Session 1 | Chair: Rosalba Perna (University of Colorado) | Crystal ballroom C, West Tower |
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | NS-NS versus BH-NS binaries as short GRB progenitors [PDF format], [Abstract] | Krzysztof Belczynski (New Mexico State University) |
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Binary models for short gamma ray bursts [PDF format], [Abstract] | Richard O'Shaughnessy (Northwestern University) |
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Gamma-Ray Bursts as standard candles [PDF format], [Abstract] | Davide Lazzati (JILA - University of Colorado) |
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Gamma-ray burst early afterglows [PDF format], [Abstract] | Bing Zhang (University of Nevada Las Vegas) |
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM | Coffee Break/ Poster viewing | |
Session 2 | Chair: Edo Berger (Carnegie Observatories) | Crystal ballroom C, West Tower |
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM | Recent Results from the Swift X-ray Telescope: Observations of Early Gamma Ray Burst Afterglows [PDF format], [Abstract] | Abe D. Falcone (Pennsylvania State University) |
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Discovery and Identification of the Very High Redshift Afterglow of GRB 050904 and Future Prospects [PDF format], [Abstract] | Dan Reichart (University of North Carolina) |
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM | New Views of Compact Object Mergers via Short Gamma-Ray Bursts [PDF format], [Abstract] | Derek B. Fox (Penn State University) |
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM | A Broadband Perspective on the GRB-SN Connection [PDF format], [Abstract] | Alicia M. Soderberg (Caltech) |
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM | Studying the ISM of Young Galaxies Hosting Gamma-Ray Bursts [Abstract] | Ryan J. Foley (UC Berkeley) |
