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Gamma Ray Bursts 2010 Conference
Nov 1-4, 2010, Annapolis, MD

Poster Sessions

Poster sessions will be throughout the week. Poster presenters are encouraged to enter the poster competition. Contest submission instructions will be provided at registration.

Session 1 :: Session 2 :: Session 3 :: Session 4 :: Session 5 :: Session 6 :: Session 7
Session 8 :: Session 9 :: Session 10 :: Session 11 :: Session 12 :: Session 13

  Author Title
Session 1: Prompt Emission Observations
1.01 Zsolt Bagoly
Eotvos University, Budapest
Looking for gravitational lensing signals in the Fermi GRBs
1.02 Narayana Bhat
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Are there Gravitationally Lensed Gamma-ray Bursts detected by GBM?
1.03 Narayana Bhat
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Long and Short GRB Light curve Decomposition Analysis
1.04 Michael Burgess
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Fermi LAT Low Energy Technique
1.05 Adam Goldstein
University of Alabama in Huntsville
A Comparative Study of the Rest Frame and Observer Frame Duration and Energetics of Fermi/GBM GRBs
1.06 David Gruber
Max Planck Institute for Extarterrestrial Physics (MPE)
Fermi/GBM observations of the ultra long GRB 091024. A burst with optical flash.
1.07 David Gruber
Max Planck Institute for Extarterrestrial Physics (MPE)
Rest-frame statistics of Fermi/GBM-GRBs
1.08 Sergey Karpov
Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences
Evidences of the central engine activity in the Naked-Eye Burst prompt optical emission
1.09 Glen MacLachlan
The George Washington University
Probing the Fractal Nature of Long GRBs
1.10 David Morris
The George Washington University
A Wavelet Analysis Approach to Searching Swift GRBs for QPOs
1.11 Rob Preece
University of Alabama in Huntsville
The BATSE 5B GRB Spectroscopy Catalog
1.12 Jose Rodrigo Sacahui Reyes
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM
GRB980923. A burst with a hard spectrum at energies of keV-MeV
1.13 Michael Stamatikos
OSU-CCAPP
GENEVAC: The Gamma-Ray Burst Electromagnetic and Neutrino Emission Viewer and Analytical Calculator
Session 2: Prompt Emission Theory
2.01 Zeljka Bosnjak
CEA Saclay - Irfu/Service d'Astrophysique
GRB spectral evolution in the internal shock model: confrontation with Fermi observations
2.02 Omer Bromberg
The hebrew university Jerusalem, Israel
Relativistic photon conserving radiation mediated shocks
2.03 Michael Burgess
University of Alabama in Huntsville
The Viability of the Synchrotron Shock Model as a Prompt Emission Mechanism in the era of Fermi
2.04 Anton Chernenko
IKI
Identification and Investigation of "Primitive Emitters" that Form Prompt Phases of GRBs
2.05 Camilo Delgado-Correal
National University of Colombia
Theoretical analysis of the spectrum of GRB 050525A
2.06 Franck Genet
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Is external inverse Compton responsible for GRB prompt emission?
2.07 Romain Hascoët
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Do Fermi-LAT observations really imply very large Lorentz factors in GRB outflows ?
