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Color-color (B-V vs. V-R) diagram of optical afterglows of long GRBs. The  color indices were corrected for the Galactic reddening. Multiple indices of the same optical afterglow are connected by lines for convenience. Optical afterglows of the ensemble (Simon , Sim04} are denoted by open red circles. The mean colors (centroid) of the whole ensemble, including the standard deviations, are marked by the large cross. The outlying optical afterglow of GRB 060218 (closed blue circles) is not included in the calculation of the centroid. The representative reddening paths for E(B-V) = 0.5 mag are shown. Adapted from Simon et al. (2001, 2004), where a detailed information can be found.

Revision as of 09:44, 8 December 2009

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Very short-lived optical transients associated with enormous gamma-ray outbursts. A catalogue of GRBs is available here. Comprehensive recent review on GRBs and their physics can be found in Piran,2005

  • time-scales from seconds to minutes
  • in maximum can reach up to few mag, but the whole range observed
  • host galaxy can be visible


GRB06-RAPTOR.png from Wozniak et al. 2006

GRB08-PI.png from Sokolowski et al.2009

Detecting GRBs with Gaia

Gaia detection efficiency for GRBs in per cents.

About 5% of GRBs is detectable by Gaia, with the highest efficiency close to the nodes. The main feature visible in the data is steady and rapid decline over AF CCDs. Time sampling at AF CCDs level is 4.4s per CCD. We also demand the transient to be visible in the second FOV (after 105 min).

Plot grb mag 15.png
Plot grb mag.png

GRB-fraction.png from Piran,2005


Color-oa.png

Color-color (B-V vs. V-R) diagram of optical afterglows of long GRBs. The color indices were corrected for the Galactic reddening. Multiple indices of the same optical afterglow are connected by lines for convenience. Optical afterglows of the ensemble (Simon , Sim04} are denoted by open red circles. The mean colors (centroid) of the whole ensemble, including the standard deviations, are marked by the large cross. The outlying optical afterglow of GRB 060218 (closed blue circles) is not included in the calculation of the centroid. The representative reddening paths for E(B-V) = 0.5 mag are shown. Adapted from Simon et al. (2001, 2004), where a detailed information can be found.