Toward the Progenitors of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts

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Feb 2010

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American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #11, #2.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.653

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has progressed rapidly in recent years thanks to gamma-ray discoveries by the Swift and Fermi satellites and intensive ground- and space-based follow-up at longer wavelengths. Of particular importance is the discovery of afterglow emission from short GRBs at X-ray to radio wavelengths, as well as recent advances in the study of the prompt emission using Fermi's unprecedented broad high-energy coverage. In this talk I will summarize a wide set of observations of short GRBs and their environments which are beginning to shed light on the nature of the progenitors. I will also summarize recent results from Fermi that shed new light on the nature of the prompt emission mechanism, a 40-year old open question.

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