GAMMA-RAY BURSTSIN THE SWIFT ERASixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference

Washington, DC 29 November - 2 December 2005

EDITORS

Stephen S. HoltFronklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Needhom, Massachusetts

Neil GehrelsNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbett, Maryland

John A. NousekPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, Pennsylvania

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONSNASA/Goddard Space Flight CenterUniversity of MarylandGeneral Dynamics

AIP Melville, New York, 200675 Years of Service AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS • VOLUME 836

CONTENTS

Preface xvii

HISTORY AND INTRODUCTION

A History of Gamma Ray Bursts and Other AstronomicalConundrums 3

V. Trimble

The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission: First Results 14N. Gehrels (On behalf of the Swift Team)

SHORT GRBs AND SGRs

Observations of the Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts: PromptEmission 25

K. HurleyThe Afterglows and Host Galaxies of Short GRBs: An Overview 33

E. BergerAre Short GRBs Really Hard? 43

T. Sakamoto, L. Barbier, S. Barthelmy, J. Cummings, E. Fenimore,N. Gehrels, D. Hullinger, H. Krimm, C. Markwardt, D. Palmer, A. Parsons,G. Sato, J. Tueller, R. Aptekar, T. Cline, S. Golenetskii, E. Mazets,V. Pal'shin, G. Ricker, D. Lamb, J.-L. Atteia, N. Kawai, and the Swift-BAT,Konus-Wind, and HETE-2 Teams

Late Flares from GRBs-Clues about the Central Engine 48A. I. MacFadyen, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, and W. Zhang :

The Short/Hard GRB 050709 and Its Star-Forming Host Galaxy 54S. Covino, D. Malesani, G. L. Israel, P. D'Avanzo, L. A. Antonelli,G. Chincarini, D. Fugazza, M. L. Conciatore, M. Delia Valle, F. Fiore,D. Guetta, K. Hurley, D. Lazzati, L. Stella, G. Tagliaferri, M. Vietri, andS. Campana

The Rate and Luminosity Function of Short GRBs 58T. Piran and D. Guetta

A Magnetar Flare in the BATSE Catalog? 64A. Crider

Short GRB Progenitors: Population Synthesis Predictions vs.Observations 68

T. Bulik, K.. Belczynski, and B. Rudak

External Shock Model for the Radio Afterglows of Giant Flares fromSoft y^Ray Repeaters 72

X. Y. Wang, X. F. Wu, Y. Z. Fan, Z. G. Dai, and B. Zhang

PROMPT EMISSION

The Latest Two GRB Detected by Hete-2: GRB 051022 and GRB051028 79

A. J. Castro-Tirado, S. McBreen, M. Jelinek, S. B. Pandey, M. Bremer,A. de Ugarte Postigo, J. Gorosabel, S. Guziy, G. Bihain, J. A. Caballero,P. Ferrero, J. de Jong, K. Misra, and D. K. Sahu

The Swift Prompt Sample 85P. T. O'Brien, R. Willingale, J. Osborne, M. R. Goad, K. L. Page,A. P. Beardmore, O. Godet, D. N. Burrows, and N. Gehrels

Stochastic Wakefield Acceleration in Gamma-Ray Bursts 91G. Barbiellini, F. Longo, N. Omodei, A. Celotti, and M. Tavani

External Shock Interactions of GRB Blast Waves and the SwiftObservations 97

C. D. Dermer

GRB 050315: A Step in the Proof of the Uniqueness of the OverallGRB Structure .103

R. Ruffini, M. G. Bernardini, C. L. Bianco, P. Chardonnet, F. Fraschetti,R. Guida, and S.-S. Xue

Prompt y-rxy Emission Spectroscopy with RHESSI 109M. E. Bandstra, S. E. Boggs, and E. Belhn

Constraints on TeV Emission from GRBs from the GeV ExtragalacticDiffuse Gamma-Ray Flux 113

