MDM Observatory

MDM or Columbia GRB Publications

- 2008 -

  • "Late-Time Optical Afterglow Observations with LBT and MDM," X. Dai, K. Z. Stanek, P. M. Garnavich AIP Conf. Proc. 1065, 93 (2008)
  • "Go Long, Go Deep: Finding Optical Jet Breaks for Swift-Era GRBs with the LBT," X. Dai, et al. Ap.J. 682, L77 (2008)
  • - 2007 -

  • "On the Mechanism of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows," Z. L. Uhm & A. M. Beloborodov, Ap. J. (Letters) 665, L93 (2007)
  • "GRB 050826: A Subluminous Event at z=0.296 Finds its Place in the Luminosity Distribution of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows," N. Mirabal, J. P. Halpern, & P. T. O'Brien, Ap. J. (Letters) 661, L127 (2007)
  • "The Nature of the X-ray Flash of August 24, 2005. Photometric Evidence for an On-Axis z=0.83 Burst with Continuous Energy Injection and an Associated Supernova?" J. Sollerman, et al., A&A 466, 839 (2007)
  • "Optical and X-ray Observations of GRB 060526: A Complex Afterglow Consistent with an Achromatic Jet Break," X. Dai, J. P. Halpern, N. D. Morgan, E. Armstrong, N. Mirabal, J. B. Haislip, D. E. Reichart, & K. Z. Stanek, Ap, J. 658, 509 (2007)
  • "Exploring Broadband GRB Behavior During Gamma-ray Emission," S. A. Yost, et al., Ap, J. 657, 925 (2007)
  • "Anomalous" Optical GRB Afterglows are Common: Two z~4 Bursts, GRB 060206 and 060210," K. Z. Stanek, et al., Ap. J. (Letters) 654, L21 (2007)
  • - 2006 -

  • "Mechanical Model for Relativistic Blast Waves," A. M. Beloborodov & Z. L. Uhm, Ap. J. (Letters) 651, L21 (2006)
  • "Neutron-loaded Outflows in Gamma-ray Bursts," E. M. Rossi, A. M. Beloborodov, & M. J. Rees, M.N.R.A.S. 369, 1797 (2006)
  • "GRB 060218/SN 2006aj: A Gamma-Ray Burst and Prompt Supernova at z=0.0335," N. Mirabal, J. P. Halpern, An, J. R. Thorstensen, & D. Terndrup, Ap. J. (Letters) 643, L99 (2006)
  • "Optical Lightcurve and Cooling Break of GRB 050502A," S. A. Yost, et al., Ap. J. 636, 959 (2006)
  • "Mechanical Model for Relativistic Blast Waves and Stratified Fireballs," Z. Uhm & A. M. Beloborodov, in Gamma-ray Bursts in the Swift Era, ed. S. S. Holt, N. Gehrels, & J. A. Nousek (AIP: Melvile, NY), 189 (2006)
  • - 2005 -

  • "The X-ray Afterglow of Dark GRB 970815: A Common Origin for Gamma-Ray Bursts and X-Ray Flashes?" N. Mirabal, J. P. Halpern, E. V. Gotthelf, & R. Mukherjee, Ap. J. 620, 379 (2005)
  • "Afterglow Emission from Pair-loaded Blast Waves in Gamma-Ray Bursts," A. M. Beloborodov, Ap. J. 627, 346 (2005)
  • "Optical and GeV-TeV Flashes from Gamma-Ray Bursts," A. M. Beloborodov, Ap. J. (Letters) 618, L13 (2005)
  • - 2004 -

  • "Early Stages in the GRB Explosion," A. Beloborodov, in Proc. 2003 GRB Conference, Santa Fe, NM (astro-ph/0405214)
  • "A Redshift Determination for XRF 020903: First Spectroscopic Observations of an X-Ray Flash," A. M. Soderberg, et al., Ap. J. 606, 994 (2004)
  • "The Detailed Optical Light Curve of GRB 030329," Y. M. Lipkin, et al., Ap. J. 606, 381 (2004)
  • - 2003 -

