Gamma-Ray Bursts 2012 Conference

It is a pleasure to announce the next combined Fermi/Swift GRB conference covering recent advances in all aspects of gamma-ray burst observations and theory. This conference will be held in Munich, Germany, on 7-11 May 2012, and follows similar previous combined Fermi/Swift meetings in Huntsville (Oct. 2008) and Annapolis (Nov. 2010). Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic explosions in the Universe and are thought to be the birth signatures of black holes. This is an exciting time in the GRB field as various missions provide a wealth of new data on this still puzzling phenomenon. The Fermi misson provides unprecedented spectral coverage over 7 decades in energy, and among others discovered new spectral components which challenge our standard picture of the prompt emission. The Swift mission continuous to swiftly monitor and locate GRBs in multiple wavebands, providing the basis for all ground-based follow-up observations towards redshift measurements and afterglow and host property investigations. AGILE, INTEGRAL, Suzaku and Konus continue to provide crucial information on GRB properties, and the MAXI mission provides an all sky X-ray monitoring of transients. There is also growing capability for follow-up observations by ground-based telescopes at basically all wavelengths. Besides the classical optical/infrared/radio observations, searches are underway for TeV emission, neutrinos and gravitational waves. Moreover, new experiments are expected to have returned first data, among others POGO on the prompt polarization properties, UFFO on very early optical emission, or ALMA on sub-millimeter properties. And last but not least, the unexpected is bringing us child-like astonishments at least once per year with a "GRB-trigger" which turns out to be not related to GRBs. Complementing all these new observational results, a huge theoretical effort is underway to understand the GRB phenomenon and keep up with the constant new puzzles coming from the data. This conference will bring together astrophysicists, neutrino physicists and gravitational wave scientists to discuss the latest data and theories, to build synergistic collaborations between the fields and across wavelengths, and beyond better understanding the GRB phenomenon to develop GRBs as a powerful probe of a variety of fundamental questions in present-day research.

Sessions
Introduction
Session I: Recent results from Swift and Fermi
Session II: Prompt Emission
Session III: Afterglows
Session IV: GRBs as Probes of the Early Universe
Session V: Progenitors and Central Engine
Session VI: History and Future Instrumentation
Session VII: Grav. Waves, Neutrinos, Cosmic Rays and UHE Emission
Session VIII: Host Galaxies

Introduction

Preface PoS(GRB 2012)001 pdf J. Greiner

Session I: Recent results from Swift and Fermi

Welcome Remarks PoS(GRB 2012)002 pdf J. Trumper

Swift: Status and Recent Results PoS(GRB 2012)003 J. Racusin

Fermi-LAT Recent Results on Gamma-Ray Bursts PoS(GRB 2012)004 pdf F. Piron

Scientific highlights from the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor PoS(GRB 2012)005 S. McBreen

Session II: Prompt Emission

The Fermi Era: Towards a better understanding of the GRB prompt emission PoS(GRB 2012)006 S. Guiriec

Rest-frame properties of GRBs observed by Fermi/GBM PoS(GRB 2012)007 pdf D. Gruber

Bright High-Energy GRBs detected with Fermi GBM PoS(GRB 2012)008 E. Bissaldi

Prompt spectral properties of a complete sample of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts PoS(GRB 2012)009 pdf L. Nava

Theory of the Gamma-ray Burst Prompt Emission PoS(GRB 2012)010 pdf D. Lazzati

The Photosphere in Gamma-Ray Bursts: Lessons Learned from Fermi PoS(GRB 2012)011 pdf F. Ryde

Photospheric Emission in Fermi Gamma Ray Bursts PoS(GRB 2012)012 pdf S. McGlynn

The High Energy Behavior of Gamma-ray Burst Spectra as Observed by Fermi GBM and LAT PoS(GRB 2012)013 pdf P. Veres

The E$_\mathrm{p}$ - E$_{\rm iso}$ relation: intrinsic GRB property or/and selection effects? PoS(GRB 2012)014 pdf R. Mochkovitch

GRBs have preferred jet opening angles and bulk Lorentz factors PoS(GRB 2012)015 pdf G. Ghisellini

On the reliability of spectral-energy correlations in GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)016 L. Amati

On The Lack of Time Dilation Signatures in Gamma-ray Burst Light Curves PoS(GRB 2012)017 D. Kocevski

Energy-dependent Spectral Lags of Fermi-GBM GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)018 S. Foley

Study of emission mechanism of Gamma-Ray Bursts by the gamma-ray polarization with IKAROS-GAP PoS(GRB 2012)019 pdf D. Yonetoku

