Program

     

Monday, October 18

     

12:30 PM

Registration and Poster Setup

 
     

1:30 PM

SGR/Magnetar Workshop S. Kulkarni, Chair

     
 

Opening Remarks

 
     
 

Kevin Hurley

Invited review: The 4.5 +/- 0.5 Soft Gamma Repeaters in Review

SGR-01

     
 

Felix Mirabel

Infrared Observations of SGR 1806-20

SGR-02

     
 

K. Hurley

Observations of a possible new soft gamma repeater, SGR1801-23

SGR-03

     
 

Marco Feroci

BeppoSAX and Ulysses data on the giant flare from SGR 1900+14

SGR-04

     
 

T. Murakami

ASCA Deep Searches for an X-ray Pulsar from SGR1627-41 & SGR0526-66

SGR-05

     
 

David Marsden

Nature vs. Nurture: The Environment of SGRs

SGR-06

     
 

Richard E. Rothschild

Is SGR 1900+14 A Magnetar?

SGR-07

     
 

Peter Woods

Variable Spin-down in the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1900+14 and Correlations with Burst Activity

SGR-08

     
 

Eric Gotthelf

Rock Steady: Spin History of the Kes 73 Magnetar

SGR-09

     

3:45 PM

Break

 
     

4:15 PM

Robert C. Duncan

Invited review: Magnetar Physics and Spindown Evolution

SGR-10

     
 

Christopher Thompson

Supernova Instabilities and the Formation of Magnetars

SGR-11

     
     
 

Peter L. Gonthier

Relativistic Compton Scattering in Ultra-Strong Magnetic Fields

SGR-13

     
 

David Palmer

SGRs as Relaxation Systems

SGR-14

     

5:30 PM

Poster Setup for GRB Symposium

 
     

7:00-9:00 PM

Reception and Registration at the Huntsville Museum of Art

 

 

     

Tuesday, October 19

     

7:30 AM

Refreshments, Registration, and Poster Setup

 
     

8:30 AM

Session G-1: Gamma-Ray Observations I R. M. Kippen, Chair

     
 

Gerald Fishman

Opening Remarks &

Invited Review: Observations of GRBs: Current and Future

G-01

     
 

Maarten Schmidt

Luminosities, Space Densities and Redshift Distributions of Gamma-Ray Bursts

G-02

     
 

Ming Deng

Constraining the Luminosity Function of GRBs from Time Dilation, Brightness Distribution and Redshift Data

G-03

     
 

Igor Mitrofanov

Rest Frame Properties of Gamma Ray Bursts

G-04

     
 

Charles Meegan

A Summary of Biases in the BATSE Burst Trigger

G-05

     

10:00 AM

Break

 
     

10:30 AM

Jon Hakkila

Properties of Gamma-Ray Burst Classes

G-06

     
 

G. Marani

Attributes of GRB Pulses: Bayesian Blocks and Pulses for a Sample of Nearly 2000 GRB Time Profiles

G-07

     
 

Fergus Quilligan

Unusual Properties of the Time Profiles in Bright GRBs

G-08

     
 

Jay Norris

Connection Between Energy-Dependent Lags and Peak Luminosity

in Gamma-Ray Bursts

G-09

     
 

Maxim Litvak

The Early and Late Stages as Two Physically Different Parts of Burst Time Profile

G-10

     
 

Istvan Horvath

The duration errors of the gamma-ray bursts

G-11

     
 

A. M. Beloborodov

Power Density Spectra of Gamma-Ray Bursts

G-12

     

12:00 PM

Lunch and Poster Viewing

 
     

2:00 PM

Session G-2: Gamma-Ray Observations II R. Mallozzi, Chair

     
 

Robert Preece

Invited Review: Gamma Ray Burst Spectroscopy

G-13

 

Tuesday, October 19 (Cont.)

