Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era

by Workshop on Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era 2000 (Rome, Italy); Frontera, F.; Hjorth, J.; Costa, Enrico

• ISBN13: 9783540427711
• ISBN10: 3540427716
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The information received from BeppoSAX, Chandra and other instruments in the last two years has more than doubled the number of samples of Gamma-Ray Bursts localized and followed up for afterglow search. This has also increased the interest of astronomers in GRBs. This book reviews the research of the last two years and covers the global properties of GRBs, GRB afterglows, GRB host galaxies, cosmology using GRBs, and theories for GRBs and their afterglows. Theoretical and observational aspects are presented as well as tools for the analysis of the data.

Table of Contents

Part I Global Properties of GRBs
Some Recent, Interesting Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts	3	(6)
K. Hurley
On the Fast Spectral Variability of GRBs	9	(4)
E.P. Mazets
R.L. Aptekar
P.S. Butterworth
T.L. Cline
D.D. Frederiks
S.V. Golenetskii
V.N. Il'inskii
V.D. Pal'shin
Spectral Properties of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts	13	(3)
W.S. Paciesas
R.D. Preece
M.S. Briggs
R.S. Mallozzi
X-Ray Flashes and X-Ray Rich Gamma Ray Bursts	16	(6)
J. Heise
J. in 't Zand
R.M. Kippen
P.M. Woods
BATSE Observations of Fast X-Ray Transients Detected by BeppoSAX-WFC	22	(4)
R.M. Kippen
P.M. Woods
J. Heise
J. in't Zand
R.D. Preece
M.S. Briggs
Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer	26	(8)
H. Bradt
A.M. Levine
F.E. Marshall
R.A. Remillard
D.A. Smith
T. Takeshima
Testing the Optically Thin Synchrotron Shock Model for Gamma-Ray Bursts Spectra from 2 to 700 keV with BeppoSAX	34	(3)
L. Amati
F. Frontera
M. Tavani
J.J.M. in 't Zand
E. Costa
C. Guidorzi
E. Montanari
P. Soffitta
On the Spectra of the Gamma-Ray Bursts	37	(3)
Z. Bagoly
I. Csabai
A. Meszaros
I. Horvath
R. Vavrek
L.G. Balazs
Short Gamma-Ray Bursts Are Different	40	(3)
J.P. Norris
J.D. Scargle
J.T. Bonnell
New Possibilities Offered by BeppoSAX: Automatic GRB Alerts Using GRBM	43	(4)
C. Guidorzi
F. Frontera
E. Montanari
F. Calura
L. Amati
E. Costa
M. Feroci
Probing the Isotropy in the Sky Distribution of the Gamma-Ray Bursts	47	(3)
A. Meszaros
Z. Bagoly
L.G. Balazs
I. Horvath
R. Vavrek
Analysis of the BATSE GRB Light Curves	50	(3)
B.M. Belli
Gamma-Ray Burst Follow Up Observations with BOOTES in 1998-2000	53	(3)
J.M. Castro Ceron
A.J. Castro-Tirado
R. Hudec
J. Soldan
M. Bernas
P. Pata
T.J. Mateo Sanguino
A. de Ugarte Postigo
J.A. Berna
M. Nekola
J. Gorosabel
B.A. de la Morena
J.M. Mas-Hesse
A. Gimenez
J. Torres Riera
Non-isotropic Angular Distribution for Very Short-Time Gamma-Ray Bursts?	56	(4)
D.B. Cline
C. Matthey
S. Otwinowski
Tools for Gamma-Ray Burst Data Mining	60	(3)
J. Hakkila
R.S. Mallozzi
R.J. Roiger
D.J. Haglin
G.N. Pendleton
C.A. Meegan
Broadband Spectral Deconvolution of GRBs	63	(3)
L. Hanlon
D. Kinsella
N. Murphy
B. McBreen
K. Bennett
O.R. Williams
C. Winkler
R. Preece
A Gamma-Ray Bursts' Fluence-Duration Correlation	66	(3)
I. Horvath
L.G. Balazs
P. Meszaros
Z. Bagoly
A. Meszaros
