'Optical afterglow' presentation slideshows

Lorenzo Amati INAF, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna

Cosmology with Gamma-Ray Bursts. Lorenzo Amati INAF, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna. XLIV Rencontres de Moriond La Thuile, February 1 - 8, 2009. Outline Gamma-Ray Bursts: promising powerful cosmological probes Cosmological parameters estimates with GRB:

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Gamma-ray Bursts and Their Afterglows

Gamma-ray Bursts and Their Afterglows. Lijin Huang (ASIAA). What are Gamma-rays?. Gamma-rays ( ? ) are a from of electromagnetic radiation or light emission of frequencies produced by sub-atomic particle interactions . They consist of high energy photon with energies above 100 keV.

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Transients in 10 Seconds or Less: Catching Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Act with ROTSE

Transients in 10 Seconds or Less: Catching Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Act with ROTSE. Dr. Eli Rykoff University of Michigan January 18 th , 2007 SLAC/KIPAC. Outline. Gamma-Ray Bursts Prompt Optical Emission from GRBs The ROTSE-III Telescope Array Recent Results

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COSMIC GAMMA-RAY BURSTS The Current Status

COSMIC GAMMA-RAY BURSTS The Current Status. Kevin Hurley UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory. SOME ABSOLUTELY INCONTROVERTIBLE GRB PROPERTIES THAT NO REASONABLE PERSON COULD POSSIBLY DISAGREE WITH.

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GRBs as a Probe of the Elemental Abundance History of the Universe

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Gamma-ray burst optical follow-ups with robotic telescopes

Gamma-ray burst optical follow-ups with robotic telescopes. Michael I. Andersen Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam. Introduction. GRB intro, BATSE, a Gamma-ray view The Beppo-SAX revolution GRB science with robotic telescopes. First robotic GRB observation. BATSE light curves.

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Fast dissemination of GRB afterglow information

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The most powerful explosions in the Universe Genesis and evolution of Supernova and

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Host Galaxy of Dark Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 051008

Host Galaxy of Dark Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 051008. A. Volnova (SAI MSU) , A. Pozanenko ( ISR RAS ) , V. Rumyantsev ( CrAO ) , M. Ibragimov ( Institute of Astronomy of UzAS ) , D. Sharapov ( Institute of Astronomy of UzAS ) , D. Kann ( Tautenburg Observatory ).

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Bethany E. Cobb Yale University

ANDICAM Observations of GRBs. Bethany E. Cobb Yale University. SMARTS 1.3m. Service/queue telescope On-site observer Interruptible queue allows for target-of-opportunity observations Observing time available > 80 total hours this semester ANDICAM simultaneous optical/NIR imaging FOV:

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The Canonical Swift/UVOT Lightcurve

Sam Oates (UCL-MSSL) On behalf of the Swift/UVOT team. UCL DEPARTMENT OF SPACE AND CLIMATE PHYSICS MULLARD SPACE SCIENCE LABORATORY. The Canonical Swift/UVOT Lightcurve. The Sample Criteria .

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IR and Optical Observations of GRB from Campo Imperatore

IR and Optical Observations of GRB from Campo Imperatore. R. Speziali, F. D'Alessio, L.A. Antonelli, A. Di Paola, L. Burderi, F. Fiore, G.L. Israel, D. Lorenzetti, F. Pedichini, L. Stella & F.Vitali. Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma. Abstract.

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