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Databases of Gamma-Ray Bursts’ Optical Observations

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Data Analytics and Management in Data Intensive Domains (DAMDID/RCDL 2020)

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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic and yet the most mysterious events in the Universe, which are observed in all ranges of electromagnetic spectrum from radio-bandwidth up to very high energy of about TeV energies. Moreover, recently GRBs accompanying gravitational waves produced in binary neutron star merging were discovered. Despite on the GRB is initially registering by space-born gamma-ray omnidirectional detectors or wide field of view telescopes, the most information for GRB investigation obtained by ground based optical observations. Optical observations allow investigating not only the properties of the bursts themselves, but also their ISM surroundings, host galaxies, and phenomena related to GRBs such as core collapsed supernova and kilonova. Bright GRB can give unique information suitable for modeling, but optically bright burst is registered once per 5 years and can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Statistical analysis is still a main instrument of GRB investigation. We give a review of available optical databases of GRBs and present the original database constructed using optical observations of the Space Research Institute GRB Follow-up Network. We provide examples of some statistical properties of the phenomenon, that can be studied using these databases and discuss constructing necessary databases for future investigations.

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    Alina Volnova, Alexei Pozanenko, Elena Mazaeva, Sergei Belkin & Pavel Minaev

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), 9 Institutskiy Per., Dolgoprudny, 141701, Russia

    Alexei Pozanenko

  3. Higher School of Economics, National Research University, Moscow, 101000, Russia

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Volnova, A., Pozanenko, A., Mazaeva, E., Belkin, S., Minaev, P. (2021). Databases of Gamma-Ray Bursts’ Optical Observations. In: Sychev, A., Makhortov, S., Thalheim, B. (eds) Data Analytics and Management in Data Intensive Domains. DAMDID/RCDL 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1427. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81200-3_11

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