy range of the instrument. Second, we show that the HIC, combined with V/Vmax, constrains the spatial distribution of the bursters. Bright events in our sample exhibit a significant HIC and V/Vmax = 0.5. The interpretation of these observations is different for cosmological and galactic models. In Euclidean space, two features are required to explain the observations: bursters must belong to a homogeneous, bounded population and must have an intrinsic hardness-luminosity correlation. In a cosmological scenario, the apparent contradiction between the HIC (which requires high redshifts) and V/Vmax = 0.5 (characteristic of nearby bursters) can be resolved by assuming a density evolution of the sources.
Published: 1997
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37. Bright bursts and the GRB distance scale

Author: J L. Atteia
Subjects: Physics, Length scale, education.field_of_study, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, education, Gamma-ray burst, Cosmology
Abstract: We discuss the use of selected characteristics of the burster population (e.g. the distribution of peak fluxes, or durations) to derive the GRB distance scale within the framework of cosmological models. The effects of the cosmological expansion on GRBs are briefly noted and it is shown that intrinsic GRB properties may strongly complicate the search for (and the interpretation of) purely cosmological effects. In this context, bright GRBs provide a sample of reference; they are almost free of cosmological influences and they have been studied for a long time. We also emphasize the need for a GRB distance indicator which could be used for individual events; several recent studies suggest that such a quantity may exist.
Published: 1995
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38. The ultra-long Gamma-Ray Burst 111209A: the collapse of a blue supergiant?

Author: Valerio D'Elia, J-L. Atteia, Luigi Piro, Giulia Stratta, M. Boer, S. Cutini, David Coward, A. Klotz, Bruce Gendre, Eric Howell, S. Basa, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Relativiste Théories Expériences Métrologie Instrumentation Signaux (ARTEMIS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, and Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Metallicity, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Tidal disruption event, 0103 physical sciences, Gravitational collapse, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), education.field_of_study, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Giant star, Supernova, Space and Planetary Science, Gamma-ray burst: individual (GRB111209A), Supergiant, Gamma-ray burst, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: We present optical, X-ray and gamma-ray observations of GRB 111209A, at a redshift of z = 0.677. We show that this event was active in its prompt phase for about 25000 seconds, making it the longest burst ever observed. This rare event could have been detected up to z ~ 1.4. Compared to other long GRBs, GRB 111209A is a clear outlier in the energy-fluence and duration plane. The high-energy prompt emission shows no sign of a strong black body component, as expected if the event was caused by a tidal disruption event or a supernova shock breakout. Given the extreme longevity of this event, and a lack of a supernova signature, we propose that GRB 111209A is a relatively rare stellar collapse of a low metallicity blue super giant star. Only this progenitor can supply mass to the central engine over a duration of thousands of seconds. Hence, GRB 111209A could have more in common with population III stellar explosions, rather than normal long gamma ray bursts., Accepted by ApJ; 10 pages, 6 figures (all but one in color)
Published: 2012
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39. The Chinese-French SVOM Mission: studying the brightest astronomical explosions

Author: Jian-Yan Wei, J. A. Paul, Weimin Yuan, Arnaud Claret, Jean-Gabriel Cuby, P. Mandrou, J. Wang, Stéphane Basa, J. P. Osborne, D. Gotz, J-L. Atteia, Zhendong Dai, J. Y. Hu, J. S. Deng, Shuang-Nan Zhang, Y. Dong, B. Cordier, F. Daigne, Yulei Qiu, C. Wu, O. Godet, Didier Barret, and Bobing Wu
Subjects: Physics, Spacecraft, Spectrometer, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, X-ray telescope, Astrophysics, law.invention, Telescope, law, Hard X-rays, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, business, Gamma-ray burst
Abstract: We present the SVOM mission that the Chinese National Space Agency and the French Space Agency have decided to jointly implement. SVOM has been designed to detect, characterise and quickly localise gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and other types of high-energy transients. For this task the spacecraft will carry two widefield high-energy instruments: ECLAIRs, a hard X-ray imager, and the Gamma-Ray Monitor, a broadband spectrometer. Upon localising a transient, SVOM will quickly slew towards the source and start deep followup observations with two narrow-field telescopes: the Micro-channel X-ray Telescope in X-rays and the Visible Telescope in the visible. The nearly anti-solar pointing of SVOM combined with the fast transmission of GRB positions to the ground in less than 1 minute, will facilitate the observations of SVOM transients by the largest ground based telescopes.
Published: 2012
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40. SVOM, a future Mission for Gamma-Ray Burst Studies