S. Casanova and B. DingusGamma-Ray Burst Jet Profiles and Their Signatures 117

C. Graziani, D. Q. Lamb, and T. Q. DonaghyAre Long-Lag GRBs Different Than Other Long GRBs? 121

J. Hakkila, T. W. Giblin, C. D. Peters, S. M. Sonnett, and C. M. NolanProperties of the Intermediate Type of Gamma-Ray Bursts 125

I. Horvath, F. Ryde, L. G. Balazs, Z. Bagoly, and A. Meszaros !Statistical Analyses of RHESSI GRB Database 129

J. Ripa, R. Hudec, A. Meszaros, W. Hajdas, and C. WiggerThe Complete Spectral Catalog of Bright BATSE Gamma-Ray Bursts 133

Y. Kaneko, R. D. Preece, M. S. Briggs, W. S. Paciesas, C. A. Meegan, andD. L. Band

The "Supercritical Pile" Model of GRB: Spectra and Their TimeDevelopment 137

D. Kazanas, A. Mastichiadis, and M. Georganopoulos

GRB 050717: A Long, Short-Lag Burst Observed by Swift and Konus.. 141H. A. Krimm, C. Hurkett, V. Pal'shin, J. P. Norris, B. Zhang,S. D. Barthelmy, D. N. Burrows, N. Gehrels, S. Golenetskii, J. P. Osborne,A. M. Parsons, and M. Perri

Correlative Analysis of GRBs Detected by Swift, Konus and HETE 145H. A. Krimm, S. D. Barthelmy, N. Gehrels, D. Hullinger, T. Sakamoto,T. Donaghy, D. Q. Lamb, V. Pal'shin, S. Golenetskii, G. R. Ricker,J.-L. Atteia, N. Kawai, and G. Sato

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An Improved Redshift Indicator for Gamma-Ray Bursts, Based onthe Prompt Emission 149

A. Pelangeon, J.-L. Atteia, D. Q. Lamb, G. R. Ricker, and the HETE-2Science Team

Numerical Simulation of 2-D Relativistic Hydrodynamics UsingAdaptive Mesh Refinement Technique 153

K. Kwak and F. D. Swesty

PIC Simulations of Prompt GRB Emissions 157E. Liang, K. Noguchi, and S. Sugiyama

Gamma-Ray Bursts and Giant Lighting Discharges in ProtoplanetarySystems. 161

E. Winston, S. McBreen, B. McBreen, and L. HanlonObservations of Gamma-Ray Bursts with INTEGRAL 165

S. McGlynn, S. McBreen, L. Hanlon, B. McBreen, S. Foley, J. French,G. Melady, A. von Kienlin, and R. Preece

A Key to the Spectral Variability of Prompt GRBs 169M. V. Medvedev

Temporal and Spectral Analyses of SGRs Observed by HETE-2 173Y. E. Nakagawa, A. Yoshida, M. Maetou, M. Suzuki, T. Tamagawa,T. Sakamoto, N. Kawai, Y. Shirasaki, K. Tanaka, M. Matsuoka,E. E. Fenimore, M. Galassi, J.-L. Atteia, K. Hurley, and G. R. Ricker

Properties of Multi Pulsed GRBs seen by HETE-2 177Y. E. Nakagawa, A. Yoshida, N. Ishikawa, K. Tanaka, T. Tamagawa,M. Suzuki, N. Kawai, M. Matsuoka, Y. Shirasaki, R. Vanderspek,E. E. Fenimore, M. Galassi, J.-L. Atteia, and G. R. Ricker

The Observable Effect of a Photospheric Component on GRB'sPrompt Emission Spectrum: Peak Energy Clustering and FlatSpectra above the Thermal Peak 181

A. Pe'er, P. Meszaros, and M. J. ReesINTEGRAL Observations of the Nearby, Under-Luminous Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 031203 185

