Gamma-ray Bursts in the Swift Era: Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference

, by October Astrophysics Conference 2005 Was; Holt, Stephen S.; Gehrels, Neil; Nousek, John A.

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ISBN: 9780735403260 | 0735403260
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This is the sixteenth conference of the current series of annual October Astrophysics Conferences in Maryland. It was devoted to the discussion of gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions since the Big Bang. Results from the newly launched Swift mission and other observatories are solving the mysteries of the origin of the bursts. Over 250 scientists from the international astronomical community gathered to debate the meaning of the recent discoveries.

A history of gamma ray bursts and other astronomical conundrums	p. 3
The Swift gamma-ray burst mission : first results	p. 14
Observations of the short-duration gamma-ray bursts : prompt emission	p. 25
The afterglows and host galaxies of short GRBs : an overview	p. 33
Are short GRBs really hard?	p. 43
Late flares from GRBs-clues about the central engine	p. 48
The short/hard GRB 050709 and its star-forming host galaxy	p. 54
The rate and luminosity function of short GRBs	p. 58
A magnetar flare in the BATSE catalog?	p. 64
Short GRB progenitors : population synthesis predictions vs. observations	p. 68
External shock model for the radio afterglows of giant flares from soft [gamma]-ray repeaters	p. 72
The latest two GRB detected by hete-2 : GRB 051022 and GRB 051028	p. 79
The Swift prompt sample	p. 85
Stochastic wakefield acceleration in gamma-ray bursts	p. 91
External shock interactions of GRB blast waves and the Swift observations	p. 97
GRB 050315 : a step in the proof of the uniqueness of the overall GRB structure	p. 103
Prompt [gamma]-ray emission spectroscopy with RHESSI	p. 109
Constraints on TeV emission from GRBs from the GeV extragalactic diffuse gamma-ray flux	p. 113
Gamma-ray burst jet profiles and their signatures	p. 117
Are long-lag GRBs different than other long GRBs?	p. 121
Properties of the intermediate type of gamma-ray bursts	p. 125
Statistical analyses of RHESSSI GRB database	p. 129
The complete spectral catalog of bright BATSE gamma-ray bursts	p. 133
The "supercritical pile" model of GRB : spectra and their time development	p. 137
GRB 050717 : a long, short-lag burst observed by Swift and Konus	p. 141
Correlative analysis of GRBs detected by Swift, Konus and HETE	p. 145
An improved redshift indicator for gamma-ray bursts, based on the prompt emission	p. 149
Numerical simulation of 2-D relativistic hydrodynamics using adaptive mesh refinement technique	p. 153
PIC simulations of prompt GRB emissions	p. 157
Gamma-ray bursts and giant lighting discharges in protoplanetary systems	p. 161
Observations of gamma-ray bursts with INTEGRAL	p. 165
A key to the spectral variability of prompt GRBs	p. 169
Temporal and spectral analyses of SGRs observed by HETE-2	p. 173
Properties of multi pulsed GRBs seen by HETE-2	p. 177
The observable effect of a photospheric component on GRB's prompt emission spectrum : peak energy clustering and flat spectra above the thermal peak	p. 181
INTEGRAL observations of the nearby, under-luminous gamma-ray burst GRB 031203	p. 185
Mechanical model for relativistic blast waves and stratified fireballs	p. 189
Neutrino-cooled accretion disks around spinning black holes	p. 193
Compton spectrum from Poynting flux accelerated e+e- plasma	p. 197
Suzaku wide-band all-sky monitor observations of GRB prompt emissions	p. 201
Tail emission of prompt gamma-ray burst jets	p. 205
The GRB luminosity function in the internal shock model	p. 209
The Swift XRT : observations of early x-ray afterglows	p. 215
Observations of early optical afterglow	p. 224
Theories of early afterglow	p. 234
The prompt and early afterglow x-ray spectra of Swift GRBs	p. 244
Are XRFs really off-jet GRBs?	p. 253
X-ray line emission in Swift XRT spectra?	p. 259
Simulation studies of early afterglows observed with SWIFT	p. 265
Observation of the prompt and early afterglow of GRB 050904 by TAROT	p. 271
Rapidly detecting extincted bursts with KAIT and PAIRITEL	p. 277
GRB 050421 : a possible naked burst with x-ray flares	p. 281
Swift and XMM observations of the dark GRB 050326	p. 285
GRB 050117 : simultaneous gamma-ray and x-ray observations with the Swift satellite	p. 289
