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Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows
Prospects for the NSU
Rapid Response Robotic Telescope
Slide 1
: Title Page
Slide 2
: Outline
Slide 3
: RRRT Collaboration
Slide 4
: NSU RRRT Observatory, Fan Mountain, Virginia
Slide 5
: GCN, The GRB Coordinates Network
Slide 6
: Decay of an Optical Afterglow (HST Photometry Example)
Slide 7
: Small Telescope Success Story!!
Slide 8
: The Supernova Conncetion (GRB 030329/ SN 2002dh)
Slide 9
: Origin of Optical Afterglows
Slide 10
: Synchrotron Radiation
Slide 11
: Why study polarization of OAs?
Slide 12
: Kepler's Supernova Remnant: polarization dilution by spatial averaging
Slide 13
: Observational Technique: Imaging Polarimetry Using Double Refraction
Slide 14
: Polarization of the Optical Afterglow of GRB 030329
Slide 15
: Reality Check
Slide 16
: Acknowledgements
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