Gamma-ray bursts : 5th Huntsville symposium, Huntsville, Alabama 18-22 October 1999 / editors, R. Marc Kippen, Robert S. Mallozzi, Gerald J. Fishman.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Kippen, R. Marc.

Mallozzi, Robert S.

Fishman, Gerald J. (Gerald Jay), 1943-

Conference Name:

Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium (5th : 1999)

Series:

AIP conference proceedings ; no. 526.

AIP conference proceedings, 0094-243X ; 526

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English

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Gamma ray bursts--Congresses.

Gamma ray bursts.

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Conference papers and proceedings.

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xvii, 906 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Gamma ray bursts

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Melville, NY : American Institute of Physics, 2000.

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Summary:

This book reflects the current state of the growing field of gamma-ray burst research and the remarkable progress brought about by recent multiwavelength observations. A full range of topics related to modern burst research is covered, including new observational results, ongoing archival analyses, theoretical modeling, and current/future instrumentation.

Contents:

A Gamma-Ray Burst Bibliography, 1973-1999 / K. Hurley 3

Grb Detection and Classification

Derivation of a Sample of Gamma-Ray Bursts from BATSE DISCLA Data / M. Schmidt 8

A Search for Non-triggered Gamma-Ray Bursts in the BATSE Continuous Records: The Current Status / B. E. Stern, Y. Tikhomirova, D. Kompaneets, M. Stepanov, A. Berezhnoy, R. Svensson 13

A Search for Gamma-Ray Bursts in the GRBM/BeppoSAX Database / C. Guidorzi, F. Frontera, L. Amati, E. Costa, M. Feroci 18

What Can BeppoSAX Tell Us about Short GRBs: An Update from the Subsecond GRB Project / G. Gandolfi, M. J. S. Smith, A. Coletta, G. Celidonio, L. Di Ciolo, A. Paolino, G. Tarei, G. Tassone, J. M. Muller, E. Costa, M. Feroci, F. Frontera, L. Piro 23

MeV Measurements of [gamma]-Ray Bursts by CGRO-COMPTEL: Revised Catalog / A. Connors, C. A. Young, K. Bennett, W. Collmar, W. Hermsen, R. M. Kippen, L. Kuiper, M. McConnell, R. Miller, J. M. Ryan, V. Schonfelder, O. R. Williams, C. Winkler 28

Properties of Gamma-Ray Burst Classes / J. Hakkila, D. J. Haglin, R. J. Roiger, R. S. Mallozzi, G. N. Pendleton, C. A. Meegan 33

Unsupervised Induction and Gamma-Ray Burst Classification / R. J. Roiger, J. Hakkila, D. J. Haglin, G. N. Pendleton, R. S. Mallozzi 38

Detection Biases

A Summary of Biases in the BATSE Burst Trigger / C. Meegan, J. Hakkila, A. Johnson, G. Pendleton, R. Mallozzi 43

The Fluence Duration Bias / J. Hakkila, C. A. Meegan, G. N. Pendleton, R. S. Mallozzi, D. J. Haglin, R. J. Roiger 48

A Monte Carlo Simulation of the Peak Counts Bias and the Slow Riser Bias in the BATSE Trigger / A. Johnson, C. Meegan, J. Hakkila 53

Distributions

Luminosities, Space Densities and Redshift Distributions of Gamma-Ray Bursts / M. Schmidt 58

Constraining the Luminosity Function of GRBs from Time Dilation, Brightness Distribution and Redshift Data / M. Deng, B. E. Schaefer 63

Rest Frame Properties of Gamma-Ray Bursts / I. G. Mitrofanov, D. S. Anfimov, M. L. Litvak, A. B. Sanin, M. S. Briggs, W. S. Paciesas, G. N. Pendleton, R. D. Preece, C. A. Meegan 68

LogN-LogF Distribution of BATSE Bursts Based on the Average Flux during High Power Emission / D. S. Anfimov, I. G. Mitrofanov, M. L. Litvak, A. L. Sanin, M. S. Briggs, W. S. Paciesas, G. N. Pendleton, R. D. Preece, C. A. Meegan 73

