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Vendredi 17 septembre 2004 à 14 H


77 avenue Denfert Rochereau, Paris 14



Salle du Conseil !!!!, Observatoire de Paris





Imaging the Afterglows from Gamma-Ray Bursts



Greg Taylor

(NRAO)



Résumé : Using Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) the radio afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts can be imaged at sub-milliarcsecond resolution. Absolute astrometry to localize the burst within the host galaxy, or to constrain proper motions has also been achieved at similar levels. Several GRBs have been detected with this technique in recent years. The nearby (z=0.1685) gamma-ray burst of 29 March 2003 has presented us with a unique opportunity for a detailed examination of a GRB. This burst reached flux density levels at centimeter wavelengths more than 50 times brighter than any previously studied event. I will present the results of VLBI observations at multiple epochs designed to measure source diameters and proper motions of GRB 030329 at sub-milliarcsecond levels. These observations can constrain theories describing the dynamical evolution of the fireball.