Program

The poster list can be found here. The program contains links to the slides of presentations; the posters can be found below the program.

SUNDAY October 19 2008
18:00 Start Registration at Embassy Suites Hotel
18:30-22:00 Opening Reception at Embassy Suites Hotel

MONDAY October 20 2008
08:50-09:00HorackWelcome - Director, NASA/MSFC Science & Mission Systems Directorate
09:00-09:30Morse (I)NASA/HQ Update on Future Missions
09:30-10:00McEnery (I)Fermi Status Report
10:00-10:30Barthelmy (I)Gamma Ray Burst Discoveries By The Swift Mission
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-11:30Hays (I)Multimessenger observations of GRBs
11:30-11:45MeeganOn-Orbit Performance of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor
11:45-12:00BandThe Synergy of Gamma-Ray Burst Detectors in the Fermi Era
12:00-12:15Del MonteThe status of the AGILE GRB observations and the noticeable case of GRB 080514B
12:15-12:30GrindlayProbing the High-z Universe With EXIST
12:30-12:45RomingThe Joint Astrophysics Nascent Universe Satellite
12:45-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30Woosley (I)Models for GRBs and Central Engines
14:30-15:00Nakar (I)Short Gamma-ray Bursts
15:00-15:15FryerConstraints on the engines of long-duration GRBs
15:15-15:30ProgaOn the duration of long GRBs within the context of the collapsar model.
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:15FruchterA Comparison of the Afterglows of Long and Short Duration GRBs
16:15-16:30SakamotoIndication of two classes in the Swift short gamma-ray bursts from the XRT X-ray afterglow light curves
16:30-16:45PerleyThe Long-Short GRB Divide: Clues from the Mysterious Faint Afterglow of GRB 080503
16:45-17:00LopezW49B: A Bipolar Explosion in the Milky Way
   
19:30GehrelsPUBLIC TALK at US Space & Rocket Center

TUESDAY October 21 2008
09:00-09:30Panaitescu (I)Afterglow Physics
09:30-09:45GianniosPowerful GeV emission from a gamma-ray-burst shock wave scattering stellar photons
09:45-10:00GombocOptical flashes, reverse shocks and magnetization
10:00-10:15ZhangCan the Curvature Effect of a Non-powerlaw Spectrum Explain the Spectral Evolution of GRB X-Ray Tails?
10:15-10:30Van EertenFrom blast wave to observation
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-11:15RacusinBroadband Observations of the Naked-Eye GRB 080319B
11:15-11:30BeskinFast optical variability of GRB080319B - detailed analysis and problems of interpretation
11:30-11:45TanvirGRB 080319B: the host and late time afterglow behavior
11:45-12:00GrupeThe everlasting X-ray afterglow of GRB 060729
12:00-12:15KambleFive Years Of Multi-Frequency Monitoring Of GRB030329 Afterglow
12:15:12:30 GONG SESSION 1
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30Ramirez-Ruiz (I)GRB Ecology
14:30-14:45O'BrienWhat does GRB X-ray spectral variability tell us?
14:45-15:00GendreThe TAROT archive: rising afterglows
15:00-15:15GreinerA strong optical flare before the rising afterglow of GRB 080129
15:15-15:30KruehlerThe detailed early light curve of the optical/NIR afterglow of XRF 071031
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:15BeardmoreTesting GRB emission models using the bright GRB 080310
16:15-16:30CurranBreaks and the blast wave model in Swift GRBs
16:30-16:45Van der HorstDark Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift era
16:45-17:00VetereGRBs with no afterglow even in the Swift Era?
17:00-17:30 GONG SESSION 2
   