Connection between Spectral Lags and Peak Luminosity in GRBs / J. P. Norris, G. F. Marani, J. T. Bonnell 78

A Simple BATSE Measure of GRB Duty Cycle / J. Hakkila, R. D. Preece, G. N. Pendleton 83

The Energy Distribution of GRBs / T. Piran, R. Jimenez, D. Band 87

The Pure Physical Parameters of BATSE Gamma Ray Bursts / A. B. Sanin, I. G. Mitrofanov, D. S. Anfimov, M. L. Litvak, M. S. Briggs, W. S. Paciesas, G. N. Pendleton, R. D. Preece, C. A. Meegan 92

Non-isotropic Angular Distribution for Very Short-Time Gamma-Ray Bursts? / D. B. Cline, C. Matthey, S. Otwinowski 97

Testing the Intrinsic Randomness in the Angular Distributions of Gamma-Ray Bursts / A. Meszaros, Z. Bagoly, I. Horvath, L. G. Balazs, R. Varek 102

On the Clustering of GRBs on the Sky / S. K. Sethi, S. G. Bhargavi, J. Greiner 107

II. Prompt Grb Emission

Spectral Studies

Gamma-Ray Burst Spectroscopy / R. D. Preece 115

Wide-Band Spectroscopy of GRB 990510 / M. S. Briggs, R. D. Preece, J. van Paradijs, J. in't Zand, J. Heise, E. Kuulkers, C. Kouveliotou 125

Track Jumps in Hardness-Intensity Correlations of GRB Pulse Decays / L. Borgonovo, F. Ryde 130

Shape of the Decay Phase of Gamma-Ray Burst Pulses / F. Ryde, R. Svensson 135

Average Spectral Parameters of High-Power Emission in BATSE Gamma-Ray Bursts / D. S. Anfimov, I. G. Mitrofanov, M. L. Litvak, A. L. Sanin, M. S. Briggs, W. S. Paciesas, G. N. Pendleton, R. D. Preece, C. A. Meegan 140

Cosmological Signatures in Intensity and Break Energy Correlations / N. M. Lloyd, V. Petrosian, R. S. Mallozzi 145

The Role of the BATSE Instrument Response in Creating the GRB E-Peak Distribution / J. J. Brainerd, G. N. Pendleton, R. S. Mallozzi, M. S. Briggs, R. D. Preece 150

Synchrotron Emission as the Source of GRB Spectra, Part II: Observations / N. M. Lloyd, V. Petrosian, R. D. Preece 155

Study of the Characteristics of GRB Energy Spectra / B. M. Belli 160

GRB 920229: Evidence for a Sharp Spectral Break? / M. S. Briggs, R. D. Preece 165

Spectra of a Recent Bright Burst Measured by CGRO-COMPTEL: GRB 990123 / C. A. Young, A. Connors, K. Bennett, W. Collmar, W. Hermsen, R. M. Kippen, E. D. Kolaczyk, L. Kuiper, M. McConnell, R. Miller, J. M. Ryan, V. Schonfelder, O. R. Williams, C. Winkler 170

X-Ray Excesses in GRB Spectra / R. D. Preece, J. R. Espley, M. S. Briggs 175

A New Method for Studying the Hardness-Intensity Correlation in Gamma-Ray Bursts / F. Ryde, L. Borgonovo, R. Svensson 180

Time Resolved GRB Spectroscopy / M. Tavani, D. Band, G. Ghirlanda 185

Temporal Studies

Unusual Properties in the Time Profiles of Bright GRBs / F. Quilligan, K. J. Hurley, B. McBreen, L. Hanlon, P. Duggan, D. Watson 190

Generic Difference between Early and Late Stages of BATSE Gamma-Ray Bursts / M. L. Litvak, I. G. Mitrofanov, M. S. Briggs, W. S. Paciesas, G. N. Pendleton, R. D. Preece, C. A. Meegan 195

The Duration Errors of Gamma-Ray Bursts / I. Horvath, E. E. Fenimore, J. P. Norris, P. Meszaros, Z. Bagoly 200

Power Density Spectra of Gamma-Ray Bursts / A. M. Beloborodov, B. E. Stern, R. Svensson 205