C. R. Shrader »Mechanical Model for Relativistic Blast Waves and StratifiedFireballs 189

Z. Uhm and A. M. BeloborodovNeutrino-Cooled Accretion Disks around Spinning Black Holes 193

W. Chen and A. M. BeloborodovCompton Spectrum from Poynting Flux Accelerated e+e- Plasma 197

S. Sugiyama, E. Liang, K. Noguchi, and H. TakabeSuzaku Wide-Band All-Sky Monitor Observations of GRB PromptEmissions 201

K. Yamaoka, S. Sugita, M. Ohno, T. Takahashi, Y. Fukazawa, Y. Terada,Y. Endo, S. Hong, K. Abe, K. Onda, M. Tashiro, T. Enoto, R. Miyawaki,M. Kokubun, K. Makishima, G. Sato, K. Nakazawa, T. Takahashi, and theSuzaku HXD-II Team

Tail Emission of Prompt Gamma-Ray Burst Jets 205R. Yamazaki, K. Toma, K. Ioka, and T. Nakamura

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The GRB Luminosity Function in the Internal Shock Model 209F. Daigne, R. Mochkovitch, and H. Zitouni

EARLY AFTERGLOW

The Swift XRT: Observations of Early X-Ray Afterglows 215D. N. Burrows, J. A. Kennea, J. A. Nousek, J. P. Osbome, P. T. O'Brien,G. Chincarini, G. Tagliaferri, P. Giommi, B. Zhang, and the XRT Team

Observations of Early Optical Afterglow 224P. W. A. Roming and K. O. Mason

Theories of Early Afterglow 234P. Meszaros

The Prompt and Early Afterglow X-Ray Spectra of Swift GRBs 244M. R. Goad, J. P. Osborne, A. P. Beardmore, O. Godet, and K. Page (Onbehalf of the Swift XRT Team)

Are XRFs Really Off-Jet GRBs? 253T. Q. Donaghy

X-Ray Line Emission in Swift XRT Spectra? 259N. Butler

Simulation Studies of Early Afterglows Observed with SWIFT 265K.-I. Nishikawa, P. Hardee, C. Hededal, C. Kouveliotou, G. J. Fishman, andY. Mizuno

Observation of the Prompt and Early Afterglow of GRB 050904 byTAROT 271

M. BoBr, J. L. Atteia, Y. Damerdji, B. Gendre, A. Klotz, and G. StrattaRapidly Detecting Extracted Bursts with KAIT and PAHUTEL 277

N. Butler, J. Bloom, A. Filippenko, W. Li, R. Foley, K. Alatalo,D. Kocevski, D. Perley, and D. Pooley

GRB 050421: A Possible Naked Burst with X-Ray Flares 281O. Godet, K. L. Page, J. P. Osborne, P. T. O'Brien, A. P. Beardmore,M. R. Goad, and the Swift Team \

Swift and XMM Observations of the Dark GRB 050326 285A. Moretti, A. De Luca, D. Malesani, S. Campana, A. Tiengo,J. N. Reeves, M. Capalbi, G. Chincarini, S. Covino, G. Cusumano,P. Giommi, V. La Parola, V. Mangano, T. Mineo, M. Perri, P. Romano, andG. Tagliaferri

GRB 050117: Simultaneous Gamma-Ray and X-Ray Observationswith the Swift Satellite 289

J. E. Hill, D. C. Morris, T. Sakamoto, G. Sato, D. N. Burrows, L. Angelini,C. Pagani, A. Moretti, A. F. Abbey, S. Barthelmy, A. P. Beardmore,V. V. Biryukov, S. Campana, M. Capalbi, G. Cusumano, P. Giommi,M. A. rbrahimov, J. A. Kennea, S. Kobayashi, K. Ioka, C. Markwardt,P. Meszaros, P. T. O'Brien, J. P. Osborne, A. S. Pozanenko, M. Perri,V. V. Rumyantsev, P. Schady, D. A. Sharapov, G. Tagliaferri, B. Zhang,G. Chincarini, N. Gehrels, A. Wells, and J. A. Nousek