Estimation of Emission Time Parameter for APEX Experiment	69	(3)
A. Kozyrev
I. Mitrofanov
D. Anfimov
C. Barat
Quiescent Times in Gamma-Ray Bursts	72	(3)
A. Merloni
E. Ramirez-Ruiz
Neutrino Astrophysics with the MACRO Detector	75	(3)
T. Montaruli
F. Cei
R. Pazzi
F. Ronga
The Fingerprints of the GRB Process	78	(3)
F. Quilligan
B. McBreen
K. Hurley
L. Hanlon
D. Watson
S. McBreen
A Variety of Decays of Gamma-Ray Burst Pulses	81	(3)
F. Ryde
R. Svensson
The GRBs at Rest Frames of Emitters	84	(3)
A. Sanin
I. Mitrofanov
D. Anfimov
M. Litvak
M. Briggs
W. Paciesas
G. Pendleton
R. Preece
G. Fishman
C. Meegan
The Unique Signature of Shell Curvature in Gamma-Ray Bursts	87	(4)
A.M. Soderberg
E.E. Fenimore
Final Results of the Off-Line Scan of the BATSE Daily Records	91	(6)
B.E. Stern
Ya. Tikhomirova
D. Kompaneets
R. Svensson
Part II GRB Afterlows
X-Ray Afterglows and Features of Gamma-Ray Bursts	97	(9)
L. Piro
Transient Spectral Features in the Prompt Emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts with BeppoSAX	106	(6)
F. Frontera
L. Amati
E. Costa
C. Guidorzi
M. Vietri
J.J.M. in 't Zand
Discovery of a Redshifted Iron K-Line in the X-Ray Afterglow of GRB 000214	112	(3)
L.A. Antonelli
M. Vietri
L. Piro
E. Costa
P. Soffitta
M. Feroci
L. Amati
F. Frontera
E. Pian
J. in 't Zand
L. Stella
G.C. Perola
Observations of Iron Features with ASCA	115	(3)
T. Murakami
D. Yonetoku
A. Yoshida
Temporal and Spectral Analysis of X-Ray Aftergflows of GRBs Observed by BeppoSAX	118	(3)
G. Stratta
L. Piro
P. Soffitta
A. Antonelli
E. Costa
M. Feroci
F. Frontera
G. Gandolfi
J. Heise
J. in 't Zand
L. Nicastro
E. Pian
Optical/Near-IR Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era	121	(6)
A.J. Castro-Tirado
The GRB Followup Euro-US Consortium: Results from the ESO Telescopes	127	(3)
N. Masetti
GRB 000301C: A Possible Short/Intermediate Duration Burst Connected to a DLA System	130	(3)
J. Gorosabel
J.U. Fynbo
B.L. Jensen
P. Moller
H. Pedersen
J. Hjorth
M.I. Andersen
K. Hurley
Hunting Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Lyman Forest; GRB 000131 at z = 4.50	133	(3)
M.I. Andersen
J. Hjorth
H. Pedersen
B.L. Jensen
L.K. Hunt
J. Gorosabel
P. Moller
J. Fynbo
B. Thomsen
Evidence for a Supernova in the Ic Band Light Curve of the Optical Transient of GRB 970508	136	(3)
V.V. Sokolov
Hypernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts	139	(3)
P.A. Mazzali
K. Nomoto
K. Maeda
T. Nakamura
Theoretical Implications of the Gamma-Ray Burst-Supernova Connection	142	(6)
R.A. Chevalier
Properties of GRB Optical Afterglows: Colors and Luminosities	148	(3)
V. Simon
N. Masetti
R. Hudec
G. Pizzichini
GRB Optical Afterglows: Correlation between Pair of Parameters	151	(3)
C. Bartolini
G. Beskin
G. Cosentino
A. Guarnieri
A. Piccioni
A. Pozanenko
Broad-Band Modelling of GRB Afterglows	154	(3)
E. Berger
R. Sari
D. Frail
S. Kulkarni
The Jet and the Supernova in GRB 990712	157	(3)
G. Bjornsson
J. Hjorth
P. Jakobsson
L. Christensen
E.J. Lindfors
S. Holland
On the Transient Fe K-Edge in the Prompt Emission of GRB 990705	160	(3)
M. Bottcher
C.D. Dermer
L. Amati
F. Frontera
On the Detectability of Delayed X-Ray Flashes from GRBs	163	(3)
M. Bottcher
C.L. Fryer
E.P. Liang
I.A. Smith
Wolf-Rayet Stars and GRB Connection	166	(3)
