[Okc-wp4] Reminder: EO-meeting, 23.04., 13:00

Francesco Taddia ftadd at astro.su.se
Thu Apr 23 11:20:40 CEST 2015


Today!!
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Francesco Taddia
Postdoc
Department of Astronomy
Stockholm University, Sweden
ftadd at astro.su.se





> On 22 Apr 2015, at 13:35, Stephan Rosswog <stephan.rosswog at astro.su.se> wrote:
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> Dear all
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> at the next extreme objects meeting (April 23) we will try to look at one topic from
> different angles.
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> There have been recent claims of a possible "macronova" detection
> (http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.07761 <http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.07761>) in the aftermath of a GRB that does not really
> fit in the "standard picture" (GRB060614)
> 
> We will therefore try to summary the "standard picture"/the "standard arguments",
> then see where things do not fit together and --in an ideal world-- we may come
> up with something that makes more sense.
> 
> Therefore the plan is:
> 
> I Summarize (each time ~10 minutes)
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> 
>  - Jesper S.:  on GRB060614: why it challenges our classification/understanding
> 
>  - Stephan R.: standard arguments why short bursts are thought to be related to
>                compact binary mergers
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>  - Michael B.: summary of the recent observation (http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.07761 <http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.07761>)
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> II Discussion
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> Try to identify inconsistencies, come up with "crazy" (or maybe not so crazy) ideas.
> 
> Here everybody is encouraged to come up with ideas or simply questions. Maybe someone
> of your colleagues has a good answer...
> 
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> If you are interested in this type of topic and would want to read something about it, you may want
> to read:
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> - the new "macronova": http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.07761 <http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.07761>
> 
> - connection between sGRBs and compact binary mergers: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02081 <http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02081>
>    (and possibly references therein)
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> - the "non-standard”, “long short" GRB 060614:
>    + http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608257 <http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608257>
>    + http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006Natur.444.1044G <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006Natur.444.1044G>
>    + http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608322 <http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608322>
>    + http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608313 <http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608313>
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> Prof. Dr. Stephan Rosswog
> 
> Computational High-Energy Astrophysics
> The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics
> Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University
> AlbaNova, Roslagstullbacken 21
> SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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> Email: stephan.rosswog at astro.su.se <mailto:stephan.rosswog at astro.su.se>
> Tel.:     +46 (0)8 5537 8529
> URL:   http://compact-merger.astro.su.se/ <http://compact-merger.astro.su.se/>
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