GAMMA RAY BURSTS: THE FIRST THREE MINUTES

GAMMA RAY BURSTS: THE FIRST THREE MINUTES


Gräftåvallen, Swedish Mountains, February 6 - 11, 1999


Sponsored by
NFR (Swedish Natural Science Research Council)
NORDITA (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen)
Anna-Greeta and Holger Crafoords Fund (Stockholm)

Scientific Organizing Committee:
Juri Poutanen (Stockholm Observatory, Sweden)
Robert Preece (University of Alabama, Huntsville, USA)
Boris Stern (Institute of Nuclear Research. Moscow, Russia)
Roland Svensson (Stockholm Observatory, Sweden)
Vladimir Usov (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)

Local Organizing Committee: Juri Poutanen juri@astro.su.se and Roland Svensson svensson@astro.su.se
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Proceedings of the workshop are published in Gamma Ray Bursts: The First Three Minutes,
1999, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 190, eds. J. Poutanen and R. Svensson.

After the discovery of GRB afterglows, the prompt GRBs (i.e., the early gamma ray phase of GRBs), which is still the most mysterious part of the whole phenomenon, have gotten undeservably small attention. We are therefore organizing a workshop focusing on the most important and controversial issues concerning prompt GRBs. We believe that direct confrontations between the opposite views existing on these issues would be extremely useful. We therefore propose a program which emphasizes existing controversies. We suggest that more attention than usual should be paid to discussions and summaries.
There will be a number of outdoor activities. We are planning to reserve 3 hours in the middle of every day for downhill skiing and trips on snow-mobiles (scooters). Half a day will be devoted to a long trip on scooters into the mountains. The nearest mountain is Östfjället, 1200 m above sea level. The peak is only 4 km from Gräftåvallen.
Normally, there will be 2 people in each cabin allowing for private sleeping quarters. Each cabin has two rooms and complete bathroom facilities. Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide completely private cabins for those wishing to bring their spouses along.
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