GRB Time-Dilation Measurements Corrected for Trigger Bias / J. T. Bonnell, J. P. Norris, G. F. Marani, R. J. Nemiroff 210

Rise and Decay Time of Subpeaks in Short Duration Bursts / V. Gupta, P. Das Gupta, P. N. Bhat 215

Aperiodic Properties of Gamma-Ray Bursts / A. S. Pozanenko, V. M. Loznikov 220

Evidence for and Implications of Turbulence in GRB Time Profiles / Y. Yan 225

The Technique of Emission Time Estimation for BATSE GRBs / M. L. Litvak, I. G. Mitrofanov, D. S. Anfimov, A. B. Sanin, M. S. Briggs, W. S. Paciesas, G. N. Pendleton, R. D. Preece, T. M. Koshut, G. J. Fishman, C. A. Meegan, J. P. Lestrade 230

The Emission Time Signature of BATSE GRBs / I. G. Mitrofanov, M. L. Litvak, D. S. Anfimov, A. B. Sanin, M. S. Briggs, W. S. Paciesas, G. N. Pendleton, R. D. Preece, T. M. Koshut, G. J. Fishman, C. A. Meegan, J. P. Lestrade 235

Observations at Other Energies

Evidence for TeV Emission From GRB 970417a / J. E. McEnery, R. Atkins, W. Benbow, D. Berley, M. L. Chen, D. G. Coyne, B. L. Dingus, D. E. Dorfan, R. W. Ellsworth, D. Evans, A. Falcone, L. Fleysher, R. Fleysher, G. Gisler, J. A. Goodman, T. J. Haines, C. M. Hoffman, S. Hugenberger, L. A. Kelley, I. Leonor, M. McConnell, J. F. McCullough, R. S. Miller, A. I. Mincer, M. F. Morales, P. Nemethy, J. M. Ryan, B. Shen, A. Shoup, C. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, G. W. Sullivan, T. Tumer, K. Wang, M. O. Wascko, S. Westerhoff, D. A. Williams, T. Yang, G. B. Yodh 240

Fast X-Ray Transients and Their Relation to GRBs / V. A. Arefiev, K. N. Borozdin, W. C. Priedhorsky 245

LOTIS Upper Limits and the Prompt OT from GRB 990123 / G. G. Williams, D. H. Hartmann, H. S. Park, R. A. Porrata, E. Ables, R. Bionta, D. L. Band, S. D. Barthelmy, T. Cline, N. Gehrels, D. H. Ferguson, G. Fishman, R. M. Kippen, C. Kouveliotou, K. Hurley, R. Nemiroff, T. Sasseen 250

Preliminary Results from the TAROT Experiment / M. Boer, J.-L. Atteia, M. Bringer, S. Chaty, A. Klotz, F. Morand, H. Pedersen, C. Pollas, D. Toublanc 255

First Results from the Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System Station 1 (BOOTES-1) / A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Soldan, M. Bernas, P. Pata, R. Hudec, T. M. Sanguino, B. de la Morena, J. A. Berna, A. de Ugarte, J. Gorosabel, J. M. Mas-Hesse, A. Gimenez 260

Optical Observations of GRBs: EN, BART, and OMC / R. Hudec, J. Soldan, V. Hudcova, J. Florian, M. Nekola, O. Broz, M. Bernas, P. Pata, F. Hroch, A. J. Castro-Tirado, M. Mas-Hesse, A. Gimenez, E. Palazzi, N. Masetti, G. Pizzichini 265

An Extended Search for Transient Events in the COBE/DMR Database Associated with Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts / L. J. Beathley, Jr., J. G. Stacy, T. R. Bontekoe, P. D. Jackson, C. Winkler 270

III. Afterglow, Hosts, and Supernova Connections

The Afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts / S. R. Kulkarni, E. Berger, J. S. Bloom, F. Chaffee, A. Diercks, S. G. Djorgovski, D. A. Frail, T. J. Galama, R. W. Goodrich, F. A. Harrison, R. Sari, S. A. Yost 277