Broadband observations of GRB110731A with Fermi, Swift, GROND and MOA PoS(GRB 2012)020 pdf J. BREGEON

GRB observations at very high energies with the MAGIC telescopes PoS(GRB 2012)021 M. Garczarczyk

Multi-GeV lightcurves: possible hints for the emission mechanism PoS(GRB 2012)022 pdf K. Asano

Searching For Low Energy Deviations In GRB Spectra With GBM PoS(GRB 2012)023 D. Tierney

Search for extended emission in Fermi/GBM GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)024 pdf G. Fitzpatrick

A Study of Gamma-Ray Bursts with extended emission observed with BATSE PoS(GRB 2012)025 Z.F. Bostanci

GRB Spectral Lags in The Source Frame: An Investigation of Fermi-GBM Bursts PoS(GRB 2012)026 pdf E. Sonbas

Long and short high energy components presented in GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)027 pdf N. Fraija

Radiation from shock-accelerated particles PoS(GRB 2012)028 pdf K.I. Nishikawa

The IPN Supplement to the Fermi GBM 2-year Catalog PoS(GRB 2012)029 K. Hurley

The observation of Gamma Ray Bursts with AGILE PoS(GRB 2012)030 E. Del Monte

The Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog: Years Three & Four PoS(GRB 2012)031 A. von Kienlin

Variability Time Scales of GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)033 pdf G. MacLachlan

Average Power Density Spectrum of long GRBs in the Swift Era PoS(GRB 2012)034 S. Dichiara

GRBs in the comoving frame: interpreting the spectral-energy correlations PoS(GRB 2012)035 pdf G. Ghirlanda

Untriggered Swift-GRBs in Fermi/GBM data PoS(GRB 2012)036 pdf D. Gruber

Monte Carlo Simulation of Thermal Radiation from Relativistic Media PoS(GRB 2012)037 pdf S. Shibata

Searching for galactic sources in the Swift GRB catalog PoS(GRB 2012)038 pdf J.C. Tello

Boolean Factor Analysis of Swift GRB Data PoS(GRB 2012)039 pdf Z. Bagoly

GRB 080407: an ultra-long burst discovered by the IPN PoS(GRB 2012)040 pdf V. Pal'shin

Where is the photospheric emission in GRBs ? PoS(GRB 2012)041 pdf R. Hascoet

The proto-black hole concept in GRB 101023 and its possible extension to GRB 110709B. PoS(GRB 2012)042 pdf A.V. Penacchioni

Needs for a new GRB classification following the fireshell model: "genuine short", "disguised short" and "long" GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)043 pdf C.L. Bianco

Canonical GRBs: the long, the disguised short and the short, and their cosmic distances. PoS(GRB 2012)044 R. Ruffini

The Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Burst Spectral Catalog: The First Two Years PoS(GRB 2012)045 A. Goldstein

Classification of Fermi and Swift GRBs. PoS(GRB 2012)046 pdf I. Horvath

Evidence for the observation of the first genuine short GRB and theoretical inference of its cosmological redshift. PoS(GRB 2012)047 M. Muccino

Curvature Effects in GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)048 pdf attachments E. Sonbas

Fermi-LAT Stacking Analysis of Swift-XRT Localized GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)049 D. Kocevski

Evidence of Deterministic Components in the Apparent Randomness of GRBs: Clues of a Chaotic Dynamic PoS(GRB 2012)050 G. Greco

Background fitting of Fermi gamma-ray burst 091030613 PoS(GRB 2012)051 pdf D. Szécsi

Short X-ray Transients detected by MAXI/GSC PoS(GRB 2012)052 N. Kawai

Constraints on the optical precursor to the naked-eye burst GRB080319B from 'Pi of the Sky' observations PoS(GRB 2012)053 pdf L.W. PIOTROWSKI

Session III: Afterglows

Scaling Properties of Afterglow Radiation PoS(GRB 2012)054 A. MacFadyen

Multidimensional numerical simulations in the afterglow phase PoS(GRB 2012)055 A. Vlasis

Relativistic MHD Simulations of Magnetic Fields in Jets of GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)056 G. Rocha da Silva

Simulations of GRB Jets in a Stratified External Medium PoS(GRB 2012)057 pdf F. De Colle

Observational Aspects of Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows PoS(GRB 2012)058 pdf T. Kruehler

Probing GRB afterglows with deep linear and circular polarimetry PoS(GRB 2012)059 pdf K. Wiersema

An intrinsic correlation between GRB optical/UV afterglow brightness and decay rate PoS(GRB 2012)060 pdf S. Oates

The prompt-afterglow connection in Gamma-Ray Bursts: a comprehensive statistical analysis of Swift X-ray light-curves PoS(GRB 2012)061 R. Margutti

