N. R. Tanvir

Research interests

Publications

• A kilonova following a long-duration gamma-ray burst at 350 Mpc

  Nature · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05390-w

• The optical afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst associated with GW170817

  Nature Astronomy · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0511-3

• The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

  Advances in Space Research · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.010

• Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron-star merger

  Nature · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24298

• The Emergence of a Lanthanide-rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

  The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa90b6

• GRB hosts through cosmic time

  Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425561

• A NEW POPULATION OF ULTRA-LONG DURATION GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/781/1/13

• Signatures of magnetar central engines in short GRB light curves

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts683

• A ‘kilonova’ associated with the short-duration γ-ray burst GRB 130603B

  Nature · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12505

• SWIFT J2058.4+0516: DISCOVERY OF A POSSIBLE SECOND RELATIVISTIC TIDAL DISRUPTION FLARE?

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/753/1/77

• A PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT OFz∼ 9.4 FOR GRB 090429B

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/736/1/7

• A Possible Relativistic Jetted Outburst from a Massive Black Hole Fed by a Tidally Disrupted Star

  Science · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1207150

• An Extremely Luminous Panchromatic Outburst from the Nucleus of a Distant Galaxy

  Science · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1207143

• Discovery of the nearby long, soft GRB 100316D with an associated supernova

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17879.x

• The unusual X-ray emission of the short Swift GRB 090515: evidence for the formation of a magnetar?

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17354.x

• THE AFTERGLOWS OFSWIFT-ERA GAMMA-RAY BURSTS. I. COMPARING PRE-SWIFTANDSWIFT-ERA LONG/SOFT (TYPE II) GRB OPTICAL AFTERGLOWS

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/720/2/1513

• The remnants of galaxy formation from a panoramic survey of the region around M31

  Nature · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08327

• A γ-ray burst at a redshift of z ≈ 8.2

  Nature · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08459

• LOW-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY OF GAMMA-RAY BURST OPTICAL AFTERGLOWS: BIASES IN THE SWIFT SAMPLE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ABSORBERS

  The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/185/2/526

• Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample of Swift -XRT observations of GRBs

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14913.x

• Long γ-ray bursts and core-collapse supernovae have different environments

  Nature · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04787

• An optical supernova associated with the X-ray flash XRF 060218

  Nature · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05082

• A mean redshift of 2.8 forSwiftgamma-ray bursts

  Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054287

• A very energetic supernova associated with the γ-ray burst of 29 March 2003

  Nature · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01750

• An unusual supernova in the error box of the γ-ray burst of 25 April 1998

  Nature · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1038/27150

• Discovery of the peculiar supernova 1998bw in the error box of GRB980425

  CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9806175

• Transient optical emission from the error box of the γ-ray burst of 28 February 1997

  Nature · 1997 · https://doi.org/10.1038/386686a0

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