Constraining gamma-ray burst viewing angles with Swift/XRT afterglow light curves

arXiv:2608.25313 · astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-08-26 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-08-26

Updated: 2026-08-26

Terminology

• Core — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Robustness — 3× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Anti-correlation — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Calibration — 2× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Swift X-Ray Telescope — 2× in this paper
• Adiabatic Evolution — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Bayesian Inference — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory — 1× in this paper
• Markov Chain Monte Carlo — 1× in this paper
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• The Structure and Dynamics of GRB Jets
• Jets and Gamma-Ray Burst Unification Schemes

Related papers

• Numerical Studies of Accretion Flows onto a Neutron Star Engulfed in a Massive Star
• Collisionless Accretion of Finite-Angular-Momentum Plasma onto a Spinning Black Hole
• Impact of Magnetic Field Topology on Electromagnetic and Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Star Merger Remnants
• XRISM Resolve Spectroscopy of GX 5-1: Constraints on Iron Spectral Features in a Luminous Neutron-Star Binary
• SN 1006: A Cosmic Laboratory for Investigating Shock Acceleration Physics
• Neutrino Spectral Pinching in 3D Core-Collapse Supernovae: Late-Time Convergence, Failed-Explosion Signatures, and Viewing-Angle Dispersion