A Search for Jet Breaks in Short Gamma-Ray Bursts

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Sep 2006

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Chandra Proposal ID #08500575

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #08500575

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Understanding the energetics of short GRBs requires knowledge of the jet beaming factors. Short GRB afterglows are monitored routinely by the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT), but the XRT has not clearly detected a jet break from any short GRB. The implication is that the jet breaks are occurring at late times and at fluxes below the XRT sensitivity. We propose to trigger Chandra ToOs for two short GRBs, carefully selected to maximize the chance to detect late jet breaks with Chandra, as we did in AO7 on GRB 051221A.

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