Gamma-ray bursts and GRB080319B

Ariel Majcher; Tadeusz Batsch; Mikolaj Cwiok; Wojciech Dominik; Grzegorz Kasprowicz; Agnieszka Majczyna; Katarzyna Malek; Lech Mankiewicz; Krzysztof Nawrocki; Robert Pietrzak; Lech W. Piotrowski; Maria Ptasinska; Malgorzata Siudek; Marcin Sokolowski; Janusz Uzycki; Piotr Wawer; Roman Wawrzaszek; Grzegorz Wrochna; Michal Zaremba; Aleksander F. Zarnecki

doi:10.1117/12.838208

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5 August 2009 Gamma-ray bursts and GRB080319B

Ariel Majcher, Tadeusz Batsch, Mikolaj Cwiok, Wojciech Dominik, Grzegorz Kasprowicz, Agnieszka Majczyna, Katarzyna Malek, Lech Mankiewicz, Krzysztof Nawrocki, Robert Pietrzak, Lech W. Piotrowski, Maria Ptasinska, Malgorzata Siudek, Marcin Sokolowski, Janusz Uzycki, Piotr Wawer, Roman Wawrzaszek, Grzegorz Wrochna, Michal Zaremba, Aleksander F. Zarnecki

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Proceedings Volume 7502, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2009; 75020G (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.838208
Event: Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2009, 2009, Wilga, Poland

Abstract

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) are short impulses of gamma radiation (time duration ranges from 0.1 to 100 s) distributed almost isotropically across the sky. Most probably they arise during explosions or collisions of stars at cosmological distances. In this paper we discuss their origin, properties and current models. The methods of their observations will be also described. At the end short summary of "Pi of the Sky" GRBs observations will be presented, mainly focused on the naked-eye burst GRB080319B.

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Ariel Majcher, Tadeusz Batsch, Mikolaj Cwiok, Wojciech Dominik, Grzegorz Kasprowicz, Agnieszka Majczyna, Katarzyna Malek, Lech Mankiewicz, Krzysztof Nawrocki, Robert Pietrzak, Lech W. Piotrowski, Maria Ptasinska, Malgorzata Siudek, Marcin Sokolowski, Janusz Uzycki, Piotr Wawer, Roman Wawrzaszek, Grzegorz Wrochna, Michal Zaremba, and Aleksander F. Zarnecki "Gamma-ray bursts and GRB080319B", Proc. SPIE 7502, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2009, 75020G (5 August 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.838208

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