ASP Conference Series - Volume 190
Gamma-Ray Bursts: The First Three Minutes
Ed. Juri Poutanen and Roland Svensson
ISBN 1-58381-016-1
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Contents
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| Preface |
| xviii |
| Conference participants |
| xix |
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| xxi |
Part 1. Introduction
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Gamma-Ray Bursts - A Puzzle Being Resolved | 3 |
| T. Piran |
Part 2. Temporal Properties
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Time Variability of Gamma-Ray Bursts: A Search for a Unifying Law | 31 |
| B. E. Stern |
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Power Density Spectra of Gamma-Ray Bursts | 47 |
| A. M. Beloborodov |
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The Observational Basis for Central Engines in Gamma-Ray Bursts | 67 |
| E. E. Fenimore & E. Ramirez-Ruiz |
Part 3. Spectral Properties
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The Current State of GRB Spectroscopy | 85 |
| R. D. Preece |
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Spectral Aspects of the Evolution of Gamma-Ray Bursts | 103 |
| F. Ryde |
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Gamma-Ray Burst Lines | 133 |
| M. S. Briggs |
Part 4. Central Engine, Radiative Mechanisms
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Radiation from Relativistic Strongly Magnetized Outflows | 153 |
| V. V. Usov |
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The Blandford-Znajek Process as a Gamma-Ray Burst Central Engine | 173 |
| Hyun Kyu Lee, R. A. M. J. Wijers, & G. E. Brown |
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Simulations of Merging Neutron Stars and Black Holes
as Sources of Gamma-Ray Bursts and Heavy Elements | 181 |
| M. Ruffert & H.-Th. Janka |
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Bursts from Internal Shocks: Is it Really Synchrotron Emission? | 189 |
| A. Celotti & G. Ghisellini |
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Quasi-Thermal Comptonization and GRBs | 193 |
| G. Ghisellini & A. Celotti |
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The Fireball Ejecta and the Optical Flash: A Numerical Study | 201 |
| S. Kobayashi & R. Sari |
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Iron Line in the Afterglow: A Key to the Progenitor | 209 |
| D. Lazzati, G. Ghisellini, & S. Campana |
Part 5. Spatial Distribution, Luminosity Function,
and Cosmological Effects
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Constraints on the Spatial Distribution and Luminosity Function of GRBs
| 219 |
| T. Bulik |
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Cosmological Signatures in Temporal and Spectral Characteristics
of Gamma-Ray Bursts
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| V. Petrosian, N. Lloyd, & A. Lee |
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Non-Triggered BATSE Gamma-Ray Bursts: An Extended and
Revised log N - log P Distribution
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| B. E. Stern, Ya. Tikhomirova, D. Kompaneets, M. Stepanov,
A. Berezhnoy, & R. Svensson |
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On the Brightness Distribution of Soft, "No High Energy Emission",
Gamma-Ray Bursts
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| J. T. Bonnell & J. P. Norris |
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Population Synthesis of the GRB Progenitors and their
Brightness and Redshift Distribution
| 271 |
| I. Panchenko |
Part 6. Future Missions
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Capabilities of FiberGLAST for Detection of Gamma-Ray Bursts at High Energies
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| W. S. Paciesas, G. N. Pendleton,
R. M. Kippen, R. D. Preece, & S. Phengchamnan |
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Ballerina - Pirouettes in Search of Gamma-Ray Bursts
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| N. Lund |
Part 7. Summary
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Gamma-Ray Bursts: Perspectives and Prospects
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| R. A. M. J. Wijers |
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