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1 Gamma Ray Bursts H.E.C.R.s and beam-plasma instability theory A short introduction Juan Carlos Tello Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (I.A.A.-C.S.I.C) October 05, 2011 Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 1/10

2 Introduction GRBs Brief Description Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 2/10

3 Introduction GRBs Brief Description Discovered in 1960s (Vela) Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 2/10

4 Introduction GRBs Brief Description Discovered in 1960s (Vela) E tot ergs Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 2/10

5 Introduction GRBs Brief Description Discovered in 1960s (Vela) E tot ergs (Milky Way ergs/s) Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 2/10

6 Introduction GRBs Brief Description Discovered in 1960s (Vela) E tot ergs (Milky Way ergs/s) Light curve knee Jet Break Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 2/10

7 Introduction GRBs Brief Description Discovered in 1960s (Vela) E tot ergs (Milky Way ergs/s) Light curve knee Jet Break Redshifts z [0.008, 8.2] Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 2/10

8 Introduction GRBs Brief Description Discovered in 1960s (Vela) E tot ergs (Milky Way ergs/s) Light curve knee Jet Break Redshifts z [0.008, 8.2] Afterglow Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 2/10

9 Introduction GRBs Brief Description Discovered in 1960s (Vela) E tot ergs (Milky Way ergs/s) Light curve knee Jet Break Redshifts z [0.008, 8.2] Afterglow Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 2/10

10 Introduction (cont.) GRBs Brief Description (cont.) Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 3/10

11 Introduction (cont.) GRBs Brief Description (cont.) Classified by duration Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 3/10

12 Introduction (cont.) GRBs Brief Description (cont.) Classified by duration Long GRBs: Hypernovae Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 3/10

13 Introduction (cont.) GRBs Brief Description (cont.) Classified by duration Long GRBs: Hypernovae Short GRBs: compact mergers Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 3/10

14 Introduction (cont.) GRBs Brief Description (cont.) Classified by duration Long GRBs: Hypernovae Short GRBs: compact mergers Very varied light curves Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 3/10

15 GRB observation Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

16 GRB observation Detection Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

17 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

18 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

19 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Interplanetary Network (IPN) Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

20 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Interplanetary Network (IPN) Ground efforts Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

21 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Interplanetary Network (IPN) Ground efforts Alert sent by G.C.N. Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

22 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Interplanetary Network (IPN) Ground efforts Alert sent by G.C.N. Observed from ground Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

23 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Interplanetary Network (IPN) Ground efforts Alert sent by G.C.N. Observed from ground Fast Robotic telescopes Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

24 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Interplanetary Network (IPN) Ground efforts Alert sent by G.C.N. Observed from ground Fast Robotic telescopes Large observatories Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

25 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Interplanetary Network (IPN) Ground efforts Alert sent by G.C.N. Observed from ground Fast Robotic telescopes Large observatories Optical Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

26 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Interplanetary Network (IPN) Ground efforts Alert sent by G.C.N. Observed from ground Fast Robotic telescopes Large observatories Optical Radio Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

27 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Interplanetary Network (IPN) Ground efforts Alert sent by G.C.N. Observed from ground Fast Robotic telescopes Large observatories Optical Radio Air showers Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

28 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Interplanetary Network (IPN) Ground efforts Alert sent by G.C.N. Observed from ground Fast Robotic telescopes Large observatories Optical Radio Air showers Neutrinos, Gravitational waves Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

29 GRB observation Detection Swift, Fermi Agile, INTEGRAL Interplanetary Network (IPN) Ground efforts Alert sent by G.C.N. Observed from ground Fast Robotic telescopes Large observatories Optical Radio Air showers Neutrinos, Gravitational waves and other satellites Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 4/10

30 Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System (B.O.O.T.E.S.) BOOTES Homepage Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 5/10

31 Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System (B.O.O.T.E.S.) Since 1998 BOOTES Homepage Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 5/10

32 Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System (B.O.O.T.E.S.) Since 1998 BOOTES-1: Huelva BOOTES Homepage Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 5/10

33 Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System (B.O.O.T.E.S.) Since 1998 BOOTES-1: Huelva BOOTES-2: Málaga BOOTES Homepage Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 5/10

34 Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System (B.O.O.T.E.S.) Since 1998 BOOTES-1: Huelva BOOTES-2: Málaga BOOTES-IR: OSN BOOTES Homepage BOOTES-3 status Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 5/10

35 Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System (B.O.O.T.E.S.) Since 1998 BOOTES-1: Huelva BOOTES-2: Málaga BOOTES-IR: OSN BOOTES-3: New Zealand BOOTES Homepage BOOTES-3 status Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 5/10

