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Galama, T.J.
Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursters.
in "Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursters”, Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 598, 283-297 (2003)

Galama, T.J. and Sari, R.
Gamma-ray bursts: The Afterglow Revolution.
in "Relativistic Flows in Astrophysics”, Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 589, 123-169 (2002)

Galama, T.J.
Gamma-ray burst afterglows.
Astronomy and Geophysics 40, 10-16 (1999)
 

Ph.D. Thesis

Galama, T.J.
Gamma-ray burst afterglows.
PhD Thesis, University of Amsterdam (1999)
ISBN 9057760282
http://dare.uva.nl/document/2/8371

Peer-Reviewed Research Publications: Nature

Galama, T.J., Briggs, M.S., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Vreeswijk, P.M., Rol, E., Band, D., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Preece, R.D., Bremer, M., Smith, I.A., Tilanus, R. P.J., de Bruyn, A.G., Strom, R.G., Pooley, G., Castro-Tirado, A.J., Tanvir, N., Robinson, C., Hurley, K., Heise, J., Telting, J., Rutten, R. G.M., Packham, C., Swaters, R., Davies, J.K., Fassia, A., Green, S.F., Foster, M.J., Sagar, R., Pandey, A.K., Nilakshi, Yadav, R. K.S., Ofek, E.O., Leibowitz, E., Ibbetson, P., Rhoads, J., Falco, E., Petry, C., Impey, C., Geballe, T.R. & Bhattacharya, D.
The effect of magnetic fields on gamma-ray bursts inferred from multi-wavelength observations of the burst of 23 January 1999.
Nature 398, 394-399 (1999)
DOI: 10.1038/18828  

 

Galama, T.J., Vreeswijk, P.M., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Augusteijn, T., Bohnhardt, H., Brewer, J.P., Doublier, V., Gonzalez, J.., Leibundgut, B., Lidman, C., Hainaut, O.R., Patat, F., Heise, J., in 't Zand, J., Hurley, K., Groot, P.J., Strom, R.G., Mazzali, P.A., Iwamoto, K., Nomoto, K., Umeda, H., Nakamura, T., Young, T.R., Suzuki, T., Shigeyama, T., Koshut, T., Kippen, M., Robinson, C., de Wildt, P., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Tanvir, N., Greiner, J., Pian, E., Palazzi, E., Frontera, F., Masetti, N., Nicastro, L., Feroci, M., Costa, E., Piro, L., Peterson, B.A., Tinney, C., Boyle, B., Cannon, R., Stathakis, R., Sadler, E., Begam, M.C. & Ianna, P.
An unusual supernova in the error box of the gamma-ray burst of 25 April 1998.
Nature 395, 670-672 (1998)
DOI: 10.1038/27150  

 

Iwamoto, K., Mazzali, P.A., Nomoto, K., Umeda, H., Nakamura, T., Patat, F., Danziger, I.J., Young, T.R., Suzuki, T., Shigeyama, T., Augusteijn, T., Doublier, V., Gonzalez, J.., Boehnhardt, H., Brewer, J., Hainaut, O.R., Lidman, C., Leibundgut, B., Cappellaro, E., Turatto, M., Galama, T.J. , Vreeswijk, P.M., Kouveliotou, C., van Paradijs, J., Pian, E., Palazzi, E. & Frontera, F.
A hypernova model for the supernova associated with the gamma-ray burst of 25 April 1998.
Nature 395, 672-674 (1998)
DOI: 10.1038/27155

Galama, T.J., Groot, P.J., Vanparadijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Robinson, C.R., Fishman, G.J., Meegan, C.A., Sahu, K.C., Livio, M., Petro, L., Macchetto, F.D., Heise, J., Int Zand, J., Strom, R.G., Telting, J., Rutten, R. G.M., Pettini, M., Tanvir, N. & Bloom, J.
The decay of optical emission from the gamma-ray burst GRB 970228.
Nature 387, 479+ (1997)
DOI: 10.1038/387479a0  

 

Sahu, K.C., Livio, M., Petro, L., Macchetto, F.D., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Fishman, G.J., Meegan, C.A., Groot, P.J. & Galama, T.J.
The optical counterpart to gamma-ray burst GRB 970228 observed using the Hubble Space Telescope.
Nature 387, 476-478 (1997)
DOI: 10.1038/387476a0  