Radio Afterglow

A Coordinated Radio Afterglow Program / D. A. Frail, S. R. Kulkarni, M. H. Wieringa, G. B. Taylor, G. H. Moriarty-Schieven, D. S. Shepherd, R. M. Wark, R. Subrahmanyan, D. McConnell, S. J. Cunningham 298

Optical Afterglow

Optical/Multiwavelength Observations of GRB Afterglows / T. J. Galama 303

Recent Optical/Near-IR Observations of GRBs / A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Gorosabel, J. Greiner, S. Klose, V. Mohan, R. Sagar, I. Bond, N. Rattenbury, P. Yock, F. Vrba, A. Henden, C. Luginbuhl, A. Guarnieri, M. R. Zapatero-Osorio, J. Zhu, R. Hudec, S. Guziy, A. Shlyapnikov, E. Palazzi, N. Masetti, F. Frontera, E. Costa, M. Feroci, L. Piro 313

The Detection of Linear Polarization in the Afterglow of GRB 990510 and its Theoretical Implications / D. Lazzati, S. Covino, G. Ghisellini 318

Polarimetric Studies of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows / S. Klose, B. Stecklum, O. Fischer 323

Submillimeter Observations of GRB Counterparts / I. A. Smith, J. van Paradijs, R. P. J. Tilanus, T. J. Galama, P. J. Groot, P. Vreeswijk, E. Rol, C. Kouveliotou, R. A. M. J. Wijers, N. Tanvir 326

Color Indices of Optical Afterglows of GRBs / V. Simon, G. Pizzichini, R. Hudec 329

Photometric Study of the Improved GRB 970815 Error Box / J. Gorosabel, A. J. Castro-Tirado, N. Benitez, M. R. Zapatero-Osorio, A. Campos, J. Trapero, E. Sanchez, N. Metcalfe 334

CCD Observations of the QSO 4C49.29 in the Error Box of GRB 960720 / S. Guziy, A. Shlyapnikov, R. Hudec 339

Optical Study of the Counterpart to GRB 990712 / J. Gorosabel, A. J. Castro-Tirado, P. Saizar, N. J. Rattenbury, I. A. Bond, P. Yock, J. Hearnshaw, P. M. Kilmartin, Y. Muraki, T. Nakamura, K. Ohnishi, M. Reid, T. Saito, S. Noda 342

Early Search for the Optical Afterglow from GRB 990806 / N. J. Rattenbury, I. A. Bond, A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Gorosabel, J. Hearnshaw, P. M. Kilmartin, Y. Muraki, T. Nakamura, K. Ohnishi, M. Reid, T. Saito, M. Feroci, P. Yock 347

GRB Optical Searches: Results from UKSTU Plates / R. Hudec 352

Connections between Parameters of GRB Afterglows / G. M. Beskin, C. Bartolini, G. Cosentino, A. Guarnieri, S. Lodi, A. Piccioni 355

What Have We Learned from Optical Detections of GRBs: Feasibility of Independent Searches? / R. Hudec 360

X-Ray/Gamma-Ray Afterglow

X-Ray Afterglow of Gamma-Ray Bursts / E. Costa 365

Constraints to the Nature of the Central GRB Engine from a Comparative Analysis of X-Ray Properties of Afterglows / G. Stratta, L. Piro, G. Gandolfi, L. A. Antonelli, E. Costa, M. Feroci, P. Soffitta, F. Frontera, J. Heise, the BeppoSAX GRB Team 375

Search for X-Ray Afterglows from Gamma-Ray Bursts in the RASS / J. Greiner, D. H. Hartmann, W. Voges, T. Boller, R. Schwarz, S. V. Zharykov 380

BATSE Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst Tails / V. Connaughton 385

Possible Evidence for Soft Glowing Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected by the APEX Experiment on Phobos-2 / D. A. Litvine, I. G. Mitrofanov, A. S. Kosyrev 390

Evidence for Early High-Energy Afterglow: BATSE Observations of GRB980923 / T. W. Giblin, J. van Paradijs, C. Kouveliotou, V. Connaughton, R. A. M. J. Wijers, M. S. Briggs, R. D. Preece, G. J. Fishman 394