36 Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System (B.O.O.T.E.S.) Since 1998 BOOTES-1: Huelva BOOTES-2: Málaga BOOTES-IR: OSN BOOTES-3: New Zealand BOOTES-4: Siberia Juan Carlos Tello BOOTES Homepage BOOTES-3 status G.R.B.s C.C.D. 5/10

37 Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System (B.O.O.T.E.S.) Since 1998 BOOTES-1: Huelva BOOTES-2: Málaga BOOTES-IR: OSN BOOTES-3: New Zealand BOOTES Homepage BOOTES-3 status BOOTES-4: China Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 5/10

38 Burst Optical Observer and Transient Exploring System (B.O.O.T.E.S.) Since 1998 BOOTES-1: Huelva BOOTES-2: Málaga BOOTES-IR: OSN BOOTES-3: New Zealand BOOTES Homepage BOOTES-3 status BOOTES-4: China More in the future? Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 5/10

39 Emission mechanism Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 6/10

40 Emission mechanism Fermi acceleration Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 6/10

41 G.R.B.s, H.E.C.R.s and Beam-Plasma Instabilities My understanding of what Antoine Bret s talk will cover: Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 7/10

42 G.R.B.s, H.E.C.R.s and Beam-Plasma Instabilities My understanding of what Antoine Bret s talk will cover: Collisionless shocks Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 7/10

43 G.R.B.s, H.E.C.R.s and Beam-Plasma Instabilities My understanding of what Antoine Bret s talk will cover: Collisionless shocks Beam-Plasma Instabilities Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 7/10

44 G.R.B.s, H.E.C.R.s and Beam-Plasma Instabilities My understanding of what Antoine Bret s talk will cover: Collisionless shocks Beam-Plasma Instabilities Considerations for their proper simulation Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 7/10

45 G.R.B.s, H.E.C.R.s and Beam-Plasma Instabilities My understanding of what Antoine Bret s talk will cover: Collisionless shocks Beam-Plasma Instabilities Considerations for their proper simulation Interesting results Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 7/10

46 Questions? Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 8/10

47 Questions? Thanks Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 8/10

48 Credits By order of appearance Beamer "keynote" template by Shawn Lankton Artist conception of GRB B Credit: NASA/Swift/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith and John Jones The optical light curves of GRB [?]. Distribution of redshifts Credit: Edo Berger (Harvard/CfA) GRB Afterglow detected by BOOTES [?] BATSE 4B Catalog duration histogram [?] Diversity of time profiles of GRBs [?] Artist s interpretation Swift, with a gamma-ray burst exploding behind. NASA/GSFC/Spectrum Astro. The physical GCN network GRB Fireball Model. Credit Swift/NASA Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 9/10

49 References A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. M. Castro Cerón, J. Gorosabel, P. Páta, J. Soldán, R. Hudec, M. Jelinek, M. Topinka, M. Bernas, T. J. Mateo Sanguino, A. de Ugarte Postigo, J. Á. Berná, A. Henden, F. Vrba, B. Canzian, H. Harris, X. Delfosse, B. de Pontieu, J. Polcar, C. Sánchez-Fernández, B. A. de la Morena, J. M. Más-Hesse, J. Torres Riera, and S. Barthelmy. Detection of an optical transient following the 13 march 2000 short/hard gamma-ray burst. A&A, 393(3):L55 L59, G. J. Fishman and C. A. Meegan. Gamma-Ray Bursts., 33: , F. A. Harrison, J. S. Bloom, D. A. Frail, R. Sari, S. R. Kulkarni, S. G. Djorgovski, T. Axelrod, J. Mould, B. P. Schmidt, M. H. Wieringa, R. M. Wark, R. Subrahmanyan, D. McConnell, P. J. McCarthy, B. E. Schaefer, R. G. McMahon, R. O. Markze, E. Firth, P. Soffitta, and L. Amati. Optical and Radio Observations of the Afterglow from GRB : Evidence for a Jet., 523:L121 L124, October W. S. Paciesas, C. A. Meegan, G. N. Pendleton, M. S. Briggs, C. Kouveliotou, T. M. Koshut, J. P. Lestrade, M. L. McCollough, J. J. Brainerd, J. Hakkila, W. Henze, R. D. Preece, V. Connaughton, R. M. Kippen, R. S. Mallozzi, G. J. Fishman, G. A. Richardson, and M. Sahi. The Fourth BATSE Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog (Revised)., 122: , June Juan Carlos Tello G.R.B.s C.C.D. 10/10

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