Gamma-ray burst afterglows as probes of the ISM PoS(GRB 2012)062 pdf P. Schady

Origin of the X-ray absorption in GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)063 D. Watson

Short GRB Broad-band Afterglow Observations: Beaming, Densities and Energetics PoS(GRB 2012)064 W. Fong

Statistical Connection between the prompt and X-ray afterglow emission of Swift detected GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)065 pdf D. Grupe

Jet model fits to GRB light curves PoS(GRB 2012)066 D. Burrows

Afterglow emission in the context of an 'one-zone' radiation-acceleration model PoS(GRB 2012)067 pdf M. Petropoulou

GRB100814A - a member of the growing set of bursts with sudden optical rebrightening PoS(GRB 2012)068 pdf M. De Pasquale

Comparing the physical parameters of the intermediate and long GRB optical afterglows PoS(GRB 2012)069 pdf J. K\'obori

A universal scaling for short and long gamma-ray bursts: $E_{\rm X,iso}$-$E_{\rm \gamma,iso}$-$E_{\rm pk}$ PoS(GRB 2012)070 pdf M.G. Bernardini

A complete sample of bright long GRBs discovered by Swift PoS(GRB 2012)071 pdf G. Tagliaferri

The strong MgII absorbers mystery: a complete statistical sample PoS(GRB 2012)072 A. Cucchiara

Identifying the Location in the Host Galaxy from a Short GRB 111117A by the Chandra Sub-arcsecond Position PoS(GRB 2012)073 pdf T. Sakamoto

The propagation of relativistic jets triggered by tidal disruption of stars in quiescent supermassive black holes PoS(GRB 2012)074 F. De Colle

Exploring the Nature of Gamma-ray Burst Shallow Decay PoS(GRB 2012)075 pdf H. Kuiyun

Searching for late-time hard X-ray emission of Swift GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)076 pdf N. Ohmori

Energetic Fermi/LAT GRB100414A: Energetic and Correlations PoS(GRB 2012)077 pdf H. Kuiyun

Optical Afterglows and IGM Attenuation PoS(GRB 2012)078 pdf J. Japelj

Late-time observations of the X-ray afterglow of GRB 060729 PoS(GRB 2012)079 pdf D. Grupe

Session IV: GRBs as Probes of the Early Universe

High-redshift Gamma-ray Bursts PoS(GRB 2012)080 pdf N. Tanvir

Pulse spectral evolution of GRBs: implication as standard candle PoS(GRB 2012)081 pdf R. Basak

Difficulties in using GRBs as Standard Candles PoS(GRB 2012)082 pdf A. Goldstein

Galaxy counterparts of high-z sub-DLAs/DLAs towards GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)083 S. Schulze

Gamma-ray Bursts as Probes of the First Stars PoS(GRB 2012)084 pdf V. Bromm

Pop III GRBs: an estimative of the event rate for future surveys PoS(GRB 2012)085 pdf R. S. de Souza

The long gamma-ray burst rate and the correlation with host galaxy properties PoS(GRB 2012)086 pdf J. Elliott

Probing Cosmic Radiation Fields and Magnetic Fields in the Reionization Epoch with Hard X-rays and MeV-GeV Gamma Rays from High-z GRBs PoS(GRB 2012)087 S. Inoue

Search for properties of Gamma-Ray Bursts at known large redshifts PoS(GRB 2012)089 G. Pizzichini

The mystery of the missing GRB redshifts PoS(GRB 2012)090 pdf D. Coward

A Significant Problem With Using the Amati Relation for cosmological Purposes PoS(GRB 2012)091 A.C. Collazzi

Clustering of galaxies near GRB afterglows PoS(GRB 2012)092 V. Sudilovsky

Probing the Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst Rate in the Swift Era PoS(GRB 2012)093 A. Lien

Session V: Progenitors and Central Engine

The supernovae of gamma-ray bursts PoS(GRB 2012)095 pdf D. Bersier

Collapsar and Magnetar Models for Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts PoS(GRB 2012)096 pdf S. Nagataki

Binary Progenitors for Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts PoS(GRB 2012)097 P. Podsiadlowski

Breaks and flares in long gamma-ray bursts from massive binaries PoS(GRB 2012)098 pdf R. Church

The multi-messenger picture of compact binary mergers PoS(GRB 2012)099 S. Rosswog

Energy injection in short GRBs and the role of magnetars PoS(GRB 2012)100 pdf P. O'Brien

Model of the extended emission of short gamma-ray bursts PoS(GRB 2012)101 A. Pozanenko

