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A Cosmic Mystery: Manual Reduction, Calibration, and Imaging of GRB 220521A

Semester: Summer 2024


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Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the highest energy events in the universe, and are observed in distant galaxies. One main way that we measure GRBs is by observing how the light changes over time, known as a lightcurve. These lightcurves are used in modeling the GRB so we can determine its characteristics, but these lightcurves are sometimes unable to be modeled with our current understanding of GRBs. This can mean two things, that our model is outdated and needs to be adjusted, or our data was not made correctly.

What I have done is taken several epochs of a GRB that had odd lightcurves, GRB 220521A, and reanalyzed the data in order to determine if the data itself was a limiting factor in our modeling and analysis

Presenter Name: Clayton Miller
Presentation Type: Poster
Presentation Format: In Person
Presentation #16
College: Science
School / Department: Physics & Astronomy
Research Mentor: Tanmoy Laskar
Time: 10:00 AM
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