2.08 Resmi Lekshmi
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Gamma Ray Burst Prompt Emission Variability in Synchrotron and Synchrotron Self-Compton Lightcurves
2.09 Akira MIZUTA
KEK
Thermal radiation from Collapsar Jets
2.10 Robert Mochkovitch
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Thermal and non-thermal emission in the comptonized photosphere model of GRB emission
2.11 Ken-Ichi Nishikawa
UAH/CSPAR
Simulation of relativistic shocks and associated radiation from turbulent magnetic fields
2.12 Barbara Patricelli
University of Rome "Sapienza"
Analysis of very energetic GRBs within the fireshell model: the cases of GRB 080319B and GRB 050904
2.13 Indrek Vurm
University of Oulu
Gamma-ray bursts from magnetized neutron-loaded jets
2.14 Seiji Zenitani
NASA/GSFC
Numerical modeling of relativistic magnetic reconnection
2.15 Jonathan Zrake
New York University
Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulations of Relativistic MHD Turbulence
Session 3: Afterglows
3.01 Kentaro Aoki
Subaru Telescope, NAOJ
Search for a Supernova Feature in GRB~100418A Afterglow
3.02 Maria Grazia Bernardini
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
Gamma-Ray Burst long lasting X-ray flaring activity
3.03 Antonino Cucchiara
UC Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
GRB 090429B as an Extreme-Redshift Gamma-Ray Burst
3.04 Maria Dainotti
Jagellonian University
Discovery of a tight correlation for gamma ray burst afterglows with `canonical' light curves
3.05 Hendrik van Eerten
New York University
A library of afterglow light curves
3.06 Hendrik van Eerten
New York University
Off-Axis Afterglow Light Curves from High-Resolution Hydrodynamical Jet Simulations
3.07 Dirk Grupe
Pennsylvania State University
The late-time detections of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 060729 with Chandra
3.08 Stephen Holland
CRESST/USRA/NASA/GSFC
GRB 081029: A Step Towards Understanding Multiple Afterglow Components
3.09 Janos Kelemen
Konkoly Observatory
Optical photometry of some recent GRB optical transients
3.10 Drejc Kopac
UL, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Simultaneous optical/X-ray/gamma-ray flares in GRBs
3.11 Nardini Marco
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
What can produce a sharp late time optical re-brightening? Optical bumps in the multicolour imaging era.
3.12 Nardini Marco
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
Multi colour testing of afterglow emission models
3.13 Francis Marshall
NASA/GSFC
The Late Peaking Afterglow of GRB 100418A
3.14 Francesco Massaro
Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical observatory Center for Astrophysics
Spectral curvature behavior during X-ray flares in GRB afterglow emission
3.15 Kohta Murase
CCAPP, OSU
Testing two-component models for early X-ray afterglows with very high-energy emission
3.16 Resmi Lekshmi
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Multiband afterglow modelling of GRB050525A
3.17 Shashi Pandey
University of Michigan
Early ROTSE-III observations of GRB afterglows
3.18 Vasiliy Rumyantsev
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
GRB 030329 revisited: the complete set of CrAO observations and data analysis
3.19 Steve Schulze
University of Iceland
The circumburst density profile around GRB progenitors: a statistical study
3.20 Vojtech Simon
Astronomical Institute AS CR, 25165 Ondrejov, Czech Republic
Color indices of optical afterglows of long GRBs in the Swift era
3.21 Tilan Ukwatta
The George Washington University/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
GRB Afterglow Observations with Rental Telescopes
3.22 Xuefeng Wu
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
X-ray afterglow from photosphere of a long lasting engine-driven wind
Session 4: High-Energy Observations and Theory
4.01 Taylor Aune
University of California, Santa Cruz
Very High Energy Observations of Satellite-Detected Gamma-Ray Bursts
4.02 Paz Beniamini
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Detecting the HE emission of LGRBs
4.03 Amanda Maxham
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Is GeV Emission of External Origin?
4.04 Valery Petkov
Institute for Nuclear Research of RAS, Baksan Neutrino Observatory
Searching for GeV energy from short Gamma-Ray Bursts
4.05 Sylvia Zhu
UMD/NASA/GSFC
Fermi observations of GRB100116
Session 5: Short GRBs
5.01 David Cline
UCLA
The Study of Very Short Gamma Ray Bursts
5.02 Suzanne Foley
MPE
Energy-dependent Spectral Lags of short GRBs detected by Fermi-GBM
5.03 Hao-Ning He
Pennsylvania State University & Nanjing University
On the High Energy Emission of the Short GRB 090510
5.04 Antonia Rowlinson
University of Leicester
The unusual X-ray emission of the short Swift GRB 090515: evidence for the formation of a magnetar?