Rapid GRB afterglow response with SARA	p. 293
Rapid centroids and the refined position accuracy of the Swift gamma-ray burst catalogue	p. 297
Early afterglow and variability	p. 301
Searching for early optical transients of gamma-ray bursts with TAROT - technical status	p. 305
Rapid identification of GRB afterglows with Swift/UVOT	p. 309
Can GRB early x-ray afterglows be explained by a contribution from the reverse shock?	p. 313
The Swift x-ray flaring afterglow of GRB 050607	p. 317
A tale of two faint bursts : GRB 050223 and GRB 050911	p. 321
GRB follow-up observations with the Whipple telescope and VERITAS	p. 325
Colors and absolute magnitude of the optical afterglow of the short GRB050709	p. 329
Near infrared monitoring of the afterglow of the very bright Swift burst GRB 050525	p. 333
Shallow decay of early x-ray afterglows from inhomogeneous gamma-ray burst jets	p. 337
Slow and fast components in x-ray light curves of GRBs from BeppoSAX WFC archive	p. 341
Automated detection of optical counterparts to GRBs with RAPTOR	p. 345
ROTSE-III performance in the Swift era	p. 349
Bumps in the optical afterglow of GRB 030329 : refreshed shocks and evidence for internal shocks in GRBs?	p. 353
The broadband afterglow of GRB 030328	p. 357
Colors of optical afterglows of GRBs in analysis of the dust in their environemnt	p. 361
Supernova and GRB connection : observations and questions	p. 367
A broadband perspective on the GRB-SN connection	p. 380
Late-time x-ray flares during GRB afterglows : extended internal engine activity	p. 386
Physical origin of x-ray flares following GRBs	p. 392
The supernova gamma-ray burst connection	p. 398
Evidence for intrinsic absorption in the Swift x-ray afterglows	p. 408
Constraining the GRB collimation with a survey for orphan afterglows	p. 414
Long-term optical monitoring of GRB 030329	p. 420
XRF 011030 : the case of a late x-ray flare observed by BeppoSAX	p. 424
A catalog of x-ray afterglows observed by BeppoSAX, XMM-Newton and Chandra	p. 428
Swift observations of GRB 050603	p. 432
Swift panchromatic observations of the bright gamma-ray burst GRB 050525A	p. 436
Correlation of color behaviour of blazars and optical afterglows of GRBs	p. 440
Identification of two categories of optically bright gamma-ray bursts and a model-independent luminosity indicator	p. 444
Optically selected GRB afterglows	p. 448
Afterglow calculation in the Blandford-Lyutikov electromagnetic model of GRBs	p. 452
Interaction of electromagnetic dominated outflow with inhomogeneous ambient medium	p. 456
Search for correlations between BATSE gamma-ray bursts and supernovae	p. 460
GRB supernova luminosities - correcting for the host extinction	p. 464
The frontier of darkness : the cases of GRB 040223, GRB 040422, GRB 040624	p. 467
Constraints on the diverse progenitors of GRBs from the large-scale environments	p. 473
The electromagnetic model of gamma ray bursts	p. 483
The progenitors of short gamma-ray bursts	p. 493
GRB cosmology and the first stars	p. 503
Long gamma-ray bursts as standard candles	p. 513
Variability in GRB host galaxy line fluxes	p. 522
Missing GRB host galaxies in deep mid-infrared observations : implications on the use of GRBs as star formation tracers	p. 528
GRB afterglows as a new ISM and IGM probe	p. 534
GRB host studies (GHostS)	p. 540
The redshift distribution of long gamma-ray bursts	p. 546
GRB 050814 at z = 5.3 and the redshift distribution of Swift GRBs	p. 552
The true redshift distribution of pre-SWIFT gamma-ray bursts	p. 558
GRB 050904 : the oldest cosmic explosion ever observed in the universe	p. 564
X-ray flare in XRF 050406 : evidence for prolonged engine activity	p. 570
The very long x-ray afterglow of XRF 050416A	p. 574
Confirmation of the E[subscript peak][superscript ure]-E[subscript iso] (amati) relation from the x-ray flash XRF 050416A observed by Swift/BAT	p. 578
The x-ray spectrum and lightcurve of the redshift 6.29 [gamma]-ray : burst GRB 050904	p. 582
Non-photonic emissions from [gamma]-ray bursts	p. 589
A new search paradigm for correlated neutrino emission from discrete GRBs using Antarctic Cherenkov telescopes in the Swift era	p. 599
Searching for cataclysmic cosmic events with a coincident gamma-ray burst and gravitational wave signature	p. 605
Spectroscopy of the brightest bursts up to energies of 200MeV	p. 612
The search for neutrinos from gamma ray bursts with AMANDA	p. 616
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