     
 

Jean in 't Zand

The morphology of GRB 2-26 keV time profiles

G-14

     
 

Michael S. Briggs

Wide-Band Spectral Analysis of GRB 990510

G-15

     
 

Anthony Crider

Constraining GRB Theory with the Spectral Evolution seen by BATSE

G-16

     
 

Dmitrij Anfimov

The long tails of gamma-ray bursts based on APEX data

G-17

     

3:30 PM

Break

 
     

4:00 PM

Valerie Connaughton

BATSE Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst Tails

G-18

     
 

Steven M. Matz

OSSE Observations of Persistent Hard X-ray Emission from GRB Sources

G-20

     
 

Julie McEnery

Evidence for VHE emission from a Gamma-Ray Burst

G-21

     
     

5:00—6:30 PM

Poster Viewing

 
     
     

Wednesday, October 20

     

7:30 AM

Refreshments and Poster Viewing

 
     

8:30 AM

Session A-1: Afterglow Observations I R. Wijers, Chair

     
 

E. Costa

Invited Review: X-Ray Afterglow Sources from Gamma-Ray Bursts

A-01

     
 

Atsumasa Yoshida

Study of X-ray Spectra of GRB Afterglows with ASCA

A-02

     
 

Luigi Piro

Constraints to the Nature of the Central GRB Engine from a Comparative Analysis of X-ray Properties of Afterglows

A-03

     
 

John Heise

Puzzling Excess X-ray Emission in the Afterglow of the Bright Gamma-Ray Burst GRB990123

A-04

     
 

Timothy Giblin

Evidence for an Early High-Energy Afterglow Observed with BATSE from GRB980923

A-05

 

 

Wednesday, October 20 (Cont.)

     

10:00 AM

Break

 
     

10:30 AM

Titus Galama

Invited Review: Optical/multiwavelength Observations of GRB Afterglows

A-06

     
 

Dale A. Frail

Invited Review: Radio Centimeter/Millimeter Observations of GRBs: The View from the Other End of the Spectrum

A-07

     
 

Lazzati Davide

The Detection of Linear Polarization in the Afterglow of GRB990510 and its Theoretical Implications.

A-08

     
 

G. Grant Williams

A Comparison Between LOTIS Upper Limits and the Prompt OT from GRB 990123

A-09

     

12:10 PM

Lunch and Poster Viewing

 
     

2:00 PM

Session A-2: Afterglow Observations II L. Piro, Chair

     
 

Shri Kulkarni

Invited Review: Connections of GRBs with Other Astrophysical Objects

A-10

     
 

Joshua Bloom

GRBs & SNe: Investigation of GRB 980519 and GRB 980329

A-11

     
 

Daniel E. Reichart

The GRB/SN Connection: GRB 970228, GRB 990510, and GRBs as Beacons to Locate SN at High Redshifts

A-12

     
 

Javier Gorosabel

Recent Optical/IR GRB Follow-Up Observations

A-13

     
 

Stuart Marshall

ROTSE: A Search for Prompt Optical Counterparts to GRBs

A-14

     

3:30 PM

Break

 
     

4:00 PM

Andrew Fruchter

Invited Review: The Host Galaxies of Gamma-Ray Bursts

A-15

     
 

Paul Vreeswijk

VLT spectra of GRB990510 and GRB990712

A-16

     
 

Bradley E. Schaefer

The Luminosity Function of GRB Host Galaxies

A-17

     

5:00—6:30 PM

Poster Viewing

 
     
     

 

Thursday, October 21

     

7:30 AM

Refreshments and Poster Viewing

 
     

8:30 AM

Session T-1: Theory I S. Woosley, Chair

     
 

Reem Sari

Invited Review: Beaming of GRBs

T-01

     
 

Ed Fenimore

The Importance of Deceleration in Internal Shock Models of GRBs

T-03

     
 

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

Filling Factors: A Hubble Relationship for Gamma-Ray Bursts

T-04

     
 

Christopher Thompson

Radiative Acceleration and Pair Creation in Gamma-Ray Bursts

T-06

     
 

Nicole M. Lloyd

Emission Mechanisms of Gamma Ray Bursts

T-07

     

10:00 AM

Break

 
     

10:30 AM

Charles Dermer

Invited Review: The External Shock Model for the Gamma-Ray Phase and Related Transients at keV and GeV Energies

T-05

     
 

Edison Liang

Through Thick and Thin: Spectral Evolution of GRBs and Afterglows

T-08

     
 

Yves Gallant

Particle Acceleration at Utra-Relativitic Shocks and the Spectra of Relativistic Fireballs

T-09

     
 

Peter Mészáros

Steep Slopes and Preferred Breaks in GRB Spectra: the Role of Photospheres and Comptonization