GRB Spectral Hardness and Afterglow Properties / J. Hakkila, T. Giblin, R. D. Preece 399

Host Galaxies

Host Galaxies Have 'Normal' Luminosities / B. E. Schaefer 404

The Host of GRB 970828: Another Subluminous Galaxy? / J. Gorosabel, A. J. Castro-Tirado 409

Supernova Connections

Observational

The GRB/SN Connection: An Improved Spectral Flux Distribution for the SN-Like Component to the Afterglow of GRB 970228, the Non-detection of a SN-Like Component to the Afterglow of GRB 990510, and GRBs as Beacons to Locate SNe at Redshifts z[approximate]4-5 / D. E. Reichart, D. Q. Lamb, F. J. Castander 414

The GRB/Supernova Connection / B. E. Schaefer, M. Deng 419

Are There Unrecognized Optical Afterglows of GRBs among Observed SNe? / R. Hudec, V. Hudcova, E. Palazzi, N. Masetti, G. Pizzichini 424

IV. Theory

Prompt Emission Mechanisms

External Shock Model for Gamma-Ray Bursts during the Prompt Phase / C. D. Dermer 431

Spectral Modeling of GRB Pulses / H. Papathanassiou 441

Time Profiles and Spectral Evolution of GRB Pulses / E. Liang, A. Crider, M. Bottcher, I. Smith 446

Constraints on the Internal Shock Model from the Temporal Analysis of GRBs / M. Spada, A. Panaitescu, P. Meszaros 450

A Plasma Instability Theory of Prompt Gamma-Ray Burst Radiation / J. J. Brainerd 455

Emission of Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts in the GeV-TeV Energy Domain / E. V. Derishev, V. V. Kocharovsky, Vl. V. Kocharovsky 460

Synchrotron Radiation as the Source of GRB Spectra, Part I: Theory / N. M. Lloyd, V. Petrosian 465

Comparisons between Analytic and Numerical Calculations of GRB Spectra / C. D. Dermer, M. Bottcher, J. Chiang 470

Evaluating Spectral Functions Used to Test the Synchrotron Shock Model / A. Crider 475

Redshifts and Compton Attenuation / J. J. Brainerd, R. D. Preece 480

An Eigenfunction Method for Particle Acceleration at Ultra-relativistic Shocks / A. W. Guthmann, J. G. Kirk, Y. A. Gallant, A. Achterberg 485

The Synchrotron Spectrum of Fast Cooling Electrons Revisited / J. Granot, T. Piran, R. Sari 489

Flow-Field Dependent Variation Method for Complex Relativistic Fluids / G. A. Richardson, T. J. Chung, G. R. Karr, G. N. Pendleton 494

A Unified Picture for the Various Total Energies of GRBs / T. Totani 499

Afterglow Emission Mechanisms

Beaming and Jets in Gamma-Ray Bursts / R. Sari 504

Photospheres, Comptonization and X-Ray Lines in Gamma-Ray Bursts / P. Meszaros 514

Modeling the Iron Line in GRB Afterglows / M. Bottcher 519

Particle Acceleration at Ultra-relativistic Shocks and the Spectra of Relativistic Fireballs / Y. A. Gallant, A. Achterberg, J. G. Kirk, A. W. Guthmann 524

Afterglow Lightcurves from Beamed Outflows / A. Majczyna, T. Bulik, R. Moderski, M. Sikora 530

The Patchy Shells Model / T. Piran, P. Kumar 535

Hydrodynamics and Radiation from a Relativistic Expanding Jet with Applications to GRB Afterglow / J. Granot, M. Miller, T. Piran, W.-M. Suen 540

Early GRB Afterglows from Relativistic Blast Waves in General Radiative Regimes / M. Bottcher, C. D. Dermer 545

Optical Flashes and Radio Flares in GRB Afterglows: Numerical Study / S. Kobayashi, R. Sari 550

Central Engine

Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Central Engine / S. E. Woosley 555

2D Hydrodynamic Simulations of Relativistic Jets from Collapsars / E. Muller, M. A. Angel Aloy, J. M[superscript a] Ibanez, J. M[superscript a] Marti, A. MacFadyen 565