 

van Paradijs, J., Groot, P.J., Galama, T.J., Kouveliotou, C., Strom, R.G., Telting, J., Rutten, R. G.M., Fishman, G.J., Meegan, C.A., Pettini, M., Tanvir, N., Bloom, J., Pedersen, H., Nordgaard-Nielsen, H.U., Linden-Vornle, M., Melnick, J., van der Steene, G., Bremer, M., Naber, R., Heise, J., in 't Zand, J., Costa, E., Feroci, M., Piro, L., Frontera, F., Zavattini, G., Nicastro, L., Palazzi, E., Bennet, K., Hanlon, L. & Parmar, A.
Transient optical emission from the error box of the gamma-ray burst of 28 February 1997.
Nature 386, 686-689 (1997)
DOI: 10.1038/386686a0

Peer-Reviewed Research Publications: Astrophysical Journal

Price, P. A., Kulkarni, S. R., Berger, E., Fox, D. W., Bloom, J. S., Djorgovski, S. G., Frail, D. A., Galama, T. J., Harrison, F. A., McCarthy, P., Reichart, D. E., Sari, R., Yost, S. A., Jerjen, H., Flint, K., Phillips, A., Warren, B. E., Axelrod, T. S., Chevalier, R. A., Holtzman, J., Kimble, R. A., Schmidt, B. P., Wheeler, J. C., Frontera, F., Costa, E., Piro, L., Hurley, K., Cline, T., Guidorzi, C., Montanari, E., Mazets, E., Golenetskii, S., Mitrofanov, I., Anfimov, D., Kozyrev, A., Litvak, M., Sanin, A., Boynton, W., Fellows, C., Harshman, K., Shinohara, C., Gal-Yam, A., Ofek, E., Lipkin, Y.
Discovery of GRB 020405 and Its Late Red Bump.
Astrophysical Journal 589, 838-843 (2003)
DOI: 10.1086/374730    

 

Galama, T. J., Reichart, D., Brown, T. M., Kimble, R. A., Price, P. A., Berger, E., Frail, D. A., Kulkarni, S. R., Yost, S. A., Gal-Yam, A., Bloom, J. S., Harrison, F. A., Sari, R., Fox, D., Djorgovski, S. G.
Hubble Space Telescope and Ground-based Optical and Ultraviolet Observations of GRB 010222.
Astrophysical Journal 587, 135-142 (2003)
DOI: 10.1086/368123  

 

Galama, T. J., Frail, D. A., Sari, R., Berger, E., Taylor, G. B., Kulkarni, S. R.
Continued Radio Monitoring of the Gamma-Ray Burst 991208.
Astrophysical Journal 585, 899-907 (2003)
DOI: 10.1086/346083  

 

Castro, S., Galama, T. J., Harrison, F. A., Holtzman, J. A., Bloom, J. S., Djorgovski, S. G., Kulkarni, S. R.
Continued Keck Spectroscopy and Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of GRB 000926: Probing a Host Galaxy at z = 2.038.
Astrophysical Journal 586, 128-134 (2003)
DOI: 10.1086/367603  

 

Price, P. A., Kulkarni, S. R., Schmidt, B. P., Galama, T. J., Bloom, J. S., Berger, E., Frail, D. A., Djorgovski, S. G., Fox, D. W., Henden, A. A., Klose, S., Harrison, F. A., Reichart, D. E., Sari, R., Yost, S. A., Axelrod, T. S., McCarthy, P., Holtzman, J., Halpern, J. P., Kimble, R. A., Wheeler, J. C., Chevalier, R. A., Hurley, K., Ricker, G. R., Costa, E., Frontera, F., Piro, L.
GRB 010921: Strong Limits on an Underlying Supernova from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Astrophysical Journal 584, 931-936 (2003)
DOI: 10.1086/345734     

 

Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Bloom, J. S., Price, P. A., Fox, D. W., Frail, D. A., Axelrod, T. S., Chevalier, R. A., Colbert, E., Costa, E., Djorgovski, S. G., Frontera, F., Galama, T. J., Halpern, J. P., Harrison, F. A., Holtzman, J., Hurley, K., Kimble, R. A., McCarthy, P. J., Piro, L., Reichart, D., Ricker, G. R., Sari, R., Schmidt, B. P.,  Wheeler, J. C., Vanderppek, R., Yost, S. A.
The Faint Optical Afterglow and Host Galaxy of GRB 020124: Implications for the Nature of Dark Gamma-Ray Bursts.
Astrophysical Journal 581, 981-987 (2002)
DOI: 10.1086/344262 

 

Mirabal, N., Halpern, J. P., Kulkarni, S. R., Castro, S., Bloom, J. S., Djorgovski, S. G., Galama, T. J., Harrison, F. A., Frail, D. A., Price, P. A., Reichart, D. E., Ebeling, H., Bunker, A., Dawson, S., Dey, A., Spinrad, H., Stern, D.
Time-dependent Optical Spectroscopy of GRB 010222: Clues to the Gamma-Ray Burst Environment.
Astrophysical Journal 578, 818-832 (2002)
DOI: 10.1086/342619  

