The Case of the Missing Very High-energy Gamma-Ray Bursts: A Retrospective Study of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are particle acceleration sites that can emit photons in the very high-energy (VHE) domain through nonthermal processes. From 2004 until 2018, the current generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) did not detect any GRB in the VHE domain. However, from 20...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical Journal
Main Authors:	H. Ashkar, A. Sangaré, S. Fegan, J. Damascene Mbarubucyeye, E. Ruiz-Velasco, S. J. Zhu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Gamma-ray bursts Transient sources Gamma-ray observatories Gamma-ray transient sources Gamma-ray telescopes Gamma-ray astronomy
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad26fa

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