Gamma-Ray Bursts via Pair Plasma Fireballs from Heated Neutron Stars / J. D. Salmonson, J. R. Wilson, G. J. Mathews 570

Asymmetric Neutron Star Coalescences: Implications for GRBs / S. Rosswog, M. B. Davies, F.-K. Thielemann, T. Piran 575

Mass-Loss from a Magnetically Driven Wind Emitted by a Disk Orbiting a Steller-Mass Black Hole / F. Daigne, R. Mochkovitch 579

Fireballs from Collapse of Neutron Stars Induced by Primordial Black Holes / E. V. Derishev, V. V. Kocharovsky, VI. V. Kocharovsky 584

Gamma-Ray Bursts from Rapidly Spinning Neutron Stars / H. C. Spruit 589

Red Hole Gamma-Ray Bursts: A New Gravitational Collapse Paradigm Explains the Peak Energy Distribution and Solves the GRB Energy Crisis / J. S. Graber 594

Electric GRBs / L. Kortvelyessy 599

A Ritzian Interpretation of Variable Stars / R. S. Fritzius 603

Theoretical

The Connection between Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts: On the Distribution of the Circumstellar Matter / R. A. Chevalier 608

The Type Ib/c Supernova, Gamma-Ray Burst, Soft Gamma-Ray Repeater, Magnetar Connection / J. C. Wheeler, P. Hoflich, L. Wang, I. Yi 617

Properties of Hypernovae: SNe 1997ef, 1998bw, and 1997cy / K. Nomoto, K. Maeda, T. Nakamura, K. Iwamoto, T. Suzuki, P. A. Mazzali, M. Turatto, I. J. Danziger, F. Patat 622

Is Nova Sco 1994 (GRO 1655-40) a Relic of a GRB? / G. E. Brown, C.-H. Lee, H. K. Lee, H. A. Bethe 628

Collapsars / A. MacFadyen 633

Progenitors

Looking for GRB Progenitors / K. Belczynski, T. Bulik, B. Rudak 638

Making Accretion Disks around Black Holes: GRB Progenitors / C. L. Fryer, W. Zhang 643

Distribution of Binary Mergers around Galaxies / T. Bulik, K. Belczynski 648

GRBs as Cosmological Probes

The Most Distant Gamma-Ray Bursts / D. H. Hartmann, A. I. MacFadyen, S. E. Woosley 653

Gamma-Ray Bursts as a Probe of the Very High Redshift Universe / D. Q. Lamb, D. E. Reichart 658

Gamma-Ray Burst Lensing Limits on Cosmological Parameters / R. J. Nemiroff, G. F. Marani, J. P. Norris, J. T. Bonnell, C. A. Meegan, K. C. Hurley 663

V. Instrumentation

Future Flight Experiments

The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Midex / N. Gehrels 671

Observing Gamma-Ray Bursts with Intergal / C. Winkler 681

The Integral Burst Alert System / S. Mereghetti, S. Brandt, D. Jennings, J. Borkowski, R. Walter 686

Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts with Maxi on the International Space Station / N. Kawai, A. Yoshida, T. Mihara, H. Negoro, Y. Shirasaki, I. Sakurai, M. Matsuoka, K. Torii, S. Ueno, M. Sugizaki, H. Tomida, W. Yuan, H. Tsunemi, E. Miyata, M. Yamauchi 691

Margie: A Gamma-Ray Burst Ultra-long Duration Balloon Mission / D. Band, J. Matteson, M. Cherry, J. G. Stacy, P. Altice, T. G. Guzik, S. C. Kappadath, J. Buckley, P. Hink, J. Macri, M. McConnell, J. Ryan, T. O'Neill, A. Zych 696

A New X-Ray Telescope for Monitoring the X-Ray Afterglows of GRBs / R. Hudec, A. Inneman, L. Pina, P. Gorenstein 701

