The Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall is a statistically significant clustering of gamma-ray bursts around redshift 2. Motivated by recent theoretical results indicating that a maximal Universal structure size may indeed coincide with its estimated size (2-3Gpc), we reexamine the question of this Great Wall's existence from both observational and theoretical perspectives. Our statistical analyses confirm the clustering's presence in the most reliable data set currently available, and we present a video showing what this data set looks like in~3D. Cosmological explanations (i.e. having to do with the distribution of gravitating matter) and astrophysical explanations (i.e. having to do with the rate of star formation over cosmic time and space) regarding the origin of such a structure are presented and briefly discussed and the role of observational bias is also discussed at length. This, together with the scientific importance of using gamma-ray bursts as unique cosmological probes, emphasises the need for future missions such as the THESEUS satellite which will provide us with unprecedentedly homogeneous data of gamma-ray bursts with measured redshifts. We conclude from all this that the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall may indeed be the largest structure in the Universe - but to be able to decide conclusively whether it actually exists, we need THESEUS.
Probing the potential high-energy messengers of the anticipated T Coronae Borealis outburst
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo(意大利国家天体物理研究所巴勒莫天文台);Institute for Applied Problems in Mechanics and Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine(乌克兰国家科学院应用力学与数学问题研究所);Center for Data Intensive and Time Domain Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University(密歇根州立大学物理与天文学系数据密集型时域天文中心);Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica E. Segrè, Università degli Studi di Palermo(巴勒莫大学E. Segre物理化学系)
Multi-wavelength study of the pre-eruption dip in the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis preceding imminent nova eruption
Liupanshui Normal University(六盘水师范学院);Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院上海天文台);Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院云南天文台);Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交通大学李政道研究所);Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities(黔南民族师范学院)
Predicting the X-ray signatures of the imminent T Coronae Borealis outburst through 3D hydrodynamic modeling
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo(意大利国家天体物理研究所巴勒莫天文台);Center for Data Intensive and Time Domain Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University(密歇根州立大学物理与天文学系数据密集型与时域天文中心);Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory(洛基德马丁太阳与天体物理学实验室);Dip. di Fisica e Chimica E. Segrè, Università degli Studi di Palermo(巴勒莫大学E. Segrè物理化学系);Institute for Applied Problems in Mechanics and Mathematics(力学与数学应用问题研究所)
The accretion-driven eruption of the recurrent nova T Corona Borealis
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina(圣卡塔琳娜联邦大学);Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE(国家空间研究所);Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM(马林加州立大学);Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham (UNAHUR)(乌尔希纳姆国立大学);Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)(国家科学研究委员会)
Spheroidal Resampling Analysis of High-Redshift Gamma-Ray Burst Spatial Densities
University of Public Service(公共服务大学);Konkoly Observatory, Research center for Astronomy and Earth Sciences(孔科利天文台,地球与天文学研究中心);The University of Alabama in Huntsville(阿拉巴马大学亨茨维尔分校);Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama in Huntsville(阿拉巴马大学亨茨维尔分校空间等离子体与高空大气研究科学中心);Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen(德布勒森大学理学院)
Reanalysing large-scale structure using an updated gamma-ray burst spatial density approach
University of Public Service(公共事务大学);Eötvös University(厄特沃什大学);The University of Alabama in Huntsville(阿拉巴马大学亨茨维尔分校);Konkoly Observatory, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences(孔科利天文台,地球与天文学研究中心);Department of Astronomy, Eötvös Loránd University(厄特沃什·罗兰大学天文学系);Visionary Tech & Event Solutions(远见科技与活动解决方案);Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research(空间等离子体与高空大气研究中心);University of Debrecen, Faculty of Science and Technology(德布勒森大学科学与技术学院)