Theory and Models

Oral

M-1
Stan Woosley (UCSC)

Theoretical Models for Gamma-Ray Bursts

M-2
Christopher Thompson (Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics)

Gamma-ray Emission from Compact Relativistic MHD Winds

M-3
J. I. Katz (Washington U.)

Neutron Precursors to Fireball GRB

M-4
Abhas Mitra Nuclear Research Lab., Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay-400085, INDIA

Why the cosmic fireball models of gamma ray bursts are unlikely to work

M-5
Stirling A. Colgate Los Alamos National Lab., Los Alamos, NM 87545

Gamma-Ray Bursts from Fast, Galactic Neutron Stars

M-6
Marco Tavani (Columbia University)

Shock Emission Models of Gamma-Ray Bursts

M-7
Matthew G. Baring, Alice K. Harding (NASA/GSFC)

Relativistic Expansions in Gamma-Ray Bursts: Constraints from gamma-gamma Pair Production.

M-8
Maximilian Ruffert (Max-Planck-Institut fur Astrophysik, Germany) Hans-Thomas Janka (MPI f. Astrophysik, Germany; Univ. of Chicago) Gerhard Schafer (MPG-AG "Gravitationstheorie", Univ. Jena, Germany)

Coalescing Neutron Stars as Gamma Ray Bursters ?

M-9
G. J. Mathews, P. Marronetti (Univ. Notre Dame), J. R. Wilson, S. Rhie (LLNL)

General Relativistic Simulation of Close Neutron Star Binaries: Implications for Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts

M-10
Tsvi Piran and Re'em Sari

Hydrodynamic Time Scales and Temporal Structure of GRBs

M-11
David B. Cline, David A. Sanders (UCLA), Woopyo Hong (Taegu Hyosung Catholic Univ. South Korea)

Further Study of Short GRBs as a Signature for Primordial Black Holes

M-12
Charles D. Dermer (Naval Research Laboratory)

Gamma-Ray Bursts from Comet-Antimatter Comet Collisions in the Oort Cloud

Poster

M-P1
John A. Ball (MIT Haystack Observatory)

An Alternative View of Gravitational Lensing of GRBs

M-P3
Daniele Fargion, Andrea Salis (Univ.Roma 1,Italy)

The time evolution of GRB spectra by a precessing lighthouse gamma jet.

M-P4
Daniele Fargion, Andrea Salis (Univ.Roma 1,Italy)

Precessing Gamma Jets in extended and galactic halo as source of GRB.

M-P5
Edison Liang (Rice U.) Grant Mathews (U. Notre Dame)

Prospects of Fluorescent Nuclear Line Searches in Gamma Ray Burst Afterglows

M-P6
B. I. Luchkov, O. M. Polyashova and A. D. Sel'yanov (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)

Historic Comets as a Possible Source of Gamma-Ray Bursts

M-P8
I.Mitrofanov and M.Litvak (IKI, Moscow)

Effect of Brightness-Hardness Correlation of GRBs, as Explained by the Galaxy Halo Model

M-P9
Robert Mochkovitch, Yael Fuchs (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)

Gamma-Ray Bursts from Internal Shocks in a Relativistic Wind: Temporal and Spectral Properties

M-P10
Robert Mochkovitch, Yael Fuchs (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)

Dynamics of a Relativistic Wind Powered by Magnetic Energy

M-P11
S. Nayakshin

Minimum gamma-factor of Relativistic Expansion in Cosmological GRB models

M-P12
S Ramadurai Astrophysics Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay 400 005

White Hole Model of Gamma Ray Bursts-Comparison with Observations

M-P13
B.C. Rubin, (NASA/MSFC, USRA), G.J. Fishman, (MSFC), J.J. Brainerd (UAH, MSFC), B.A. Harmon, C.A. Meegan (MSFC), W.S. Paciesas, G.N. Pendleton (UAH, MSFC), S.N. Zhang (MSFC, USRA)

The Collision of Comet SL9 with Jupiter as a Test of Comet-Comet Collision Gamma-ray Burst Models.

M-P14
Ramin Sina, Alice K. Harding, Carlo Graziani (NASA/GSFC)

Trident production and electron--positron scattering in strong magnetic fields

M-P15
Marco Tavani (Columbia University)

Spectral Models of Shock-Powered GRBs

M-P16
Marco Tavani (Columbia University)

A Cosmological Test for Shock-Powered GRBs

M-P17
Sandip K. Chakrabarti, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, 20771

ARE GAMMA RAY BURSTS THE `BIRTH CRY' OF BLACK HOLES?

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