Estimation of GRB Detection by FiberGLAST / S. Phengchamnan, K. Aisaka, M. Atac, W. R. Binns, J. H. Buckley, M. L. Cherry, D. Cline, P. Dowkontt, J. W. Epstein, M. H. Finger, G. J. Fishman, T. G. Guzik, P. L. Hink, M. H. Israel, S. C. Kappadath, G. R. Karr, R. M. Kippen, J. Macri, R. S. Mallozzi, M. L. McConnell, Y. Pischalnikov, W. S. Paciesas, T. A. Parnell, G. N. Pendleton, R. D. Preece, G. A. Richardson, K. Rielage, J. M. Ryan, J. G. Stacy, T. O. Tumer, D. B. Wallace, R. B. Wilson 706

Current Flight Experiments

A Robust Filter for the BeppoSAX Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Triggers / M. Feroci, C. L. Bianco, F. Lazzarotto, A. Mattei, G. Ventura, E. Costa, F. Frontera 711

GRB Localization with the BeppoSAX Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor / B. Preger, E. Costa, M. Feroci, L. Amati, F. Frontera 716

Response Function of the Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GRBM) Onboard the BeppoSAX Satellite / F. Calura, M. Rapisarda, F. Frontera, E. Montanari, C. Guidorzi, L. Amati, M. Feroci, E. Costa, P. Collina 721

Progress Incorporating the Near Mission into the Interplanetary GRB Network / T. L. Cline, S. Barthelmy, P. Butterworth, T. McClanahan, D. Palmer, J. Trombka, K. Hurley, R. Gold, R. M. Kippen, C. Kouveliotou, D. Frederiks, S. Golenetskii, E. Mazets 726

GRB Coordinates Network (GCN): A Status Report / S. D. Barthelmy, T. L. Cline, P. Butterworth, R. M. Kippen, M. S. Briggs, V. Connaughton, G. N. Pendleton 731

Ground-Based Experiments

Super-Lotis Early Time Optical Counterpart Measurements / H. S. Park, R. A. Porrata, G. G. Williams, E. Ables, D. L. Band, S. D. Barthelmy, R. M. Bionta, T. L. Cline, D. H. Ferguson, G. J. Fishman, N. Gehrels, D. Hartmann, K. Hurley, C. Kouveliotou, C. A. Meegan, R. Nemiroff, W. Pereira 736

Rapid, Deep GRB Observations with the U.S. Naval Observatory 1.3-m Wide-Field Telescope / F. J. Vrba, H. C. Harris, B. Canzian, A. A. Henden, S. E. Levine, C. B. Luginbuhl, D. H. Hartmann, M. C. Jennings, R. M. Kippen 741

Tarot-2: A Versatile Large Observatory for Optical Transients / M. Boer 746

Milagro: A TeV Observatory for Gamma-Ray Bursts / B. L. Dingus, R. Atkins, W. Benbow, D. Berley, M. L. Chen, D. G. Coyne, D. E. Dorfan, R. W. Ellsworth, D. Evans, A. Falcone, L. Fleysher, R. Fleysher, G. Gisler, J. A. Goodman, T. J. Haines, C. M. Hoffman, S. Hugenberger, L. A. Kelley, I. Leonor, M. McConnell, J. F. McCullough, J. E. McEnery, R. S. Miller, A. I. Mincer, M. F. Morales, P. Nemethy, J. M. Ryan, B. Shen, A. Shoup, C. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, G. W. Sullivan, T. Tumer, K. Wang, M. O. Wascko, S. Westerhoff, D. A. Williams, T. Yang, B. G. Yodh 751

Searching for Optical and High-Energy Transients from Gamma-Ray Bursts Simultaneously with Cerenkov Telescopes / A. Piccioni, C. Bartolini, G. Beskin, S. Biryukov, D. Eichler, D. Faiman, A. Guarnieri 756

VI. Soft Gamma Repeaters

X-Ray/Gamma-Ray Observations

The 4.5[plus or minus]0.5 Soft Gamma Repeaters in Review / K. Hurley 763

BeppoSAX and Ulysses Data on the Giant Flare from SGR 1900+14 / M. Feroci, K. Hurley, R. Duncan, C. Thompson, E. Costa, F. Frontera 771

The Hard Side of SGR 1900+14 / P. M. Woods, C. Kouveliotou, J. van Paradijs, M. S. Briggs, K. Hurley, E. Gogus, R. D. Preece, T. W. Giblin, C. Thompson, R. C. Duncan 776