T-11

     
 

Hara Papathanassiou

Spectral Modeling of GRB pulses

T-12

     

12:00 PM

Lunch and Poster Viewing

 
     

2:00 PM

Session T-2: Theory II N. Gehrels, Chair

     
 

Ralph A.M.J. Wijers

Invited Review: The Transition Between GRB and Afterglow

T-10

     
 

Jerome James Brainerd

A Plasma Instability Theory of Prompt Gamma-Ray Emission

T-13

     
 

Stephen Hardy

Ultra-Magnetized Plasma: Equation of State and Neutrino Heating

T-14

 

Thursday, October 21 (Cont.)

     
 

Markus Boettcher

Modeling the Fe K-Alpha Line in GRB Afterglows

T-15

     
     

3:30 PM

Break

 
     

4:00 PM

Stan Woosley

Invited Review: Collapsars, Gamma-Ray Bursts, and Supernovae

T-17

     
 

Ewald Mueller

Relativistic Jets from Collapsars

T-18

     
 

Jay Salmonson

A Binary Neutron Star Gamma-Ray Burst Model

T-19

     
 

Ken'ichi Nomoto

The Photometric and Spectroscopic Properties of Hyper-Energetic Supernovae 1998bw, 1997ef, and 1997cy

T-20

     
 

James R. Wilson

Neutron Star Binary Gamma-Ray Burst Engine

T-21

     

5:30—6:30 PM

Poster Viewing

 
     

6:30—9:30 PM

Symposium Banquet at the Huntsville Depot Roundhouse

 
     
     

Friday, October 22

     

7:30 AM

Refreshments and Poster Viewing

 
     

8:30 AM

Session T-3: Theory III P. Mészáros, Chair

     
 

Roger A. Chevalier

Invited Review: The Connection Between SN and GRBs: On the Distribution of the Circumstellar Matter

T-22

     
 

J. Craig Wheeler

Asymmetric Supernovae, Pulsars, Magnetars, and Gamma-Ray Bursts

T-23

     
 

Chris Fryer

A Closer Look at Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitors

T-24

     
 

H.C. Spruit

Gamma-Ray Bursts from Rapidly Spinning Neutron Stars in XRB

T-25

     
 

Dieter Hartmann

The Most Distant Gamma-Ray Bursts

T-26

     

10:00 AM

Break

 

 

Friday, October 22 (Cont.)

     

10:30 AM

Tomonori Totani

A Unified Picture for the Various Total Energies of GRBs

T-27

     
 

Tsvi Piran

Energetics of Gamma-ray Bursts

T-28

     
 

Krzysztof Belczynski

Looking for GRB progenitors

T-29

     
 

Tomasz Bulik

Distribution of Binary Mergers Around Galaxies

T-30

     
 

Stephan Rosswog

Merging Neutron Stars: Asymmetric Systems

T-31

     
 

Donald Q. Lamb

Gamma-Ray Bursts as a Probe of the Very High Redshift Universe

T-32

     
 

Robert Nemiroff

Gamma-Ray Burst Lensing Limits on Cosmological Parameters

T-33

     

12:00 PM

Lunch and Poster Viewing

 
     

1:30 PM

Session I: Instrumentation V. Connaughton, Chair

     
 

Neil Gehrels

Invited Review: Swift – A Panchromatic GRB MIDEX Mission

I-01

     
 

George R. Ricker

Rapid Localization of Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) with the International High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE—2)

I-02

     
 

Soren Brandt

Ballerina – A small Gamma Ray Burst Mission

I-03

     
 

Scott D. Barthelmy

GRB Coordinates Network (GCN): A Status Report

I-04

     
 

Hye-Sook Park

Super-LOTIS: Prompt GRB Optical Follow-up Experiment

I-06

     

3:00 PM

Break

 
     

3:30 PM

Rene Hudec

What Have We Learned from Optical Detections of GRBs: Feasibility of Independent Optical Searches?

I-08

     
 

S. Mereghetti

The INTEGRAL Burst Alert System

I-09

 

Friday, October 22 (Cont.)

     
 

Michel Boer

Rapid Observation of GRB Sources by TAROT

I-10

     
 

Alberto Castro-Tirado

First results of BOOTES-1

I-11

     
 

Conclusion