 

Yost, S. A., Frail, D. A., Harrison, F. A., Sari, R., Reichart, D., Bloom, J. S., Kulkarni, S. R., Moriarty-Schieven, G. H., Djorgovski, S. G., Price, P. A., Goodrich, R. W., Larkin, J. E., Walter, F., Shepherd, D. S., Fox, D. W., Taylor, G. B., Berger, E., Galama, T. J.
The Broadband Afterglow of GRB 980329.
Astrophysical Journal 577, 155-163 (2002)
DOI: 10.1086/342175  

 

Price, P. A., Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Djorgovski, S. G., Fox, D. W., Mahabal, A., Hurley, K., Bloom, J. S., Frail, D. A., Galama, T. J., Harrison, F. A., Morrison, G., Reichart, D. E., Yost, S. A., Sari, R., Axelrod, T. S., Cline, T., Golenetskii, S., Mazets, E., Schmidt, B. P., Trombka, J.
The Unusually Long Duration Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 000911: Discovery of the Afterglow and Host Galaxy.
Astrophysical Journal 573, 85-91 (2002)
DOI: 10.1086/340585  

 

Bloom, J. S., Kulkarni, S. R., Price, P. A., Reichart, D., Galama, T. J., Schmidt, B. P., Frail, D. A., Berger, E., McCarthy, P. J., Chevalier, R. A., Wheeler, J. C., Halpern, J. P., Fox, D. W., Djorgovski, S. G., Harrison, F. A., Sari, R., Axelrod, T. S., Kimble, R. A., Holtzman, J., Hurley, K., Frontera, F., Piro, L., Costa, E.
Detection of a Supernova Signature Associated with GRB 011121.
Astrophysical Journal 572, L45-L49 (2002)
DOI: 10.1086/341551  

 

Price, P. A., Berger, E., Reichart, D. E., Kulkarni, S. R., Yost, S. A., Subrahmanyan, R., Wark, R. M., Wieringa, M. H., Frail, D. A., Bailey, J., Boyle, B., Corbett, E., Gunn, K., Ryder, S. D., Seymour, N., Koviak, K., McCarthy, P., Phillips, M., Axelrod, T. S., Bloom, J. S., Djorgovski, S. G., Fox, D. W., Galama, T. J., Harrison, F. A., Hurley, K., Sari, R., Schmidt, B. P., Brown, M. J. I., Cline, T., Frontera, F., Guidorzi, C., Montanari, E.
GRB 011121: A Massive Star Progenitor.
Astrophysical Journal 572, L51-L55 (2002)
DOI: 10.1086/341552  

 

Salmonson, J. D., Galama, T. J.
Discovery of a Tight Correlation between Pulse Lag/Luminosity and Jet-Break Times: A Connection between Gamma-Ray Bursts and Afterglow Properties.
Astrophysical Journal 569, 682-688 (2002)
DOI: 10.1086/339391  

 

Frail, D. A., Bertoldi, F., Moriarty-Schieven, G. H., Berger, E., Price, P. A., Bloom, J. S., Sari, R., Kulkarni, S. R., Gerardy, C. L., Reichart, D. E., Djorgovski, S. G., Galama, T. J., Harrison, F. A., Walter, F., Shepherd, D. S., Halpern, J., Peck, A. B., Menten, K. M., Yost, S. A., Fox, D. W.
GRB 010222: A Burst within a Starburst.
Astrophysical Journal 565, 829-835 (2002)
DOI: 10.1086/324718  

 

Frail, D. A., Kulkarni, S. R., Sari, R., Djorgovski, S. G., Bloom, J. S., Galama, T. J., Reichart, D. E., Berger, E., Harrison, F. A., Price, P. A., Yost, S. A., Diercks, A., Goodrich, R. W., Chaffee, F.
Beaming in Gamma-Ray Bursts: Evidence for a Standard Energy Reservoir.
Astrophysical Journal 562, L55-L58 (2001)
DOI: 10.1086/338119  

 

Harrison, F.A., Yost, S.A., Sari, R., Berger, E., Galama, T.J., Holtzman, J., Axelrod, T., Bloom, J.S., Chevalier, R., Costa, E., Diercks, A., Djorgovski, S.G., Frail, D.A., Frontera, F., Hurley, K., Kulkarni, S.R., McCarthy, P., Piro, L., Pooley, G.G., Price, P.A., Reichart, D., Ricker, G.R., Shepherd, D., Schmidt, B., Walter, F., Wheeler, C.
Broadband Observations of the Afterglow of GRB 000926: Observing the Effect of Inverse Compton Scattering.
Astrophysical Journal 559, 123-130 (2001)
DOI: 10.1086/322368    