GRB central engine, jet formation and propagation PoS(GRB 2012)102 E. Nakar

Constraints to the GRB central engine from jet penetrability to massive stars PoS(GRB 2012)103 pdf H. Nagakura

Unveiling long lasting central engine activity with Optical-NIR afterglows PoS(GRB 2012)104 pdf M. Nardini

Natal kicks of stellar-mass black holes PoS(GRB 2012)106 pdf M. Davies

Chemical properties of long gamma-ray bursts progenitors in cosmological simulations PoS(GRB 2012)107 pdf M.C. Artale

LGRBs beaming features and SNIb/c connection in the light of the Second Swift BAT Catalog PoS(GRB 2012)108 pdf C. Kanaan

Late-time light curves of GRB associated supernovae PoS(GRB 2012)109 K. Misra

Late time X-ray emission from SN2010bh PoS(GRB 2012)110 R. Margutti

Mass transfer in compact binaries PoS(GRB 2012)111 pdf A. Bobrick

Unusual Central Engine Activity in the Double Burst GRB 110709B PoS(GRB 2012)112 D. Burrows

Magnetorotational supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. PoS(GRB 2012)113 S. Moiseenko

Metallicity effects on the cosmic SNIb/c and GRB rates PoS(GRB 2012)114 V. Grieco

Session VI: History and Future Instrumentation

The Initial Gamma Ray Transient Studies PoS(GRB 2012)115 pdf T. Cline

The History and Legacy of BATSE PoS(GRB 2012)116 pdf G. FISHMAN

The Interplanetary Network Database PoS(GRB 2012)117 pdf K. Hurley

Cosmic gamma-ray bursts studies with Ioffe Institute Konus experiments PoS(GRB 2012)118 pdf R. Aptekar

GRB experiments on-board of "Lomonosov" satellite PoS(GRB 2012)119 A. Iyudin

Observing transients with LOFAR and AARTFAAC PoS(GRB 2012)120 pdf A. Rowlinson

Hunting for Gamma Ray Bursts with Pi of the Sky telescopes in Chile and Spain PoS(GRB 2012)121 pdf M. Siudek

The HAWC experiment and its sensitivity to gamma-ray bursts PoS(GRB 2012)122 pdf D. Zaborov

The UFFO Pathfinder mission on Lomonosov for fast GRB X-ray and optical location PoS(GRB 2012)123 P. Connell

The Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory Program : Pathfinder and Beyond PoS(GRB 2012)124 B. Grossan

The investigation of Gamma Ray Bursts with the Large Observatory for x-ray Timing (LOFT) PoS(GRB 2012)125 E. Del Monte

Study of Saturn's Ring System Observed from National Observatory, Nepal PoS(GRB 2012)126 U.R. Shrestha

Session VII: Grav. Waves, Neutrinos, Cosmic Rays and UHE Emission

GRBs at Neutrino Telescopes PoS(GRB 2012)127 pdf M. Ahlers

Neutrinos from GRBs, and the connection to gamma-ray observations PoS(GRB 2012)128 pdf P. Baerwald

Gravitational Waves from Gamma-ray Bursts PoS(GRB 2012)129 A. Corsi

The Swift short gamma-ray burst rate density: implications for detecting neutron star mergers by ALIGO PoS(GRB 2012)130 pdf D. Coward

Hadronic processes as origin of TeV emission in Fanaroff & Riley Class I: Cen A, M87 and NGC1275 PoS(GRB 2012)131 pdf N. Fraija

Neutrinos and Gamma Rays from the First Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays in the Universe PoS(GRB 2012)132 S. Inoue

Gamma Ray Burst Cosmology with Gravitational Waves PoS(GRB 2012)133 X. Deng

Recent IceCube Results from Searches for Transient Neutrino Sources PoS(GRB 2012)135 pdf A. Homeier

Session VIII: Host Galaxies

TOUGH: Observational Aspects of Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxies PoS(GRB 2012)136 pdf J. Hjorth

Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxies as Probes of Galaxy Formation and Evolution PoS(GRB 2012)137 pdf E. Levesque

The Host Galaxies of Dust-Obscured Gamma-Ray Bursts PoS(GRB 2012)138 D. Perley

The Italian-French X-shooter GRB host program: status and updates PoS(GRB 2012)139 S. Vergani

The host galaxies of short bursts PoS(GRB 2012)140 S. Klose

GRB 100206A: The first short GRB associated with recent star-formation? PoS(GRB 2012)141 D. Perley

The Redshift Distribution of the TOUGH sample PoS(GRB 2012)142 pdf P. Jakobsson

The host galaxies of dark bursts PoS(GRB 2012)143 pdf S. Klose

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