The collimation and energetics of short GRBs: searching for jet-breaks with Chandra
Abstract
At the dawn of gravitational wave astronomy, the degree of collimation of short GRBs is a key issue, bearing critical information on the true energy release and event rate of neutron star mergers. The geometry of the GRB outflow can be constrained through afterglow observations, and, in particular, through the measurement of the so-called jet-breaks''. The intrinsic faintness of short GRB afterglows prevents jet-breaks to be detected with Swift/XRT observations. We propose to overcome this limit by triggering deep Chandra ToOs observations of short GRB afterglows.
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Chandra Proposal
- Pub Date:
- September 2022
- Bibcode:
- 2022cxo..prop.6294O
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- Chandra Proposal ID #24400201