 

Patat, F., Cappellaro, E., Danziger, J., Mazzali, P. A., Sollerman, J., Augusteijn, T., Brewer, J., Doublier, V., Gonzalez, J.F., Hainaut, O., Lidman, C., Leibundgut, B., Nomoto, K., Nakamura, T., Spyromilio, J., Rizzi, L., Turatto, M., Walsh, J., Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Vreeswijk, P.M., Frontera, F., Masetti, N., Palazzi, E., Pian, E.
The Metamorphosis of SN 1998bw.
Astrophysical Journal 555, 900-917 (2001)
DOI: 10.1086/321526

 

Galama, T.J. & Wijers, R. A. M.J.
High Column Densities and Low Extinctions of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Evidence for Hypernovae and Dust Destruction.
Astrophysical Journal 549, L209-L213 (2001)
DOI: 10.1086/319162    

 

Price, P.A., Harrison, F.A., Galama, T.J., Reichart, D.E., Axelrod, T.S., Berger, E., Bloom, J.S., Busche, J., Cline, T., Diercks, A., Djorgovski, S.G., Frail, D.A., Gal-Yam, A., Halpern, J., Holtzman, J.A., Hunt, M., Hurley, K., Jacoby, B., Kimble, R., Kulkarni, S.R., Mirabal, N., Morrison, G., Ofek, E., Pevunova, O., Sari, R., Schmidt, B.P., Turnshek, D. & Yost, S.
Multicolor Observations of the GRB 000926 Afterglow.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 549, L7-L10 (2001)
DOI: 10.1086/319152  

 

Vreeswijk, P.M., Fruchter, A., Kaper, L., Rol, E., Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Pian, E., Palazzi, E., Masetti, N., Frontera, F., Savaglio, S., Reinsch, K., Hessman, F.V., Beuermann, K., Nicklas, H. & van den Heuvel, E. P.J.
VLT Spectroscopy of GRB 990510 and GRB 990712: Probing the Faint and Bright Ends of the Gamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxy Population.
Astrophysical Journal 546, 672-680 (2001)
DOI: 10.1086/318308    

 

Berger, E., Sari, R., Frail, D.A., Kulkarni, S.R., Bertoldi, F., Peck, A.B., Menten, K.M., Shepherd, D.S., Moriarty-Schieven, G.H., Pooley, G., Bloom, J.S., Diercks, A., Galama, T.J. & Hurley, K.
A Jet Model for the Afterglow Emission from GRB 000301C.
Astrophysical Journal 545, 56-62 (2000)
DOI: 10.1086/317814

 

Rol, E., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Vreeswijk, P.M., Kaper, L., Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Masetti, N., Pian, E., Palazzi, E., Frontera, F. & van den Heuvel, E.P.J.
GRB 990712: First Indication of Polarization Variability in a Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow.
Astrophysical Journal 544, 707-711 (2000)
DOI: 10.1086/317256    

 

Galama, T.J., Bremer, M., Bertoldi, F., Menten, K.M., Lisenfeld, U., Shepherd, D.S., Mason, B., Walter, F., Pooley, G.G., Frail, D.A., Sari, R., Kulkarni, S.R., Berger, E., Bloom, J.S., Castro-Tirado, A.J. & Granot, J.
The Bright Gamma-Ray Burst 991208: Tight Constraints on Afterglow Models from Observations of the Early-Time Radio Evolution.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 541, L45-L49 (2000)
DOI: 10.1086/312904  

 

Sahu, K.C., Vreeswijk, P., Bakos, G., Menzies, J.W., Bragaglia, A., Frontera, F., Piro, L., Albrow, M.D., Bond, I.A., Bower, R., Caldwell, J. A.R., Castro-Tirado, A.J., Courbin, F., Dominik, M., Fynbo, J.U., Galama, T.J., Glazebrook, K., Greenhill, J., Gorosabel, J., Hearnshaw, J., Hill, K., Hjorth, J., Kane, S., Kilmartin, P.M., Kouveliotou, C., Martin, R., Masetti, N., Maxted, P., Minniti, D., Moller, P., Muraki, Y., Nakamura, T., Noda, S., Ohnishi, K., Palazzi, E., van Paradijs, J., Pian, E., Pollard, K.R., Rattenbury, N.J., Reid, M., Rol, E., Saito, T., Sackett, P.D., Saizar, P., Tinney, C., Vermaak, P., Watson, R., Williams, A., Yock, P. & Dar, A.
Discovery of the Optical Counterpart and Early Optical Observations of GRB 990712.
Astrophysical Journal 540, 74-80 (2000)
DOI: 10.1086/309340    

