Search Results - "Wijers, R."

Coherent curvature radiation: maximum luminosity and high-energy emission by Cooper, A J, Wijers, R A M J

“…ABSTRACT High brightness temperature radio transients such as pulsars and fast radio bursts (FRBs) require the coherent radiation of particles. The antenna…”
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Constraining a neutron star merger origin for localized fast radio bursts by Gourdji, K, Rowlinson, A, Wijers, R A M J, Goldstein, A

“…ABSTRACT What the progenitors of fast radio bursts (FRBs) are, and whether there are multiple types of progenitors are open questions. The advent of localized…”
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Exploring the GRB population: robust afterglow modelling by Aksulu, M D, Wijers, R A M J, van Eerten, H J, van der Horst, A J

“…ABSTRACT Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are ultra-relativistic collimated outflows, which emit synchrotron radiation throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum…”
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Constraining properties of GRB magnetar central engines using the observed plateau luminosity and duration correlation by Rowlinson, A., Gompertz, B. P., Dainotti, M., O'Brien, P. T., Wijers, R. A. M. J., van der Horst, A. J.

“…An intrinsic correlation has been identified between the luminosity and duration of plateaus in the X-ray afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs; Dainotti et al…”
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Radio afterglows of very high-energy gamma-ray bursts 190829A and 180720B by Rhodes, L, van der Horst, A J, Fender, R, Monageng, I M, Anderson, G E, Antoniadis, J, Bietenholz, M F, Böttcher, M, Bright, J S, Green, D A, Kouveliotou, C, Kramer, M, Motta, S E, Wijers, R A M J, Williams, D R A, Woudt, P A

“…ABSTRACT We present high-cadence multifrequency radio observations of the long gamma-ray burst (GRB) 190829A, which was detected at photon energies above 100…”
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The AARTFAAC Cosmic Explorer: observations of the 21-cm power spectrum in the EDGES absorption trough by Gehlot, B K, Mertens, F G, Koopmans, L V E, Offringa, A R, Shulevski, A, Mevius, M, Brentjens, M A, Kuiack, M, Pandey, V N, Rowlinson, A, Sardarabadi, A M, Vedantham, H K, Wijers, R A M J, Yatawatta, S, Zaroubi, S

“…ABSTRACT The 21-cm absorption feature reported by the EDGES collaboration is several times stronger than that predicted by traditional astrophysical models. If…”
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LOFAR early-time search for coherent radio emission from short GRB 181123B by Rowlinson, A, Starling, R L C, Gourdji, K, Anderson, G E, ter Veen, S, Mandhai, S, Wijers, R A M J, Shimwell, T W, van der Horst, A J

“…ABSTRACT The mergers of two neutron stars are typically accompanied by broad-band electromagnetic emission from either a relativistic jet or a kilonova. It has…”
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Pulsar revival in neutron star mergers: multimessenger prospects for the discovery of pre-merger coherent radio emission by Cooper, A J, Gupta, O, Wadiasingh, Z, Wijers, R A M J, Boersma, O M, Andreoni, I, Rowlinson, A, Gourdji, K

“…ABSTRACT We investigate pre-merger coherent radio emission from neutron star mergers arising due to the magnetospheric interaction between compact objects. We…”
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A new approach to modelling gamma-ray burst afterglows: using Gaussian processes to account for the systematics by Aksulu, M D, Wijers, R A M J, van Eerten, H J, van der Horst, A J

“…ABSTRACT The afterglow emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is a valuable source of information to understand the physics of these energetic explosions. The…”
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Searching for low radio-frequency gravitational wave counterparts in wide-field LOFAR data by Gourdji, K, Rowlinson, A, Wijers, R A M J, Broderick, J W, Shulevski, A, Jonker, P G

“…ABSTRACT The electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave (GW) merger events are highly sought after, but difficult to find owing to large localization…”
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LOFAR observations of gravitational wave merger events: O3 results and O4 strategy by Gourdji, K, Rowlinson, A, Wijers, R A M J, Broderick, J W, Shulevski, A

“…ABSTRACT The electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave (GW) merger events hold immense scientific value, but are difficult to detect due to the…”
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The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager catalogue of gamma-ray burst afterglows at 15.7 GHz by Anderson, G. E., Staley, T. D., van der Horst, A. J., Fender, R. P., Rowlinson, A., Mooley, K. P., Broderick, J. W., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Rumsey, C., Titterington, D. J.

“…Abstract We present the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI) Large Array catalogue of 139 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). AMI observes at a central frequency of 15.7…”
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The fraction of ionizing radiation from massive stars that escapes to the intergalactic medium by Tanvir, N R, Fynbo, J P U, Postigo, A de Ugarte, Japelj, J, Wiersema, K, Malesani, D, Perley, D A, Levan, A J, Selsing, J, Cenko, S B, Kann, D A, Milvang-Jensen, B, Berger, E, Cano, Z, Chornock, R, Covino, S, Cucchiara, A, D’Elia, V, Gargiulo, A, Goldoni, P, Gomboc, A, Heintz, K E, Hjorth, J, Izzo, L, Jakobsson, P, Kaper, L, Krühler, T, Laskar, T, Myers, M, Piranomonte, S, Pugliese, G, Rossi, A, Sánchez-Ramírez, R, Schulze, S, Sparre, M, Stanway, E R, Tagliaferri, G, Thöne, C C, Vergani, S, Vreeswijk, P M, Wijers, R A M J, Watson, D, Xu, D