  • "A Search for Short Time-Scale Optical Variability in the GRB 030329 Afterglow," N. Mirabal, J. P. Halpern, R. Chornock, M. Bureau, & K. Fathi, in Proc. 2003 GRB Conference, Santa Fe, NM (astro-ph/031280)
  • "GRB 021004: A Possible Shell Nebula Around a Wolf-Rayet Star Gamma-ray Burst Progenitor," N. Mirabal, J. P. Halpern, R. Chornock, A. V. Filippenko, & D. M. Terndrup, in Proc. 2003 GRB Conference, Santa Fe, NM (astro-ph/031278)
  • "Was the X-ray Afterglow of GRB 970815 Detected," N. Mirabal, J. P. Halpern, E. V. Gotthelf, & R. Mukerjee, in Proc. 2003 GRB Conference, Santa Fe, NM (astro-ph/0312177)
  • "GRB 021004: A Possible Shell Nebula Around a Wolf-Rayet Star Gamma-ray Burst Progenitor," N. Mirabal, et al., Ap. J 595, 935 (2003)
  • "Nuclear Composition of Gamma-Ray Burst Fireballs," A. M. Beloborodov, Ap. J. 588, 931 (2003)
  • "High Resolution Grating Spectroscopy of GRB 020405 with Chandra LETGS," N. Mirabal, et al., Ap. J. 587, 128 (2003)
  • "Neutron-fed Afterglows of Gamma-ray Bursts," A. M. Beloborodov, Ap. J. (Letters) 585, L19 (2003)
  • - 2002 -

  • "Time-Dependent Optical Spectroscopy of GRB 010222: Clues to the GRB Environment," N. Mirabal, et al., Ap. J. 578, 818 (2002)
  • "The Afterglow and Complex Environment of the Optically Dim Burst GRB 980613," J. Hjorth, et al., Ap. J. 576, 113 (2002)
  • "Detection of a Supernova Signature Associated with GRB 011121," J. S. Bloom, et al., Ap. J. (Letters) 572, L45 (2002)
  • - 2001 -

  • "GRB 010222: A Burst withing a Starburst," D. A. Frail, et al., Ap. J. 565, 829 (2001)
  • "GRB 000418: A Hidden Jet Revealed," E. Berger, et al., Ap. J. 556, 556 (2001)
  • "Multicolor Observations of the GRB 000926 Afterglow," P. A. Price, et al., Ap. J. (Letters) 549, L7 (2001)
  • - 2000 -

  • Observations of X-ray lines from a gamma-ray burst (GRB 991216): Evidence of moving ejecta from the progenitor," L. Piro, et al., Science 290, 955 (2000)
  • "GRB 991216 Joins the Jet Set: Discovery and Monitoring of its Optical Afterglow," J. P. Halpern, R. Uglesich, N. Mirabal, S. Kassin, J. Thorstensen, W. C. Keel, A. Diercks, F. Harrison, J. Mattox, & M. Eracleous, Ap. J. 543, 697 (2000)
  • "A Central Engine for Cosmic Gamma-ray Burst Sources," M. A. Ruderman, L. Tao, & W. Kluzniak, Ap. J. 542, 243 (2000)
  • "X-ray Spectral Diagnostics of Gamma-Ray Burst Environments," F. Paerels, E. Kulkers, J. Heise, & D. A. Liedahl, Ap. J. (Letters) 535, L25 (2000)
  • - 1999 -

  • "Gamma-Ray Burst Spectral Features: Interpretation as X-ray Emission From a Photoionized Plasma," C. J. Hailey, F. A. Harrison, & K. Mori, Ap. J. (Letters) 520, L25 (1999)
  • "Jets in Gamma-Ray Bursts," R. Sari, T. Piran, & J. P. Halpern, Ap. J. (Letters) 519, L17 (1999)
  • "The Rapidly Fading Optical Afterglow of GRB 980519," J. P. Halpern, J. Kemp, T. Piran, & M. A. Bershady, Ap. J. (Letters) 517, L105 (1999)
  • "The Afterglow, Redshift, and Extreme Energetics of the Gamma-ray Burst of 23 January 1999," S. R. Kulkarni, et al., Nature 398, 389 (1999)
  • "Will GRB 990123 Perform an Encore?" R. D. Blandford & D. J. Helfand, M.N.R.A.S. 305, L45 (1999)
  • - 1998 -

  • "The Host Galaxy of the Gamma-Ray Burst 971214," Odewahn, S., et al., Ap. J. (Letters) 509, L5 (1998)
  • "The Discovery and Broadband Follow-up of the Transient Afterglow of GRB 980703," Bloom, J. S., et al., Ap. J. (Letters) 508, L21 (1998)
  • "Optical Afterglow of the Gamma-ray Burst of 14 December 1997," J.P. Halpern, J. R. Thorstensen, D. J. Helfand, & E. Costa, Nature 393, 41 (1998)
  • "Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the Optical Transient Associated with GRB 970508," Pian, E., et al., Ap. J. (Letters) 492, L103 (1998)

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