 

Frail, D.A., Berger, E., Galama, T.J., Kulkarni, S.R., Moriarty-Schieven, G.H., Pooley, G.G., Sari, R., Shepherd, D.S., Taylor, G.B. & Walter, F.
The Enigmatic Radio Afterglow of GRB 991216.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 538, L129-L132 (2000)
DOI: 10.1086/312807    

 

Galama, T.J., Tanvir, N., Vreeswijk, P.M., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Groot, P.J., Rol, E., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Fruchter, A.S., Masetti, N., Pedersen, H., Margon, B., Deutsch, E.W., Metzger, M., Armus, L., Klose, S. & Stecklum, B.
Evidence for a Supernova in Reanalyzed Optical and Near-Infrared Images of GRB 970228.
Astrophysical Journal 536, 185-194 (2000)
DOI: 10.1086/308909

 

Wijers, R. A. M.J. & Galama, T.J.
Physical Parameters of GRB 970508 and GRB 971214 from Their Afterglow Synchrotron Emission.
Astrophysical Journal 523, 177-186 (1999)
DOI: 10.1086/307705  

 

Vreeswijk, P.M., Galama, T.J., Owens, A., Oosterbroek, T., Geballe, T.R., van Paradijs, J., Groot, P.J., Kouveliotou, C., Koshut, T., Tanvir, N., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Pian, E., Palazzi, E., Frontera, F., Masetti, N., Robinson, C., Briggs, M., in 't Zand, J. J.M., Heise, J., Piro, L., Costa, E., Feroci, M., Antonelli, L.A., Hurley, K., Greiner, J., Smith, D.A., Levine, A.M., Lipkin, Y., Leibowitz, E., Lidman, C., Pizzella, A., Bohnhardt, H., Doublier, V., Chaty, S., Smail, I., Blain, A., Hough, J.H., Young, S. & Suntzeff, N.
The X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Counterpart to GRB 980703.
Astrophysical Journal 523, 171-176 (1999)
DOI: 10.1086/307740  

 

Wijers, R. A. M.J., Vreeswijk, P.M., Galama, T.J., Rol, E., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Giblin, T., Masetti, N., Palazzi, E., Pian, E., Frontera, F., Nicastro, L., Falomo, R., Soffitta, P. & Piro, L.
Detection of Polarization in the Afterglow of GRB 990510 with the ESO Very Large Telescope.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 523, L33-L36 (1999)
DOI: 10.1086/312262  

 

Fruchter, A.S., Thorsett, S.E., Metzger, M.R., Sahu, K.C., Petro, L., Livio, M., Ferguson, H., Pian, E., Hogg, D.W., Galama, T.J., Gull, T.R., Kouveliotou, C., Macchetto, D., van Paradijs, J., Pedersen, H. & Smette, A.
Hubble Space Telescope and Palomar Imaging of GRB 990123: Implications for the Nature of Gamma-Ray Bursts and Their Hosts.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 519, L13-L16 (1999)
DOI: 10.1086/312094  

 

Fruchter, A.S., Pian, E., Thorsett, S.E., Bergeron, L.E., Gonzalez, R.A., Metzger, M., Goudfrooij, P., Sahu, K.C., Ferguson, H., Livio, M., Mutchler, M., Petro, L., Frontera, F., Galama, T.J., Groot, P., Hook, R., Kouveliotou, C., Macchetto, D., van Paradijs, J., Palazzi, E., Pedersen, H., Sparks, W. & Tavani, M.
The Fading Optical Counterpart of GRB 970228, 6 Months and 1 Year Later.
Astrophysical Journal 516, 683-692 (1999)
DOI: 10.1086/307136  

 

Kippen, R.M., Briggs, M.S., Kommers, J.M., Kouveliotou, C., Hurley, K., Robinson, C.R., van Paradijs, J., Hartmann, D.H., Galama, T.J. & Vreeswijk, P.M.
On the Association of Gamma-Ray Bursts with Supernovae.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 506, L27-L30 (1998)
DOI: 10.1086/311634  

 

Groot, P.J., Galama, T.J., Vreeswijk, P.M., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Pian, E., Palazzi, E., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., in 't Zand, J. J.M., Heise, J., Robinson, C., Tanvir, N., Lidman, C., Tinney, C., Keane, M., Briggs, M., Hurley, K., Gonzalez, J.., Hall, P., Smith, M.G., Covarrubias, R., Jonker, P., Casares, J., Frontera, F., Feroci, M., Piro, L., Costa, E., Smith, R., Jones, B., Windridge, D., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Veilleux, S., Garcia, M., Brown, W.R., Stanek, K.Z., Castro-Tirado, A.J., Gorosabel, J., Greiner, J., Jaeger, K., Bohm, A.B. & Fricke, K.J.
The Rapid Decay of the Optical Emission from GRB 980326 and Its Possible Implications.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 502, L123-L127 (1998)
DOI: 10.1086/311509  