Rapid GRB Afterglow Response with SARA 293K. V. Garimella, A. L. Homewood, D. H. Hartmann, C. Riddle, S. Fuller,A. Manning, T. Mclntyre, and G. Henson

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Rapid Centroids and the Refined Position Accuracy of the SwiftGamma-Ray Burst Catalogue 297

J. E. Hill, L. Angelini, A. Moretti, D. C. Morris, J. Racusin,D. N. Burrows, A. P. Beardmore, S. Campana, M. Capalbi, J. A. Kennea,J. P. Osborne, C. Pagani, G. Tagliaferri, G. Chincarini, N. Gehrels,A. Wells, and J. A. Nousek

Early Afterglow and Variability 301K. Ioka, S. Kobayashi, B. Zhang, T. Kenji, R. Yamazaki, and T. Nakamura

Searching for Early Optical Transients of Gamma-Ray Bursts withTAROT—Technical Status 305

A. Klotz, M. Boer, G. Buchholtz, Y. Damerdji, J. Eysseric, C. Pollas, and. Y. Richaud

Rapid Identification of GRB Afterglows with Swift/UVOT 309F. E. Marshall and the Swift Team

Can GRB Early X-Ray Afterglows be Explained by a Contributionfrom the Reverse Shock? 313

F. Genet, F. Daigne, and R. MochkovitchThe Swift X-Ray Flaring Afterglow of GRB 050607 317

C. Pagani, D. C. Morris, S. Kobayashi, T. Sakamoto, A. D. Falcone,A. Moretti, K. Page, D. N. Burrows, D. Grupe, J. Racusin, J. A. Kennea,S. Campana, P. Romano, G. Tagliaferri, J. E. Hill, L. Angelini,S. Barthelmy, G. Chincarini, J. A. Nousek, and N. Gehrels

A Tale of Two Faint Bursts: GRB 050223 and GRB 050911 321K. L. Page, S. D. Barthelmy, A. P. Beardmore, D. N. Burrows,S. Campana, G. Chincharini, J. R. Cummings, G. Cusmano, N. Gehrels,P. Giommi, M. R. Goad, O. Godet, J. Graham, Y. Kaneko, J. A. Kennea, ,V. Mangano, C. B. Markwardt, P. T. O'Brien, J. P. Osborne, D. E. Reichart,E. Rol, T. Sakamoto, G. Tagliaferri, N. R. Tanvir, A. A. Wells, andB. Zhang

GRB Follow-Up Observations with the Whipple Telescope andVERITAS 325

D. Petry and the VERITAS Collaboration \Colors and Absolute Magnitude of the Optical Afterglow of the ShortGRB050709 329

V. Simon, R. Hudec, and G. PizzichiniNear Infrared Monitoring of the Afterglow of the Very Bright SwiftBurst GRB 050525 333

G. Stratta, A. Klotz, J. L. Atteia, and M. BoerShallow Decay of Early X-Ray Afterglows from InhomogeneousGamma-Ray Burst Jets 337

K. Toma, K. Ioka, R. Yamazaki, and T. NakamuraSlow and Fast Components in X-Ray Light Curves of GRBs fromBeppoSAX WFC Archive 341

L. Vetere, E. Massaro, E. Costa, and P. SoffittaAutomated Detection of Optical Counterparts to GRBs withRAPTOR ; 345

P. R. Wozniak, W. T. Vestrand, S. Evans, R. White, and J. Wren

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ROTSE-IH Performance in the Swift Era 349S. A. Yost, E. S. Rykoff, F. Aharonian, C. W. Akerlof, M. C. B. Ashley,S. Barthelmy, N. Gehrels, E. Gogus, T. Guver, D. Horns, U. Kiziloglu,H. A. Krimm, T. A. McKay, N. Mirabal, M. Ozell, A. Phillips,R. M. Quimby, G. Rowell, W. Rujopakarn, B. E. Schaefer, D. A. Smith,H. F. Swan, W. T. Vestrand, J. C. Wheeler, J. Wren, and F. Yuan