A. Cherepashchuk
K. Postnov
Follow-Up Observations from Observatories Based in Spain	169	(3)
J. Gorosabel
A.J. Castro-Tirado
J. Greiner
J.M. Castro Ceron
S. Klose
N. Lund
Optical Observations of the Dark Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 000210	172	(3)
J. Gorosabel
J. Hjorth
H. Pedersen
B.L. Jensen
L.F. Olsen
L. Christensen
E. Mediavilla
R. Barrena
J.U. Fynbo
M.I. Andersen
A.O. Jaunsen
S. Holland
N. Lund
The Light Curves of GRB 990123 and GRB 990510	175	(3)
G. Bjornsson
S. Holland
J. Hjorth
B. Thomsen
GRB/SNe Correlations: Search for Unrecognized OAs of GRBs among Detected SNe	178	(3)
V. Hudcova
R. Hudec
N. Masetti
G. Pizzichini
E. Palazzi
Optical GRB Analyses: Results from Archival Plates	181	(4)
R. Hudec
W. Wenzel
EN: Simultaneous Optical Data for GRBs	185	(3)
R. Hudec
J. Florian
R. Smida
I. Stoklasova
J. Palek
N. Masetti
E. Palazzi
G. Pizzichini
Near-Infrared Polarimetric Observations of GRB Afterglows	188	(3)
S. Klose
B. Stecklum
O. Fischer
Iron Line Emission in X-Ray Afterglows	191	(4)
D. Lazzati
G. Ghisellini
M. Vietri
F. Fiore
L. Stella
BeppoSAX Observation of GRB990806: From the Prompt Emission to the X-Ray Afterglow	195	(3)
E. Montanari
L. Amati
F. Frontera
C. Guidorzi
M. Capalbi
E. Costa
M. Feroci
L. Piro
J. Heise
J.J.M. in 't Zand
E. Pian
E. Palazzi
N. Masetti
L. Nicastro
GRB000615 in X-Rays	198	(3)
L. Nicastro
G. Cusumano
A. Antonelli
L. Amati
F. Frontera
E. Palazzi
E. Pian
E. Costa
M. Feroci
L. Piro
J. in 't Zand
J. Heise
GRB980613 a Very Faint Burst with a Not So Faint Afterglow Detected by BeppoSAX	201	(3)
P. Soffitta
L. Amati
L.A. Antonelli
E. Costa
M. Feroci
F. Frontera
J. Heise
L. Nicastro
L. Piro
G. Stratta
J.J.M. in't Zand
Physical Constraints from Broadband Afterglow Fits: GRB000926 as an Example	204	(5)
S.A. Yost
R. Sari
F.A. Harrison
E. Berger
A. Diercks
T. Galama
D. Reichart
D. Frail
P.A. Price
Part III Host Galaxies and Cosmology with GRBs
The Observed Offset Distribution of GRBs about Their Hosts	209	(3)
J.S. Bloom
S.R. Kulkarni
A Deep, High-Resolution Imaging Survey of GRB Host Galaxies	212	(3)
N.R. Tanvir
S. Holland
M.I. Andersen
G. Bjornsson
J.U. Fynbo
J. Gorosabel
J. Hjorth
A. Jaunsen
P. Moller
P. Natarajan
B. Thomsen
Host Galaxies as Gamma-Ray Burst Distance Indicators	215	(3)
D. Band
R. Jimenez
T. Piran
The GRB Host Galaxies and Redshifts	218	(8)
S.G. Djorgovski
S.R. Kulkarni
J.S. Bloom
D.A. Frail
F.A. Harrison
T.J. Galama
D. Reichart
S.M. Castro
D. Fox
R. Sari
E. Berger
P. Price
S. Yost
R. Goodrich
F. Chaffee
Gamma-Ray Bursts as a Probe of Cosmology	226	(7)
D.Q. Lamb
D.E. Reichart
Construction of the Variability → Luminosity Estimator	233	(3)
D.E. Reichart
D.Q. Lamb
Early Afterglows as Probes for the Reionization Epoch	236	(3)
D. Lazzati
G. Ghisellini
F. Haardt
A. Fernandez-Soto
γ-Ray Burst Remnants: How Can We Find Them?	239	(4)
R. Perna
Progenitors of GRBs Originated in the Dense Star Clusters	243	(3)
Yu. N. Efremov
The Multiband Photometry of GRB Host Galaxies: Comparison with the Spectral Energy Distributions of Nearby Galaxies and Theoretical Modeling	246	(3)
V.V. Sokolov
T.A. Fatkhullin
V.N. Komarova
E.R. Kasimova
V.I. Korchagin
Multiscale Statistical Methods and the Angular Distribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts	249	(3)