 

Galama, T.J., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Bremer, M., Groot, P.J., Strom, R.G., de Bruyn, A.G., Kouveliotou, C., Robinson, C.R. & van Paradijs, J.
The 1.4 GHz Light Curve of GRB 970508.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 500, L101-L104 (1998)
DOI: 10.1086/311424    

 

Galama, T.J., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Bremer, M., Groot, P.J., Strom, R.G., Kouveliotou, C. & van Paradijs, J.

The Radio-to-X-Ray Spectrum of GRB 970508 on 1997 21.0 UT.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 500, L97-L100 (1998)
DOI: 10.1086/311425    

 

Galama, T.J., Groot, P.J., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Strom, R.G., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Tanvir, N., Bloom, J., Centurion, M., Telting, J., Rutten, R. G.M., Smith, P., Mackey, C., Smartt, S., Benn, C., Heise, J. & in 't Zand, J.
Optical Follow-up of GRB 970508.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 497, L13+ (1998)
DOI: 10.1086/311268  

 

Groot, P.J., Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Bloom, J., Tanvir, N., Vanderspek, R., Greiner, J., Castro-Tirado, A.J., Gorosabel, J., von Hippel, T., Lehnert, M., Kuijken, K., Hoekstra, H., Metcalfe, N., Howk, C., Conselice, C., Telting, J., Rutten, R. G.M., Rhoads, J., Cole, A., Pisano, D.J., Naber, R. & Schwarz, R.
A Search for Optical Afterglow from GRB 970828.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 493, L27+ (1998)
DOI: 10.1086/311125    

 

Sahu, K.C., Livio, M., Petro, L., Bond, H.E., Macchetto, F.D., Galama, T.J., Groot, P.J., van Paradijs, J. & Kouveliotou, C.
Observations of GRB 970228 and GRB 970508 and the Neutron Star Merger Model.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 489, L127+ (1997)
DOI: 10.1086/316786  

 

Galama, T.J., Groot, P.J., Strom, R.G., van Paradijs, J., Hurley, K., Kouveliotou, C., Fishman, G.J., Meegan, C.A., Heise, J., in 't Zand, J. J.M., de Bruyn, A.G., Hanlon, L.O., Bennett, K., Telting, J.H. & Rutten, R. G.M.
Radio and Optical Follow-up Observations and Improved Interplanetary Network Position of GRB 970111.
Astrophysical Journal Letters 486, L5+ (1997)
DOI: 10.1086/310822

Peer-Reviewed Research Publications: Astronomy & Astrophysics

Hanlon, L., Laureijs, R.J., Metcalfe, L., McBreen, B., Altieri, B., Castro-Tirado, A., Claret, A., Costa, E., Delaney, M., Feroci, M., Frontera, F., Galama, T.J., Gorosabel, J., Groot, P., Heise, J., Kessler, M., Kouveliotou, C., Palazzi, E., van Paradijs, J., Piro, L. & Smith, N.
ISO detection of a 60 micron source near GRB 970508.
Astronomy & Astrophysics 359, 941-947 (2000)   [arXiv: arXiv:astro-ph/0005552]

 

Masetti, N., Palazzi, E., Pian, E., Hunt, L.K., Mendez, M., Frontera, F., Amati, L., Vreeswijk, P.M., Rol, E., Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J., Antonelli, L.A., Nicastro, L., Feroci, M., Marconi, G., Piro, L., Costa, E., Kouveliotou, C., Castro-Tirado, A.J., Falomo, R., Augusteijn, T., Bohnhardt, H., Lidman, C., Vanzi, L., Merrill, K.M., Kaminsky, C.D., van der Klis, M., Heemskerk, M. H.M., van der Hooft, F., Kuulkers, E., Pedersen, H. & Benetti, S.
Near-infrared detection and optical follow-up of the GRB 990705 afterglow.
Astronomy & Astrophysics 354, 473-479 (2000)    [arXiv: arXiv:astro-ph/9912423]

 

Beuermann, K., Hessman, F.V., Reinsch, K., Nicklas, H., Vreeswijk, P.M., Galama, T.J., Rol, E., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Frontera, F., Masetti, N., Palazzi, E. & Pian, E.
VLT observations of GRB 990510 and its environment.
Astronomy & Astrophysics 352, L26-L30 (1999)    [arXiv: arXiv:astro-ph/9909043]

 