Author: Didier Barret, J. A. Paul, Arnaud Claret, P. Mandrou, Stéphane Schanne, D. Gotz, Phil Evans, G.W. Fraser, S. N. Zhang, F. Daigne, Jun-Jie Wei, O. Godet, S. Basa, J. L. Atteia, J. P. Osborne, and B. Cordier
Subjects: Physics, Astrophysics, Gamma-ray burst
Published: 2010
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41. Testing gamma-ray burst models with the afterglow of GRB 090102

Author: B. Gendre, A. Klotz, E. Palazzi, T. Krühler, S. Covino, P. Afonso, L. A. Antonelli, J. L. Atteia, P. D'Avanzo, M. Boër, J. Greiner, and S. Klose
Subjects: On board, Physics, 3D optical data storage, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Broad band, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Light curve, Gamma-ray burst, Event (particle physics), Flattening, Afterglow
Abstract: We present the observations of the afterglow of gamma-ray burst GRB 090102. Optical data taken by the TAROT, REM, GROND, together with publicly available data from Palomar, IAC and NOT telescopes, and X-ray data taken by the XRT instrument on board the Swift spacecraft were used. This event features an unusual light curve. In X-rays, it presents a constant decrease with no hint of temporal break from 0.005 to 6 days after the burst. In the optical, the light curve presents a flattening after 1 ks. Before this break, the optical light curve is steeper than that of the X-ray. In the optical, no further break is observed up to 10 days after the burst. We failed to explain these observations in light of the standard fireball model. Several other models, including the cannonball model were investigated. The explanation of the broad band data by any model requires some fine tuning when taking into account both optical and X-ray bands.
Published: 2010
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42. A Correlated Optical and Gamma Emission from GRB 081126A

Author: B. Gendre, A. Klotz, J. L. Atteia, M. Boër, D. M. Coward, A. C. Imerito, Nobuyuki Kawai, and Shigehiro Nagataki
Subjects: Physics, Photon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, law.invention, Telescope, Photometry (astronomy), law, Gamma spectroscopy, Gamma-ray burst, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: We present an analysis of time‐resolved optical emissions observed from the gamma‐ray burst GRB 081126 during the prompt phase. The analysis employed time‐resolved photometry using optical data obtained by the TAROT telescope, BAT data from the Swift spacecraft and time‐resolved spectroscopy at high energies from the GBM instrument onboard the Fermi spacecraft. The optical emission of GRB 081126 is found to be compatible with the second gamma emission pulse shifted by a positive time‐lag of 8.4±3.9 sec. This is the first well resolved observation of a time lag between optical and gamma emissions during a gamma‐ray burst. Our observations could potentially provide new constraints on the fireball model for gamma ray burst early emissions. Furthermore, observations of time‐lags between optical and gamma ray photons provides an exciting opportunity to constrain quantum gravity theories.
Published: 2010
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43. The Standard Model of GRBs at Face with GRB 090102A

Author: B. Gendre, A. Klotz, E. Palazzi, T. Krühler, S. Covino, P. Afonso, L. A. Antonelli, J. L. Atteia, P. D’Avanzo, M. Boër, J. Greiner, S. Klose, Nobuyuki Kawai, and Shigehiro Nagataki
Subjects: Physics, 3D optical data storage, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Face (geometry), Astronomy, Astrophysics, Light curve, Gamma-ray burst, Event (particle physics), Flattening, Afterglow, Standard Model
Abstract: We present the observations of the afterglow of gamma‐ray burst GRB 090102. Optical data taken by the TAROT, REM, GROND, together with publicly available data from Palomar, IAC and NOT telescopes, and X‐ray data taken by the XRT instrument on board the Swift spacecraft were used. This event features an unusual light curve. In X‐rays, it presents a constant decrease with no hint of temporal break from 0.005 to 6 days after the burst. In the optical, the light curve presents a flattening after 1 ks. Before this break, the optical light curve is steeper than that of the X‐ray. In the optical, no further break is observed up to 10 days after the burst. We failed to explain these observations in light of the standard fireball model. Several other models, including the cannonball model were investigated. The explanation of the broad band data by any model requires some fine tuning when taking into account both optical and X‐ray bands.
Published: 2010
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44. SVOM: a new mission for Gamma-Ray Burst Studies

