Reolving the Short Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery

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Sep 2002

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Chandra Proposal ID #04400009

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #04400009

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Gamma-ray bursts may be divided into two categories: short-duration and long-duration. No X-ray follow-up observation has ever been made for a short GRB, and despite searches, no optical or radio counterpart has ever been found for one either. We propose to observe the error boxes of two short bursts detected by the Interplanetary Network with ACIS-I. The detection of a fading X-ray counterpart will establish a ~1" position for the burst, which can then be searched much deeper in the optical and radio ranges for a fading counterpart and a host galaxy. These observations will help determine whether the origin of the short bursts is different from those of the long ones (e.g. merging neutron stars vs. hypernovae).

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