5.05 Vojtech Simon
Astronomical Institute AS CR, 25165 Ondrejov, Czech Republic
Optical afterglows of short GRBs: the properties of their colors
Session 6: High Redshift GRBs and Cosmology
6.01 Tanmoy Laskar
Harvard University
GRBs as probes of the high z Universe: the galaxy mass-metallicity relation at 3 < z < 5
6.02 Adam Morgan
UC Berkeley
Identifying High-z Candidates using Machine-Learned Classification on Early-Time Metrics
6.03 Amir Shahmoradi
Michigan Tech University
A Cosmological Discriminator Designed to Avoid Selection Bias
Session 7: Supernovae and Long GRB Progenitors
7.01 Sayan Chakraborti
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Baryon Loaded Blastwaves in Relativistic Supernovae
7.02 Ryan Chornock
Harvard/CfA
The Broad-Lined Type Ic Supernova 2010bh Associated with the Low-Redshift GRB 100316D
7.03 Alessandra Corsi
Caltech
The GRB-supernova connection: results and prospects from the Palomar Transient Factory
7.04 Daniel Dewey
MIT Kavli Institute
Modeling SN 1996cr's X-ray lines at high-resolution
7.05 Yong-Yeon KEUM
Institute for the Early Universe/Ewha Womans Uinversity
Constraint of Dark-Energy Models with SNe-Ia and Gamma Ray Burst data
7.06 Kuntal Misra
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
Late time {\it HST} observations of SN 2006aj associated with XRF 060218
7.07 Alak Ray
TIFR, Mumbai, India
Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays from Engine-driven Relativistic Supernovae
7.08 Takanori Sakamoto
GSFC/UMBC
Searching for a Hard X-ray Emission of a Supernova Using the Swift BAT Survey Data
Session 8: Host Galaxies
8.01 Diego Götz
CEA Saclay - Irfu/SAp
A detailed spectral study of GRB 041219A and its host galaxy
8.02 John Graham
Space Telescope Science Institute & John Hopkins University
High Metallicity LGRB Hosts
8.03 Daniel Kocevski
Stanford University
On The Origin Of The Mass-Metallicity Relation For GRB Host Galaxies
8.04 Jirong Mao
INAF-OAB & YNAO
A Model-Investigation on the GRB Host Galaxies
8.05 Yuu Niino
Kyoto University
High-Metallicity Host Galaxies and the Metallicity Dependence of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts
8.06 Alina Volnova
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, MSU
Host Galaxy of the Dark Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 051008
Session 9: Populations
9.01 Walid Azzam
University of Bahrain
Redshift Evolution of the Lag Relation for Swift GRBs
9.02 Letizia Caito
Sapienza University and ICRANet
The classification of Gamma-Ray Bursts: long, short and "disguised" GRBs
9.03 KANAAN Chadia
Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur & Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis
The isotropic energy distribution of gamma ray bursts revisited -I
9.04 Giuseppe Greco
INAF, Astronomical Observatory of Bologna, Italy
Statistical study of GRBs with known redshift
9.05 Istvan Horvath
Bolyai Military University
Observational differences between Swift GRB classes
9.06 Istvan Horvath
Bolyai Military University
Redshift and spatial distribution of the intermediate GRBs
9.07 Istvan Horvath
Bolyai Military University
Investigating the properties of intermediate GRBs
9.08 Graziella Pizzichini
INAF/IASF Bologna
Search for changes in Gamma-Ray Bursts at different redshifts
9.09 Judith Racusin
NASA/GSFC
Fermi and Swift Gamma-ray Burst Afterglow Population Studies
9.10 Jakub Ripa
Charles University, Prague
On the properties of the RHESSI intermediate-duration gamma-ray bursts
9.11 Richard Willingale
University of Leicester