Author: D. Götz, J. Paul, S. Basa, J. Wei, S. N. Zhang, J.-L. Atteia, D. Barret, B. Cordier, A. Claret, J. Deng, X. Fan, J. Y. Hu, M. Huang, P. Mandrou, S. Mereghetti, Y. Qiu, B. Wu, Charles Meegan, Chryssa Kouveliotou, and Neil Gehrels
Subjects: Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Spectrometer, Gravitational wave, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Field of view, Quasar, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Cosmology, law.invention, Telescope, law, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma-ray burst, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We present the SVOM (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Object Monitor) mission, that is being developed in cooperation between the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA), the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and the French Space Agency (CNES). Its scientific objectives include the study of the GRB phenomenon, GRB physics and progenitors, cosmology, and fundamental physics. SVOM is designed to detect all known types of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), to provide fast and reliable GRB positions, to measure the broadband spectral characteristics and temporal properties of the GRB prompt emission. This will be obtained in first place thanks to a set of four space flown instruments. A wide field (~2 sr) coded mask telescope (ECLAIRs), operating in the 4-250 keV energy range, will provide the triggers and localizations, while a gamma-ray non-imaging spectrometer (GRM), sensitive in the 50 keV-5 MeV domain, will extend the prompt emission energy coverage. After a satellite slew, in order to place the GRB direction within field of view of the two narrow field instruments - a soft X-ray (XIAO), and a visible telescope (VT) - the GRB position will be refined and the study of the early phases of the GRB afterglow will be possible. A set of three ground based dedicated instruments, two robotic telescopes (GFTs) and a wide angle optical monitor (GWAC), will complement the space borne instruments. Thanks to the low energy trigger threshold (~4 keV) of the ECLAIRs, SVOM is ideally suited for the detection of soft, hence potentially most distant, GRBs. Its observing strategy is optimized to facilitate follow-up observations from the largest ground based facilities., Comment: Proceedings of the 6th Huntsville Symposium on Gamma-Ray Bursts (October 20-23 2008). Figures in colour with respect to the published version
Published: 2009
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45. First gamma-ray burst observations with the sigma telescope

Author: D. Stepanov, Alyn Lambert, B. Cordier, S. Iounin, R. A. Sunyaev, I. Tchoulkov, J. Ballet, B. Novikov, F. Pelaez, M. Niel, J. A. Paul, N. G. Khavenson, J-L. Atteia, A. V. Kuznetsov, A. Diachkov, and B. Mena
Subjects: Physics, High rate, Atmospheric Science, Spacecraft, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Granat, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Sigma, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, law.invention, Telescope, Geophysics, Space and Planetary Science, law, Scintillation counter, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, business, Gamma-ray burst
Abstract: The anticoincidence shield of the SIGMA telescope is being used as a Gamma-Ray Burst detector. Six months after the launch of the GRANAT spacecraft, a dozen bursts have been detected whose main characteristics are presented here; in particular, the first observations reveal a unusually high rate of short, hard bursts.
Published: 1991
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46. New insights on cosmic gamma-ray bursts from the APEX experiment

Author: M. Niel, L. P. Moskaleva, V. S. Dolidze, E. Jourdain, R. Kucherova, A. M. Chernenko, J-L. Atteia, Yu. A. Surkov, Alexei Pozanenko, A. Vilchinskaya, G. Vedrenne, N. Khavenson, O. Scheglov, I. G. Mitrofanov, S. Khariukova, A.V. Dyachkov, C. Barat, and A. A. Kozlenkov
Subjects: Physics, Range (particle radiation), COSMIC cancer database, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Spectral line, Astronomical spectroscopy, Superposition principle, Neutron star, Space and Planetary Science, Gamma-ray burst
Abstract: The Soviet-French experiment APEX (Barat et al ., 1989. Instruments and Methods far Space Studies (Edited by Balebanov, V. M.), pp. 213–218) was designed to record cosmic gamma-ray transients in the 64 keV–9.2 MeV energy range. Between July 1988 and February 1989 about 80 cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) were detected, of which 50 were sufficiently strong to allow a study of their fine time/energy structure. This paper reviews the first results obtained at the time of the Phobos meeting, its goal is to point out interesting features appearing in the APEX data for 13 bursts. A detailed analysis of these observations is now under way, and results will be published in the near future. Although GRB time histories generally involve series of peaks with characteristic durations of several seconds, rich multi-pulse time structures on timescales down to several milliseconds are often observed within pulses. With a time resolution of several tens of milliseconds we have obtained evidence for fast spectral evolution ; various spectral components are found to vary on this scale. The observations show the previously known (Mazets et al ., 1981. Nature 290 , 378) absorption-like features below 100 keV as well as spectral features (either broad or line-like) in the range 200–1200 keV. A general conclusion is drawn that both multi-pulse time histories and multi-component energy spectra reflect the complex time/energy behaviour of cosmic GRBs. The observations could be explained by the superposition of variable elementary sources radiating gamma-rays in the vicinity of a neutron star.
Published: 1991
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47. On the absorption features in cosmic gamma-ray burst spectra recorded by the LILAS experiment