Smith, I.A., Tilanus, R. P.J., van Paradijs, J., Galama, T.J. , Groot, P.J., Vreeswijk, P., Kouveliotou, C., Wijers, R. A. M.J. & Tanvir, N.
SCUBA sub-millimeter observations of gamma-ray bursters. I. GRB 970508, 971214, 980326, 980329, 980519, 980703, 981220, 981226.
Astronomy & Astrophysics 347, 92-98 (1999)     [arXiv: arXiv:astro-ph/9811026]

 

Galama, T.J., Vreeswijk, P.M., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Augusteijn, T., Patat, F., Heise, J., in 't Zand, J., Groot, P.J., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Pian, E., Palazzi, E., Frontera, F. & Masetti, N.
On the possible association of SN 1998bw and GRB 980425.
Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series 138, 465-466 (1999)   [DOI: 10.1051/aas:1999311]

 

Hanlon, L., Metcalfe, L., Delaney, M., Laureijs, R., McBreen, B., Smith, N., Altieri, B., Castro-Tirado, A., Costa, E., Feroci, M., Frontera, F., Galama, T.J., Gorosabel, J., Groot, P., Heise, J., Kouveliotou, C., Palazzi, E., van Paradijs, J., Piro, L. & Kessler, M.
Observations of GRBs with the Infrared Space Observatory.
Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series 138, 459-460 (1999)    [DOI: 10.1051/aas:1999308]

 

Masetti, N., Pian, E., Palazzi, E., Amati, L., Galama, T.J., Nicastro, L., Vreeswijk, P., Frontera, F. & van Paradijs, J.
Broad-band spectral evolution of GRB afterglows.
Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series 138, 453-454 (1999)    [DOI: 10.1051/aas:1999305]

 

Galama, T.J., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Vreeswijk, P.M., Groot, P.J., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Robinson, C., Bremer, M., Strom, R.G. & Tanvir, N.
Physical parameters of GRB 970508 from its afterglow synchrotron emission.
Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series 138, 451-452 (1999)   [DOI: 10.1051/aas:1999304]

 

Vreeswijk, P.M., Galama, T.J., Owens, A.N., Oosterbroek, T., Geballe, T., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Tanvir, N., Pian, E., Palazzi, E., Frontera, F. & Masetti, N.
The X-ray, optical and infrared counterpart to GRB 980703.
Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series 138, 447-448 (1999)   

 

Palazzi, E., Pian, E., Masetti, N., Nicastro, L., Vreeswijk, P., Galama, T.J., Groot, P., Frontera, F., della Valle, M., Lidman, C., Kouveliotou, C., Pizzichini, G., van Paradijs, J., Pedersen, H., Mannucci, F., di Martino, M., Diercks, A.H., Deutsch, E.W., Amati, L., Benetti, S., Castro-Tirado, A.J., Clasen, J., Costa, E., dal Fiume, D., Falomo, R., Feroci, M., Fynbo, J., Heise, J., in 't Zand, J. J.M., Piro, L., Robinson, C., Tornikoski, M., Valtaoja, E., Zapatero-Osorio, M.R., Lamb, D., Quashnock, J. & van den Berk, D.
Optical and near-infrared follow-up observations of GRB 980329.
Astronomy & Astrophysics 336, L95-L99 (1998)   [arXiv: arXiv:astro-ph/9806103]

 

Bremer, M., Krichbaum, T.P., Galama, T.J., Castro-Tirado, A., Frontera, F., van Paradijs, J., Mirabel, I.F. & Costa, E.
Millimetre detection of GRB 970508.
Astronomy & Astrophysics 332, L13-L16 (1998)

 

Galama, T.J., de Bruyn, A.G., van Paradijs, J., Hanlon, L. & Bennett, K.
Unusual increase in the 325 MHz flux density of PSR B0655+64.
Astronomy & Astrophysics 325, 631-639 (1997)

Galama, T.J., de Bruyn, A.G., van Paradijs, J., Hanlon, L., Groot, P.J., van der Klis, M., Strom, R., Spoelstra, T., Bennett, K., Fishman, G. & Hurley, K.
Two variable radio sources near the position of GRB 940301.
Astronomy & Astrophysics 321, 229-235 (1997)

Peer-Reviewed Publications: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Stathakis, R.A., Boyle, B.J., Jones, D.H., Bessell, M.S., Galama, T.J., Germany, L.M., Hartley, M., James, D.M., Kouveliotou, C., Lewis, I.J., Parker, Q.A., Russell, K.S., Sadler, E.M., Tinney, C.G., van Paradijs, J. & Vreeswijk, P.M.
Spectral evolution of the peculiar Ic Supernova 1998bw.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 314, 807-814 (2000)
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03373.x