19:00 SYMPOSIUM BANQUET at US Space & Rocket Center

WEDNESDAY October 22 2008
09:00-09:30Rhoads (I)GRB Hosts: Observations and Theory
09:30-09:45KocevskiTesting The Metallicity Bias in GRB Host Galaxies at High Redshift
09:45-10:00WiersemaSpatially resolved spectroscopy of GRB hosts
10:00-10:15ChenHigh-Redshift Starbursting Dwarf Galaxies Revealed by GRB Afterglows
10:15-10:30CampisiHost Galaxies of Long Gamma Ray Bursts up to high redshift
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-11:15RaskinUsing Spatial Distributions to Constrain Progenitors of Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursts
11:15-11:30 POSTER PRIZE TALK 1
11:30-12:00Jakobsson (I)GRBs as Cosmological Tools
12:00-12:15HartmannTracing Cosmic Chemical Evolution with GRBs
12:15:12:30CenkoHyper-Energetic GRBs and GRB Energetics in the GLAST Era
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:15SchaeferTesting Gravity Models with the GRB Hubble Diagram
14:15-14:30ZhangA Cosmology Independent Calibration of Gamma-Ray Burst Luminosity Relations and the Hubble Diagram
14:30-14:45AokiNo Evidence for Variability of Intervening Absorption Lines toward GRB 060206: Implications for the Mg II Incidence Problem
14:45-15:00InoueGamma-ray pair absorption at very high-redshifts: probing UV radiation fields in the cosmic reionization era
15:00-15:15PalmerThe Discovery of SGR 0501+4516
15:15-15:30StefanescuSWIFT J195509.6+261406 -- a magnetar flaring in the optical?
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:15NakagawaX-ray Afterglows Accompanying SGR Short Bursts Discovered by Swift
16:15-16:30Castro-TiradoSWIFT J195509+261406: flares from a magnetar candidate as a missing link to dim isolated neutron stars
16:30-16:45 POSTER PRIZE TALK 2
16:45-17:00 POSTER PRIZE TALK 3
17:00-17:15 HOT NEWS 1 OR DISCUSSION
17:15-17:30 HOT NEWS 2 OR DISCUSSION

THURSDAY October 23 2008
09:00-09:30Meszaros (I)Theory of GRB Prompt and High Energy Emission
09:30-09:45ZhangGRB prompt emission: site and mechanism
09:45-10:00DaigneGRB prompt emission from internal shocks: spectral slope in the low gamma-ray range, high-energy photons and optical prompt emission
10:00-10:15BaringProbes of Shock Acceleration using Gamma-Ray Burst Prompt Emission
10:15-10:30MedvedevWhat can GLAST tell us about physics of GRBs?
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-11:15PreeceGRB Spectroscopy with GBM
11:15-11:30ButlerThe True Energetics of GRBs from Swift and GLAST
11:30-11:45SokolowskiPrompt optical observations of GRBs with "Pi of the Sky" system
11:45-12:00RydeBehavior of thermal emission in gamma-ray bursts
12:00-12:15Pe'erTheoretical implications of thermal emission from gamma-ray bursts
12:15:12:30BrombergRelativistic radiation dominated shocks
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:15NemiroffWhat causes GRB time dilation?
14:15-14:30MorrisPrompt Emission Properties of Flaring and Non-Flaring GRBs
14:30-14:45RazzaqueObservational Consequences of GRBs as Sources of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays
14:45-15:00WilliamsVery High-Energy Gamma-Ray Observations of GRBs with VERITAS
15:15-15:30GalanteMAGIC observation of GRBs at VHE
15:00-15:15TamVHE observations of GRBs with H.E.S.S.
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:15LazzatiExplaining the hard-to-soft spectral evolution in long GRBs
16:15-16:30OhnoNew probes of GRB prompt emission properties using wide-band spectroscopy by Suzaku Wide-band All-sky Monitor
16:30-16:45KrimmReviewing Epeak relations with Swift and Suzaku data
16:45-17:00NavaIs the Amati relation due to selection effects?
17:00-17:15StamatikosThe Correlation of Spectral Lag Evolution with Prompt Optical Emission in GRBs
17:15-17:30FoleyGlobal characteristics of GRBs observed with INTEGRAL and the inferred large population of low luminosity GRBs

Posters


P07BellmTime-Resolved Spectral Fits of RHESSI GRBs
P43HurleyThe Status and Future of the 3rd Interplanetary Network
P50KippenInstrument Response of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor
P56McConnellA Balloon-Borne Gamma-Ray Polarimeter for Gamma-Ray Bursts
P57McConnellGRB Polarimetry with POET
P73MunzGRBs detected by HETE-2 satellite (a progress report)
P86SimonTime evolution of the UVOT color indices of SN2006aj/GRB060218
P87SimonLuminosity and colors of the early optical transient of GRB060218 in the context of optical afterglows