Bumps in the Optical Afterglow of GRB 030329: Refreshed Shocksand Evidence for Internal Shocks in GRBs? 353

F. Gebet, F. Daigne, and R. MochkovichThe Broadband Afterglow of GRB 030328 357

E. Maiorano, N. Masetti, E. Palazzi, S. Savaglio, E. Rol, P. M. Vreeswijk,E. Pian, P. A. Price, B. A. Peterson, M. Jelinek, S. B. Pandey,M. I. Anderson, and A. A. Henden

Colors of Optical Afterglows of GRBs in Analysis of the Dust in theirEnvironemnt 361

V. Simon, R. Hudec, and G. Pizzichini

LATE AFTERGLOWS & GRB/SN CONNECTION

Supernova and GRB Connection: Observations and Questions 367M. Delia Valle

A Broadband Perspective on the GRB-SN Connection 380A. M. Soderberg

Late-Time X-Ray Flares during GRB Afterglows: Extended InternalEngine Activity 386

A. D. Falcone, D. N. Burrows, P. Romano, S. Kobayashi, D. Lazzati,B. Zhang, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, G. Cusumano, N. Gehrels,P. Giommi, M. R. Goad, O. Godet, J. E. Hill, J. A. Kennea, P. Meszaros,D. Morris, J. A. Nousek, P. T. O'Brien, J. P. Osborne, C. Pagani, K. Page,G. Tagliaferri, and the Swift XRT Team ;

Physical Origin of X-Ray Flares Following GRBs 392B. Zhang

The Supernova Gamma-Ray Burst Connection 398S. E. Woosley and A. Heger

Evidence for Intrinsic Absorption in the Swift X-Ray Afterglows 408S. Campana, P. Romano, S. Covino, D. Lazzati, A. De Luca, G. Chincarini,A. Moretti, G. Tagliaferri, G. Cusumano, V. Mangano, V. La Parola,T. Mineo, P. Giommi, M. Perri, M. Capalbi, L. A. Antonelli,D. N. Burrows, J. E. Hill, J. L. Racusin, J. A. Kennea, D. C. Morris,C. Pagani, J. A. Nousek, J. P. Osborne, M. R. Goad, K. L. Page,A. P. Beardmore, O. Godet, P. T. O'Brien, A. A. Wells, L. Angelini, andN. Gehrels

Constraining the GRB Collimation with a Survey for OrphanAfterglows 414

A. Rau, J. Greiner, and R. SchwarzLong-Term Optical Monitoring of GRB 030329 420

D. Bersier, K. Z. Stanek, P. M. Garnavich, T. Matheson, and P. Mazzalix

XRF 011030: The Case of a Late X-Ray Flare Observed byBeppoSAX 424

A. Galli and L. PiroA Catalog of X-Ray Afterglows Observed by BeppoSAX, XMM-Newton and Chandra 428

B. Gendre, A. Corsi, L. Piro, and M. De PasqualeSwift Observations of GRB 050603 432

D. Grupe, P. J. Brown, A. Retter, D. N. Burrows, J. A. Nousek,P. Meszaros, B. Zhang, and J. Cummings

Swift Panchromatic Observations of the Bright Gamma-Ray BurstGRB 050525A 436

S. T. Holland, A. J. Blustin, and the Swift Science TeamCorrelation of Color Behaviour of Blazars and Optical Afterglows ofGRBs 440

R. Hudec, R. Filgas, V. Simon, M. Basta, and M. TopinkaIdentification of Two Categories of Optically Bright Gamma-RayBursts and a Model-Independent Luminosity Indicator 444