Spin Period and Burst Rate History of SGR 1900+14 / P. M. Woods, C. Kouveliotou, J. van Paradijs, M. H. Finger, C. Thompson, R. C. Duncan, K. Hurley, T. Strohmayer, J. Swank, T. Murakami 781

Deep Searches for Pulsations in SGR 1627-41 and 0526-66 / T. Murakami, M. Ando, K. Hurley, P. Li, C. Kouveliotou, P. Woods, D. H. Hartmann, I. Smith, M. Tsujimoto, T. Strohmayer, A. Yoshida 786

Soft Gamma Repeaters as Relaxation Systems / D. M. Palmer 791

Statistical Properties of SGR 1900+14 Bursts / E. Gogus, P. M. Woods, C. Kouveliotou, J. van Paradijs, M. S. Briggs, R. C. Duncan, C. Thompson 796

Optical/Infrared Observations

Optical Imaging of the SGR 1627-41 Error Box during the SGR Activity in June 1998 / A. J. Castro-Tirado, N. Lund, D. Pinfield, S. Covino 801

Rapid Optical Follow-up Observations of SGR Events with ROTSE-I / R. Balsano, C. Akerlof, S. Barthelmy, J. Bloch, P. Butterworth, D. Casperson, T. Cline, S. Fletcher, G. Gisler, J. Hills, R. Kehoe, B. Lee, S. Marshall, T. McKay, A. Pawl, W. Priedhorsky, N. Seldomridge, J. Szymanski, J. Wren 804

Search for Photometric Variability in the Vicinity of SGR 1900+14 and Discovery of a High-Mass Cluster / F. J. Vrba, C. B. Luginbuhl, A. A. Henden, H. H. Guetter, D. H. Hartmann 809

Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters in Clusters of Massive Stars / I. F. Mirabel, Y. Fuchs, S. Chaty 814

ISO Observation of a Fraction of the SGR 1801-23 Error Box / A. J. Castro-Tirado, L. Metcalfe, R. Laureijs 818

Optical/Near-IR Observations of SGR 1900+14 during the May-June and Aug-Sep 1998 Active Periods / A. J. Castro-Tirado, S. Beckwith, D. Kelson, T. Kerr, C. Lazaro, S. Madruga 821

NIR Spectroscopic Observations of the SGR 1900+14 M Stars / E. W. Guenther, S. Klose, F. J. Vrba 825

Theory

Physics in Ultra-strong Magnetic Fields / R. C. Duncan 830

Magnetic Field Limits on SGRs / R. E. Rothschild, D. Marsden, R. E. Lingenfelter 842

Environmental Influences in SGRs and AXPs / D. Marsden, R. Lingenfelter, R. Rothschild, J. Higdon 847

Relativistic Compton Scattering in Ultra-strong Magnetic Fields / P. L. Gonthier, R. M. Costello, C. L. Mercer, A. K. Harding, M. G. Baring 852

Nuclear Equation of State and Internal Structure of Magnetars / I.-S. Suh, G. J. Mathews 857

New QED Calculations for Processes in Strong Magnetic Fields / D. Leahy, L. Semionova 862

Electric Magnetars / L. Kortvelyessy 867

VII. Techniques and Miscellany

Attributes of GRB Pulses: An Improved Bayesian Blocks Algorithm for Binned Data / J. D. Scargle, J. Norris, G. Marani, J. Bonnell 873

A GRB Tool Shed / D. J. Haglin, R. J. Roiger, J. Hakkila, G. N. Pendleton, R. Mallozzi 877

Properties of Karhunen-Loeve Expansion of Astronomical Images in Comparison with Other Integral Transforms / P. Pata, M. Bernas, A. J. Castro-Tirado, R. Hudec 882

Fast and Simple Data Compression / M. Nekola, M. Bernas 887

Accuracy of Press Reports on Gamma-Ray Astronomy / B. E. Schaefer, R. J. Nemiroff, K. Hurley 890.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

ISBN:

1563969475

1563969572

OCLC:

45211995