R. Vavrek
L.G. Balazs
A. Meszaros
I. Horvath
Z. Bagoly
Determining the Gamma-Ray Burst Rate as a Function of Redshift	252	(5)
N. Weinberg
C. Graziani
D.Q. Lamb
D.E. Reichart
Part IV Theories for GRBs and Their Afterglows
Gamma-Ray Burst Models: The Central Engine	257	(6)
S.E. Woosley
High-Energy Particles from γ-Ray Bursts	263	(6)
E. Waxman
Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays and Neutron-Decay Halos from Gamma Ray Bursts	269	(3)
C.D. Dermer
On the Neutrino Flux from Gamma-Ray Bursts	272	(3)
D. Guetta
M. Spada
E. Waxman
Efficiency and Spectrum of Internal γ-Ray Burst Shocks	275	(3)
M. Spada
D. Guetta
E. Waxman
Observational Consequences of e± Pair Creation in γ-Ray Bursts	278	(3)
E. Ramirez-Ruiz
P. Madau
M.J. Rees
C. Thompson
The Close Environment of GRB	281	(7)
P. Meszaros
Failed Optical Afterglows	288	(3)
G. Ghisellini
D. Lazzati
S. Covino
Winds from Massive Stars and the Afterglows of γ-Ray Bursts	291	(3)
E. Ramirez-Ruiz
L.M. Dray
P. Madau
C.A. Tout
The Effects of a Gamma-Ray Burst on Nearby Preplanetary Systems	294	(3)
P. Duggan
B. McBreen
L. Hanlon
L. Metcalfe
A. Kvick
G. Vaughan
The Role of Dust in GRB Afterglows	297	(3)
D.Q. Lamb
Theory of GRB Afterglow	300	(6)
T. Piran
J. Granot
Strange Afterglows from Embedded GRBs: Reconciling Hypernovae with Slow Decays	306	(6)
R.A.M.J. Wijers
Light Curves from an Expanding Relativistic Jet	312	(3)
J. Granot
M. Miller
T. Piran
W.M. Suen
P.A. Hughes
GRBs and Fireball versus Precessing Gamma Jets	315	(3)
D. Fargion
Neutrino Pair Annihilation above a Kerr Black Hole with the Accretion Disk	318	(3)
K. Asano
Dissipation Efficiency of Internal Shocks in GRB	321	(3)
A.M. Beloborodov
Interaction between Internal Shocks and the Reverse Shock for a GRB in a Dense Stellar Wind	324	(3)
F. Daigne
R. Mochkovitch
GRB Synchrotron-Self-Compton Emission Generated by Self-Consistent Electron Distribution	327	(3)
E.V. Derishev
V.V. Kocharovsky
Vl.V. Kocharovsky
P. Meszaros
Effects of Free Neutrons on Gamma-Ray Bursts	330	(3)
E.V. Derishev
V.V. Kocharovsky
Vl.V. Kocharovsky
Bursts and Black Holes	333	(3)
A. Gomboc
A. Cadez
Light Curves of Optical Afterglows	336	(3)
F. Hroch
Ultra Efficient Internal Shocks	339	(3)
S. Kobayashi
R. Sari
Light Curves of GRB Optical Flashes	342	(3)
S. Kobayashi
100 GeV Photons from Gamma-Ray Burst Fireballs	345	(3)
Vl.V. Kocharovsky
E.V. Derishev
V.V. Kocharovsky
New Results on the Temporal Structure of GRBs	348	(3)
E. Nakar
T. Piran
Signature of a Highly Magnetized Millisecond Pulsar in GRB Afterglows	351	(6)
B. Zhang
P. Meszaros
Part V Experiments: Present and Future
The Swift Panchromatic GRB Mission	357	(3)
N. Gehrels
The Italian Contribution to the Swift Mission	360	(3)
G. Chincarini
G. Tagliaferri
F.M. Zerbi
The INTEGRAL Burst Alert System	363	(3)
S. Mereghetti
D.I. Cremonesi
J. Borkowski
AGILE and Gamma-Ray Bursts	366	(2)
M. Tavani
G. Barbiellini
A. Argan
N. Auricchio
P. Caraveo
A. Chen
V. Cocco
E. Costa
G. Di Cocco
G. Fedel
M. Feroci
M. Fiorini
M. Galli
A. Giuliani
C. Labanti
I. Lapshov
P. Lipari
F. Longo
S. Mereghetti
E. Morelli
A. Morselli
A. Pellizzoni
F. Perotti
P. Picozza
C. Pittori
C. Pontoni
M. Prest
M. Rapisarda
E. Rossi
A. Rubini
P. Soffitta