“…Whether stars could have driven the reionization of the intergalactic medium depends critically on the proportion of ionizing radiation that escapes the…”
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Needle-like structures discovered on positively charged lightning branches by Hare, B. M., Scholten, O., Dwyer, J., Trinh, T. N. G., Buitink, S., ter Veen, S., Bonardi, A., Corstanje, A., Falcke, H., Hörandel, J. R., Huege, T., Mitra, P., Mulrey, K., Nelles, A., Rachen, J. P., Rossetto, L., Schellart, P., Winchen, T., Anderson, J., Avruch, I. M., Bentum, M. J., Blaauw, R., Broderick, J. W., Brouw, W. N., Brüggen, M., Butcher, H. R., Ciardi, B., Fallows, R. A., de Geus, E., Duscha, S., Eislöffel, J., Garrett, M. A., Grießmeier, J. M., Gunst, A. W., van Haarlem, M. P., Hessels, J. W. T., Hoeft, M., van der Horst, A. J., Iacobelli, M., Koopmans, L. V. E., Krankowski, A., Maat, P., Norden, M. J., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, V. N., Pekal, R., Pizzo, R., Reich, W., Rothkaehl, H., Röttgering, H. J. A., Rowlinson, A., Schwarz, D. J., Shulevski, A., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Soida, M., Tagger, M., Toribio, M. C., van Ardenne, A., Wijers, R. A. M. J., van Weeren, R. J., Wucknitz, O., Zarka, P., Zucca, P.

“…Lightning is a dangerous yet poorly understood natural phenomenon. Lightning forms a network of plasma channels propagating away from the initiation point with…”
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21 new long-term variables in the GX 339−4 field: two years of MeerKAT monitoring by Driessen, L N, Stappers, B W, Tremou, E, Fender, R P, Woudt, P A, Armstrong, R, Bloemen, S, Groot, P, Heywood, I, Horesh, A, van der Horst, A J, Koerding, E, McBride, V A, Miller-Jones, J C A, Mooley, K P, Rowlinson, A, Wijers, R A M J

“…ABSTRACT We present 21 new long-term variable radio sources found commensally in 2 yr of weekly MeerKAT monitoring of the low-mass X-ray binary GX 339−4. The…”
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Intra-tumoral production of IL18, but not IL12, by TCR-engineered T cells is non-toxic and counteracts immune evasion of solid tumors by Kunert, A., Chmielewski, M., Wijers, R., Berrevoets, C., Abken, H., Debets, R.

“…Adoptive therapy with engineered T cells shows promising results in treating patients with malignant disease, but is challenged by incomplete responses and…”
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The optical afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst associated with GW170817 by Lyman, J. D., Lamb, G. P., Levan, A. J., Mandel, I., Tanvir, N. R., Kobayashi, S., Gompertz, B., Hjorth, J., Fruchter, A. S., Kangas, T., Steeghs, D., Steele, I. A., Cano, Z., Copperwheat, C., Evans, P. A., Fynbo, J. P. U., Gall, C., Im, M., Izzo, L., Jakobsson, P., Milvang-Jensen, B., O’Brien, P., Osborne, J. P., Palazzi, E., Perley, D. A., Pian, E., Rosswog, S., Rowlinson, A., Schulze, S., Stanway, E. R., Sutton, P., Thöne, C. C., de Ugarte Postigo, A., Watson, D. J., Wiersema, K., Wijers, R. A. M. J.

“…The binary neutron star merger GW170817 was the first multi-messenger event observed in both gravitational and electromagnetic waves 1 , 2 . The…”
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Search and identification of transient and variable radio sources using MeerKAT observations: a case study on the MAXI J1820+070 field by Rowlinson, A, Meijn, J, Bright, J, van der Horst, A J, Chastain, S, Fijma, S, Fender, R, Heywood, I, Wijers, R A M J, Woudt, P A, Andersson, A, Sivakoff, G R, Tremou, E, Driessen, L N

“…ABSTRACT Many transient and variable sources detected at multiple wavelengths are also observed to vary at radio frequencies. However, these samples are…”
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A comprehensive radio view of the extremely bright gamma-ray burst 130427A by van der Horst, A. J., Paragi, Z., de Bruyn, A. G., Granot, J., Kouveliotou, C., Wiersema, K., Starling, R. L. C., Curran, P. A., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Rowlinson, A., Anderson, G. A., Fender, R. P., Yang, J., Strom, R. G.

“…GRB 130427A was extremely bright as a result of occurring at low redshift whilst the energetics were more typical of high-redshift gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). We…”
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Testing afterglow models of FRB 200428 with early post-burst observations of SGR 1935 + 2154 by Cooper, A J, Rowlinson, A, Wijers, R A M J, Bassa, C, Gourdji, K, Hessels, J, van der Horst, A J, Kondratiev, V, Michilli, D, Pleunis, Z, Shimwell, T, ter Veen, S

“…ABSTRACT We present LOFAR imaging observations from the April/May 2020 active episode of magnetar SGR 1935 + 2154. We place the earliest radio limits on…”
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