Author: R. A. Sunyaev, M.N. Lvov, C. Barat, G. Vedrenne, J-L. Atteia, N. Blinov, E. Jourdain, A. V. Kuznetsov, and O. V. Terekhov
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear physics, COSMIC cancer database, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cyclotron resonance, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Gamma-ray burst, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Spectral line, Astronomical spectroscopy, Magnetic field, Line (formation)
Abstract: The Franco-Soviet LILAS experiment aboard the Phobos 2 probe was designed for investigation of cosmic gamma-ray bursts in the 3–1000 keV energy range. Two consecutive spectra, from the 6 August 1988 event, exhibit multiple absorption structures when the emission appears to soften progressively. The line energies at about 14 and 28 keV for the first spectrum, and at about 20, 40 and 60 keV for the second one, strongly support a cyclotron resonance mechanism in a > 1012 G magnetic field.
Published: 1991
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48. Intrinsic properties of a complete sample of HETE-2 Gamma-Ray Bursts

Author: A. Pélangeon and J.‐L. Atteia
Subjects: Physics, Spatial density, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Frame (networking), Measure (physics), Gamma ray, Astronomy, Gamma-ray burst, Sample (graphics), Universe, media_common
Abstract: We present the main properties of a complete sample of HETE‐2 long Gamma‐Ray Bursts replaced in their source frame and the associated ‘spatial density’ distributions. This study enables us to measure the GRBs rate in the local universe.
Published: 2008
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49. Constraining the rate of GRB visible afterglows with the CFHTLS very wide survey

Author: F. Malacrino, J.-L. Atteia, M. Boër, A. Klotz, C. Veillet, J.-C. Cuillandre, M. Galassi, David Palmer, Ed Fenimore, Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP), Institut Pythéas (OSU PYTHEAS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR), Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT), National Research Council of Canada (NRC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-University of Hawai'i [Honolulu] (UH), RTAS Collaboration, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), and Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
Subjects: media_common.quotation_subject, FOS: Physical sciences, 02 engineering and technology, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Methods: data analysis, 0103 physical sciences, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, Gamma rays: bursts, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 020206 networking & telecommunications, Afterglow, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Magnitude (astronomy), 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing, Variable star, Gamma-ray burst
Abstract: We analyze images of the CFHTLS Very Wide Survey to search for visible orphan afterglows from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We have searched 490 square degrees down to magnitude r'=22.5 for visible transients similar to GRB afterglows. We translate our observations into constraints on the number of GRB visible afterglows in the sky, by measuring the detection efficiency of our search with a simulation reproducing the characteristics of our observational strategy and the properties of on-axis GRB afterglows. We have found only three potential candidates, of which two are most probably variable stars, and one presents similarities to an orphan afterglow. We constrain the number of visible afterglows to be less than 220 down to r'=22.5 in the whole sky at any time. Our observations are marginally consistent with the most optimistic model, which predicts orphan afterglows to be about 10 times more frequent than GRBs. This search has led to the detection of one possible GRB afterglow, and provides the strongest constraints on the rate of GRB visible afterglows as well as an estimation of the observing time required to detect a significant number of GRB afterglows., Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Accepted by A&A Letter
Published: 2008
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50. Are Short GRBs Really Hard?

Author: George R. Ricker, J. Tueller, N. Kawai, H. A. Krimm, C. Markwardt, D. Q. Lamb, V. Pal'Shin, A. M. Parsons, J. L. Atteia, Swift‐BAT, Konus‐Wind, Hete‐ team, G. Sato, E. P. Mazets, J. Cummings, David Palmer, Neil Gehrels, R. Aptekar, D. Hullinger, S. Golenetskii, T. L. Cline, L. M. Barbier, E. E. Fenimore, Scott Barthelmy, and T. Sakamoto
Subjects: Physics, Star formation, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, GRB 050509B, Spectral properties, Astronomy, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, GRB 050709, Gamma-ray burst, Short duration, Galaxy, Afterglow
Abstract: Thanks to the rapid position notice and response by HETE‐2 and Swift, the X‐ray afterglow emissions have been found for four recent short gamma‐ray bursts (GRBs; GRB 050509b, GRB 050709, GRB 050724, and GRB 050813). The positions of three out of four short GRBs are coincident with galaxies with no current or recent star formation. This discovery tightens the case for a different origin for short and long GRBs. On the other hand, from the prompt emission point of view, a short GRB shows a harder spectrum comparing to that of the long duration GRBs according to the BATSE observations. We investigate the prompt emission properties of four short GRBs observed by Swift/BAT. We found that the hardness of all four BAT short GRBs is in between the BATSE range for short and long GRBs. We will discuss the spectral properties of short GRBs including the short GRB sample of Konus‐Wind and HETE‐2 to understand the hard nature of the BATSE short GRBs.
Published: 2006
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