M. Trifoglio
E. Vallazza
S. Vercellone
D. Zanello
Gamma-Ray Bursts with SuperAGILE	368	(3)
M. Feroci
E. Costa
E. Del Monte
I. Lapshov
M. Rapisarda
P. Soffitta
G. Barbiellini
M. Prest
E. Vallazza
S. Mereghetti
M. Tavani
S. Vercellone
A. Morselli
F. Longo
The GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM)	371	(4)
G.G. Lichti
M.S. Briggs
R. Diehl
G. Fishman
R. Georgii
R.M. Kippen
C. Kouveliotou
C. Meegan
W. Paciesas
R. Preece
V. Schonfelder
A. von Kienlin
The IPN I: From the Past to the Future	375	(3)
T.L. Cline
K.C. Hurley
S. Barthelmy
P. Butterworth
M. Feroci
F. Frontera
S. Golenetskii
E. Mazets
J. Trombka
One Year of Rapid, Precise Gamma-Ray Burst Localizations by the Interplanetary Network	378	(3)
K. Hurley
T.L. Cline
S. Barthelmy
P. Butterworth
M. Feroci
F. Frontera
E. Montanari
C. Guidorzi
S. Golenetskii
E. Mazets
J. Trombka
GRBs of Energy E >10 GeV with ARGO-YBJ	381	(3)
S. Vernetto
Progress on MARGIE, a Gamma-Ray Burst Ultra-long Duration Balloon Mission	384	(3)
D. Band
M. Cherry
J. Stacy
T. Guzik
S. Kappadath
J. Buckley
P. Hink
J. Macri
M. McConnell
J. Ryan
J. Matteson
Simultaneous Detection of the High Energy and Optical Transients by Cerenkov Telescopes	387	(3)
G. Beskin
C. Bartolini
A. Guarnieri
A. Piccioni
S. Biryukov
D. Eichler
D. Faiman
PREPROCESS: A Fast Image Processing Software Tool	390	(3)
A. Di Paola
The HETE Triggering Algorithm	393	(3)
E.E. Fenimore
M. Galassi
The Status of the Ondrejov BART Experiment	396	(3)
R. Hudec
M. Nekola
P. Kubanek
C. Polasek
A.J. Castro-Tirado
Progress in Lobster Eye X-Ray Telescope Development	399	(3)
R. Hudec
A. Inneman
L. Pina
On the Feasibility of Independent Detections of Optical Afterglows of GRBs	402	(3)
R. Hudec
High Precision Space Astrometry of Cosmic GRBs	405	(7)
S.M. Kopeikin
V.G. Kurt
O.S. Ougolnikov
A.A. Sukhanov
New Version of Optical Transient Monitor for BOOTES Project	412	(3)
P. Pata
M. Bernas
A.J. Castro-Tirado
R. Hudec
High Resolution Spectroscopy of the X-Ray Emission of GRBs by IMXS-BOSS on the ISS	415	(3)
L. Piro
L. Colasanti
E. Costa
G. Gandolfi
P. Soffitta
F. Gatti
M. Razeti
D. Pergolesi
R. Vaccarone
G. Testera
M. Pallavicini
A. Ferrari
E. Trussoni
M. Orio
D. Mc Cammon
T. Sanders
M. Galeazzi
A. Szymkowiak
S. Porter
Statistics of Faint Variable Sources for GRB OA Analyses	418	(3)
J. Polcar
R. Hudec
H. Meusinger
Event Rates in SuperAGILE and HETE	421	(3)
B. Preger
E.E. Fenimore
E. Costa
IR and Optical Observations of GRB from Campo Imperatore	424	(3)
R. Speziali
F. D'Alessio
L. A. Antonelli
A. Di Paola
L. Burderi
F. Fiore
G. Israel
D. Lorenzetti
F. Pedichini
L. Stella
F. Vitali
A GRB Detection System Using the BGO-Shield of the INTEGRAL-Sectrometer SPI	427	(4)
A. von Kienlin
N. Arend
G.G. Lichti
A Preview of the Swift UVOT Capabilities: Imaging and Lightcurves from XMM-Newton OM	431	(3)
S. Zane
K.O. Mason
M.S. Cropper
T.E. Kennedy
J. Nousek
P. Roming
M. McLelland
REM--Rapid Eye Mount. A Fast Slewing Robotized Telescope to Monitor the Prompt Infra-red Afterglow of GRBs	434	(3)
F.M. Zerbi
G. Chincarini
M. Rodono
A. Antonelli
L. Burderi
S. Campana
P. Conconi
S. Covino
G. Cutispoto
G. Ghisellini
D. Lazzati
E. Martinetti
E. Molinari
S. Sardone
L. Stella
F. Vitali
List of Participants	437