Parallel sessions

Since their first discovery in the 1960s, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have grown to be amongst the most promising astrophysical transients for testing fundamental and extreme physics, and cosmology. However, although our understanding of these high-energy transients has improved over the last 50 years, the gaps in our knowledge hinders their full potential. Historically, GRB science has leapt forward when new temporal and spectral windows have opened, and today, the scheduled advances in transient telescope facilities from radio through to gamma-rays, and the first multi-messenger detections via gravitational-waves, and neutrinos offer a tantalising opportunity for new breakthroughs. This vast discovery potential will be fulfilled for GRB science via new facilities such as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and James Webb Space Telescope at optical/infrared wavelengths, Einstein Probe and SVOM at X-ray frequencies, Cherenkov Telescope Array at high energy, and Square Kilometer Array at radio frequencies. Plus the ongoing multi-messenger discoveries with Ice-Cube via neutrinos, and LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA via gravitational-waves. As we enter this new era for transient astronomy, we should take stock of the most recent discoveries and advances in GRB science. Our session will platform the latest observational results, advances in theory, and instrumentation developments for the search, understanding, discovery, and applied use of GRBs. With these talks, we will foster discussion and collaboration that will maximise the science returns from the new transient facilities.