P. D’Avanzo

Research interests

Publications

• Compact radio emission indicates a structured jet was produced by a binary neutron star merger

  Science · 2019 · 10.1126/science.aau8815

• 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

• The evolution of the X-ray afterglow emission of GW 170817/ GRB 170817A in XMM-Newton observations

  Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2018 · 10.1051/0004-6361/201832664

• A Precise Distance to the Host Galaxy of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 Using Surface Brightness Fluctuations∗

  The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2018 · 10.3847/2041-8213/aaad64

• 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

• The X-ray counterpart to the gravitational-wave event GW170817

  Nature · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24290

• The Macronova in GRB 050709 and the GRB-macronova connection

  Nature Communications · 2016 · 10.1038/ncomms12898

• A complete sample of bright Swift long gamma-ray bursts: testing the spectral-energy correlations

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20394.x

• A COMPLETE SAMPLE OF BRIGHT SWIFT LONG GAMMA-RAY BURSTS. I. SAMPLE PRESENTATION, LUMINOSITY FUNCTION AND EVOLUTION

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2012 · 10.1088/0004-637x/749/1/68

• THE AFTERGLOWS OF SWIFT -ERA GAMMA-RAY BURSTS. II. TYPE I GRB VERSUS TYPE II GRB OPTICAL AFTERGLOWS

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/734/2/96

• Relativistic jet activity from the tidal disruption of a star by a massive black hole

  Nature · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10374

• A PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT OFz∼ 9.4 FOR GRB 090429B

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

• Discovery of the Onset of Rapid Accretion by a Dormant Massive Black Hole

  Journal · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1104.4787

• A VARIABLE MID-INFRARED SYNCHROTRON BREAK ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPACT JET IN GX 339-4

  The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2011 · 10.1088/2041-8205/740/1/l13

• 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

• 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

• Unveiling the origin of X-ray flares in gamma-ray bursts

  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2010 · 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17037.x

• GRB 090423 at a redshift of z ≈ 8.1

  Nature · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08445

• The Metamorphosis of Supernova SN 2008D/XRF 080109: A Link Between Supernovae and GRBs/Hypernovae

  Science · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1158088

• Broadband observations of the naked-eye γ-ray burst GRB 080319B

  Nature · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07270

• REM observations of GRB 060418 and GRB 060607A: the onset of the afterglow and the initial fireball Lorentz factor determination

  Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2007 · 10.1051/0004-6361:20077388

• An enigmatic long-lasting γ-ray burst not accompanied by a bright supernova

  Nature · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05374

• An origin for short γ-ray bursts unassociated with current star formation

  Nature · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04392

• SN 2003lw and GRB 031203: A Bright Supernova for a Faint Gamma-Ray Burst

  The Astrophysical Journal · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1086/422684

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