E. Liang and B. ZhangOptically Selected GRB Afterglows 448

F. Malacrino and J.-L. AtteiaAfterglow Calculation in the Blandford-Lyutikov ElectromagneticModel of GRBs 452

F. Genet, F. Daigne, and R. MochkovitchInteraction of Electromagnetic Dominated Outflow withInhomogeneous Ambient Medium 456

K. Noguchi and E. LiangSearch for Correlations between BATSE Gamma-Ray Bursts andSupernovae 460

J. Polcar, M. Topinka, D. Necas, F. Hroch, R. Hudec, V. Hudcova,G. Pizzichini, N. Masetti, and E. Palazzi

GRB Supernova Luminosities—Correcting for the Host Extinction 464A. Zeh, C. Riddle, S. Klose, D. A. Kann, and D. H. Hartmann

The Frontier of Darkness: The Cases of GRB 040223, GRB 040422,GRB 040624 467

P. D'Avanzo, P. Filliatre, P. Goldoni, L. A. Antonelli, S. Campana,G. Chincarini, S. Covino, A. Cucchiara, M. Delia Valle, A. De Luca,S. Foley, D. Fugazza, N. Gehrels, D. GOtz, L. Hanlon, G. L. Israel,D. Malesani, B. McBreen, S. McBreen, S. McGlynn, S. Mereghetti,L. Moran, J. A. Nousek, R. Perna, L. Stella, and G. Tagliaferri

PROGENITORS, COSMOLOGY, AND X-RAY FLASHES

Constraints on the Diverse Progenitors of GRBs from the Large-ScaleEnvironments 473

J. S. Bloom and J. X. ProchaskaThe Electromagnetic Model of Gamma Ray Bursts 483

M. Lyutikovxi

The Progenitors of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts 493E. Ramirez-Ruiz

GRB Cosmology and the First Stars 503V. Bromm and A. Loeb

Long Gamma-Ray Bursts as Standard Candles 513D. Lazzati, G. Ghirlanda, G. Ghisellini, L. Nava, C. Firmani, B. Morsony,and M. C. Begelman

Variability in GRB Host Galaxy Line Fluxes 522A. K. Yoldas,, J. Greiner, and A. Rau

Missing GRB Host Galaxies in Deep Mid-Infrared Observations:Implications on the Use of GRBs as Star Formation Tracers 528

E. Le Floc'h, V. Charmandaris, B. Forrest, F. Mirabel, L. Armus, andD. Devost

GRB Afterglows as a New ISM and IGM Probe 534H.-W. Chen, J. X. Prochaska, and J. S. Bloom

GRB Host Studies (GHostS) 540S. Savaglio, K. Glazebrook, and D. Le Borgne

The Redshift Distribution of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts 546F. Daigne, E. Rossi, and R. Mochkovitch

GRB 050814 at z = 5.3 and the Redshift Distribution of Swift GRBs 552P. Jakobsson, A. Levan, J. P. U. Fynbo, R. Priddey, J. Hjorth, N. Tanvir,D. Watson, B. L. Jensen, J. Sollerman, P. Natarajan, J. Gorosabel,J. M. Castro Ceron, and K. Pedersen

The True Redshift Distribution of Pre-SWIFT Gamma-Ray Bursts 558B. Gendre and M. Bo6r

GRB 050904: The Oldest Cosmic Explosion Ever Observed in theUniverse 564

G. Cusumano, V. Mangano, G. Chincarini, A. Panaitescu, D. N. Burrows,V. La Parola, T. Sakamoto, S. Gampana, T. Mineo, G. Tagliaferri,L. Angelini, S. D. Barthelemy, A. P. Beardmore, P. T. Boyd,L. R. Cominsky, C. Gronwall, E. E. Fenimore, N. Gehrels, P. Giommi,M. Goad, K. Hurley, J. A. Kennea, K. O. Mason, F. Marshall, P. Meszaros,J. A. Nousek, J. P. Osborne, D. M. Palmer, P. W. A. Roming, A. Wells,N. E. White, and B. Zhang