A bivariate luminosity model for GRB pulses and flares
Session 10: Outflows and Jets
10.01 John Cannizzo
UMBC
Fall-Back Disks in Long and Short GRBs
10.02 Mimoza HAFIZI
Department of Physics, Tirana University
A test on distribution of opening angles of beamed GRBs
10.03 Hiroki Nagakura
Waseda University
Jet breakouts and photospheric emissions in rotating collapsing massive stars
Session 11: Multi-Messenger
11.01 Imre Bartos
Columbia University
Multimessenger Search for Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos from Gamma-ray Bursts
11.02 Erik Blaufuss
University of Maryland
Searches for Neutrinos from GRBs with IceCube
11.03 Yong-Yeon KEUM
Institute for the Early Universe/Ewha Womans Uinversity
Oscillation of Neutrinos through Magnetized Gamma-Ray Burst Fireball
11.04 Eleonora Presani
University of Amsterdam - Nikhef
Analysis of neutrino induced showers in coincidence with GRB in the Antares detector
Session 12: Current Missions & Observatories
12.01 Kevin Hurley
UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
The Interplanetary Network
12.02 Rene Hudec
Astronomical Institute Ondrejov
OTs Analyses on Bamberg Observatory Plates
12.03 Rene Hudec
Astronomical Institute Ondrejov
Indirect detections and analyses of GRBs by ionospheric response
12.04 Rene Hudec
Astronomical Institute Ondrejov
Low-Cost Optical All-Sky Monitor For Detection of Bright OTs of GRBs
12.05 Stephen Holland
CRESST/USRA/NASA/GSFC
An Updated Ultraviolet Calibration for the Swift/UVOT
12.06 Hans Krimm
CRESST/USRA/NASA GSFC
Analysis of recent GRBs jointly detected by Swift and Suzaku/WAM
12.07 Lech Piotrowski
University of Warsaw
Laboratory measurements and modeling of the Pi of the Sky detector response for more effective detection of GRB optical counterparts
12.08 Michael Stamatikos
OSU-CCAPP
The Inter-Calibration of Swift-BAT and Fermi-GBM: First Year Results
12.09 Dave Tierney
UCD
The Cross-Calibration of Fermi-GBM and INTEGRAL-ISGRI by Spectral Analysis of a Sample of Simultaneously Observed GRBs
12.10 Tilan Ukwatta
The George Washington University/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Follow the BAT' Observing Program
12.11 David Williams
UC Santa Cruz
Improving VERITAS Sensitivity to Gamma-Ray Bursts
12.12 Daisuke Yonetoku
Kanazawa University
Gamma-Ray Polarimetry of the Prompt Emission by IKAROS-GAP
Session 13: Future Missions & Observatories
13.01 Ori Fox
NASA GSFC
GRBs with the Reionization and Transients InfraRed (RATIR) camera
13.02 Bruce Grossan
University of California at Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
Update on The Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory (UFFO) Pathfinder
13.03 Rene Hudec
Astronomical Institute Ondrejov
X-ray telescope for independent detections of GRBs in X-rays
13.04 Rene Hudec
Astronomical Institute Ondrejov
ESA Gaia and GRBs
13.05 Jun Kakuwa
Hiroshima University
GRB detection rate with CTA
13.06 Sergey Karpov
Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences
Wide-field monitoring strategy for the study of fast optical transients
13.07 Luigi Piro
INAF-IASF, Rome
Mission ORIGIN: probing the cosmic history of baryons with GRBs
13.08 Peter Roming
Southwest Research Institute
Probing the High-z Universe with GRBs and JANUS
13.09 Ignacio Taboada
Georgia Institute of Technology
Prospects for >10 GeV observation of GRBs with HAWC Scalers
13.10 Takahiro Toizumi
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Small Satellite "Tsubame" for Polarimetry of Gamma-ray Burst.