X-Ray Flare in XRF 050406: Evidence for Prolonged Engine Activity 570P. Romano, A. Moretti, P. L. Banat, D. N. Burrows, S. Campana,G. Chincarini, S. Covino, D. Malesani, G. Tagliaferri, A. D. Falcone,M. Capalbi, G. Cusumano, P. Giommi, V. La Parola, V. Mangano, M. Perri,and C. Pagani

The Very Long X-Ray Afterglow of XRF 050416A. 574V. Mangano, G. Cusumano, V. La Parola, T. Mineo, S. Campana,M. Capalbi, G. Chincarini, P. Giommi, A. Moretti, M. Perri, P. Romano,G. Tagliaferri, D. N. Burrows, O. Godet, J. A Kennea, K. Page, andJ. L. Racusin

Confirmation of the E^-E^ (Amati) Relation from the X-RayFlash XRF 050416A Observed by Swifi/BAT 578

T. Sakamoto, L. Barbier, S. Barthelmy, J. Cummings, E. Fenimore,N. Gehrels, D. Hullinger, H. Krimm, C. Markwardt, D. Palmer, A. Parsons,G. Sato, and J. Tueller

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The X-Ray Spectrum and Lightcurve of the Redshift 6.29 y-RayBurst GRB 050904 582

D. Watson, J. N. Reeves, J. Hjorth, J. P. U. Fynbo, P. Jakobsson,K. Pedersen, J. Sollerman, J. M. Castro Ceron, S. McBreen, and S. Foley

NON-PHOTONIC AND HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM GRBs

Non-Photonic Emissions from •y-Ray Bursts 589E. Waxman

A New Search Paradigm for Correlated Neutrino Emission fromDiscrete GRBs Using Antarctic Cherenkov Telescopes in the SwiftEra 599

M. Stamatikos (On behalf of the IceCube Collaboration) and D. L. BandSearching for Cataclysmic Cosmic Events with a CoincidentGamma-Ray Burst and Gravitational Wave Signature 605

S. Marka and L. MatoneSpectroscopy of the Brightest Bursts up to Energies of 200MeV 612

M. M. Gonzalez, M. Carrillo-Barragan, B. L. Dingus, Y. Kaneko, andR. D. Preece

The Search for Neutrinos from Gamma Ray Bursts with AMANDA 616K. Kuehn (On behalf of the IceCube Collaboration and the IPN Collaboration)

A Search for Short Duration Very High Energy Emission fromGamma-Ray Bursts 620

D. Noyes (On behalf of the Milagro Collaboration)Milagro Search for Very High Energy Emission from Gamma-RayBursts in the Swift Era 624

P. M. Saz Parkinson (On behalf of the Milagro Collaboration)

FUTURE MISSIONS AND INSTRUMENTATION

Fost-Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Science and Capabilities Needed toEXIST 631

J. E. Grindlay and the EXIST TeamGLAST, LAT and GRBs 642

N. Omodei and the GLAST/LAT GRB Science GroupAGILE and Gamma-Ray Bursts 648

F. Longo, M. Tavani, G. Barbiellini, A. Argan, M. Basset, F. Boffelli,A. Bulgarelli, P. Caraveo, P. Cattaneo, A. Chen, E. Costa, E. Del Monte,G. Di Cocco, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini,L. Foggetta, T. Froysland, M. Frutti, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti,A. Giuliani, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, F. Liello, P. Lipari,M. Marisaldi, M. Mastropietro, E. Mattaini, F. Mauri, S. Mereghetti,E. Morelli, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, P. Picozza,C. Pittori, C. Pontoni, G. Porrovecchio, M. Prest, M. Rapisarda, E. Rossi,A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, A. Traci, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, E. Vallazza,S. Vercellone, and D. Zanello

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Prospects for GRB Polarimetry with GRAPE 654M. L. McConnell, P. F. Bloser, J. Legere, J. R. Macri, T. Narita, andJ. M. Ryan

The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope and Gamma-RayBursts 660

J. McEnery and S. Ritz (On behalf of the GLAST Mission Team)

In-Flight Calibration of the Swift XRT Effective Area 664G. Cusumano, S. Campana, P. Romano, V. Mangano, A. Moretti,A. F. Abbey, L. Angelini, A. P. Beardmore, D. N. Burrows, M. Capalbi,G. Chincarini, O. Citterio, P. Giommi, M. R. Goad, O. Godet,G. D. Hartner, J. E. Hill, J. A. Kennea, V. La Parola, T. Mineo, D. Morris,J. A. Nousek, J. P. Osborne, K. Page, C. Pagani, M. Perri, G. Tagliaferri,F. Tamburelli, and A. Wells

BOOTES-m: The Extension of BOOTES towards the Near-IR 668A. de Ugarte Postigo, A. J. Castro-Tirado, M. Jelinek, P. Kubanek,R. Cunnife, J. Gorosabel, S. Vitek, S. Castillo-Carrion, S. Guziy,S. B. Pandey, T. de J. Mateo Sanguino, J. M. Castro Ceron, F. M. Zerbi,P. Conconi, S. Covino, A. Riva, V. de Caprio, P. Amado, A. Claret,C. Cardenas, S. Martin, J. M. Trigo-Rodriguez, C. Sanchez-Fernandez,M. D. Sabau-Graziati, J. Diaz-Verdejo, and F. Vitali

Real-Time Optical Monitoring of GRBs 672R. Hudec and M. Kfizek

In-FIight Calibration of the Swift XRT Point Spread Function 676A. Moretti, S. Campana, M. Capalbi, G. Chincarini, S. Covino,G. Cusumano, P. Giommi, V. La Parola, V. Mangano, T. Mineo, M. Perri,P. Romano, and G. Tagliaferri

GRB Astrophysics with Digitised Astronomical Archival Plates 680R. Hudec and L. Hudec

BART: Real Time Follow-Up of GRBs Since 2001 684P. Kubanek, M. Jelinek, R. Hudec, M. Nekola, and J. Strobl

GRB Follow-Up with BOOTES Optical Chapter 5: The Swift Era 688M. Jelinek, A. J. Castro-Tirado, P. Kubanek, S. Vitek, A. De UgartePostigo, and R. Hudec

GLAST and GRBs: Probing Photon Propagation over CosmologicalDistances 692

F. Longo, N. Omodei, J. Cohen-Tanugi, J. D. Scargle, and F. Piron

The CASTER Black Hole Finder Probe 696M. L. McConnell, P. F. Bloser, G. L. Case, M. L. Cherry, J. Cravens,T. G. Guzik, K. Hurely, R. M. Kippen, J. R. Macri, R. S. Miller,W. Paciesas, J. M. Ryan, B. Schaefer, J. G. Stacy, W. T. Vestrand, andJ. P. Wefel

SuperAGILE and Gamma Ray Bursts 700L. Pacciani, E. Costa, G. Barbiellini, E. del Monte, I. Donnarumma,Y. Evangelista, M. Feroca, M. Frutti, F. Lazzarotto, I. Lapshov,M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, andM. Tavani

Burst Detector Sensitivity: Past, Present & Future 704D. L. Band

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The In-Flight Spectroscopic Calibration of the Swift XRT CCD

Camera 708A. P. Beardmore, O. Godet, A. F. Abbey, J. P. Osborne,K. L. Page, A. A. Wells, and M. R. Goad (On behalf of the Swift XRTTeam)

GRB Astrophysics with LOBSTER 712R. Hudec, L. Pina, L. Sveda, and A. Inneman

High Redshift GRBs Observed by GLAST 716N. Omodei (On behalf of the GLAST/LAT GRB Science Group)

List of Attendees 721Author Index 727

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