Peer-Reviewed Publications: New Astronomy

Natarajan, P., Bloom, J.S., Sigurdsson, S., Johnson, R.A., Tanvir, N.R., Groot, P.J., Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J. & Kouveliotou, C.
The host to gamma-ray burst 970508: a distant dwarf galaxy?
New Astronomy 2, 471-475 (1997)
DOI: 10.1016/S1384-1076(97)00033-X

Peer-Reviewed Publications: Astrophysics and Space Sciences

Hanlon, L.O., Bennett, K., Galama, T.J. & Spoelstra, T. A.T.
Search for a Radio Counterpart to GRB 940301 with Westerbork.
Astrophysics and Space Sciences, 231, 307-310 (1995)
DOI: 10.1007/BF00658638

Newsletters

Vreeswijk, P., Tanvir, N. & Galama, T.J.
Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows: Surprises from the Sky.
The Newsletter of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING Newsl.) 2, 5-9 (2000)

 

Groot, P.J. Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C.
Optical afterglow of a gamma-ray burst: GRB 970228.
Spectrum, Newsletter of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, and the Isaac Newton Group 14, pp. 8-11 (1997)

Popular/Other

Galama, T.J., Vreeswijk, P.M.
The biggest explosion ever observed.
in Netherlands Magazine of Physics (NTvN) 65/6, 172 (in Dutch) (1999)

 

Galama, T.J., Groot, P.J.
Outbursts in gamma-rays: Internationalization on a cosmic scale.
in Travellers: yearbook of the University of Amsterdam, p 154 (in Dutch) (1998)

 

Galama, T.J., Groot, P.J.
The first optical identification of a GRB: Bruno Rossi prize for the BeppoSAX-team and J. van Paradijs.
in Netherlands Magazine of Physics (NTvN) 64/4, 87 (in Dutch) (1998)

Conference Proceedings

Djorgovski, S.G., Kulkarni, S.R., Frail, D.A., Harrison, F.A., Bloom, J.S., Berger, E., Price, P.A., Fox, D., Soderberg, A.M., Galama, T.J., Reichart, D.E., Sari, R., Yost, S.A., Mahabal, A., Castro, S.M., Goodrich, R., Chaffee, F.H.
The cosmic gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies in a cosmological context
in Discoveries and Research Prospects from 6- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes II. Edited by Guhathakurta, Puragra. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4834, pp. 238-247 (2003)
DOI: 10.1117/12.457700  

 

Galama, T.J.
From Gamma-ray Bursts to Supernovae
in From X-ray Binaries to Gamma-Ray Bursts: Jan van Paradijs Memorial Symposium, Proceedings of the Conference held 6-8 June, 2001 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Edited by Edward P. van den Heuvel, Lex Kaper, Evert Rol, and Ralph A.M.J. Wijers. ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 308. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p.377 (2003)

 

Djorgovski, S.G., Frail, D.A., Kulkarni, S.R., Sari, R., Bloom, J.S., Galama, T.J., Harrison, F.A., Price, P.A., Fox, D., Reichart, D.E., Yost, S., Berger, E., Diercks, A., Goodrich, R., Chaffee, F.
The Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts
In “The ninth Marcel Grossman meeting” On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation and Relativistic Field Theories. Proceedings of the MGIX MM Meeting. Held 2-8 July 2000 in The University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy. Edited by Vahe G Gurzadyan (Yerevan Physics Institute, Armenia), Robert T Jantzen (Villanova University, USA), & Remo Ruffini (University of Rome ``La Sapienza'', Italy) . Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., ISBN #9789812777386, pp. 315-346 (2002) DOI: 10.1142/9789812777386_0023

 

Kulkarni, S.R., Berger, E., Bloom, J.S., Chaffee, F.H., Diercks, A.H., Djorgovski, S.G., Frail, D.A., Galama, T.J., Goodrich, R., Harrison, F.A., Sari, R. & Yost, S.A.
The afterglows of gamma-ray bursts.
Proc. SPIE 556, 240-260 (2001)
DOI: 10.1117/12.390135    

 

Danziger, I. J.; Augusteijn, T.; Brewer, J.; Cappellaro, E.; Doublier, V.; Galama, T.; Gonzalez, J. F.; Hainaut, O.; Leibundgut, B.; Lidman, C.; Mazzali, P.; Nomoto, K.; Patat, F.; Spyromilio, J.; Turatto, M.; van Paradijs, J.; Vreeswijk, P. M.; Walsh, J.
The first year of optical-IR observations of SN1998bw
In: Supernovae and gamma-ray bursts: the greatest explosions since the Big Bang. Proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, held in Baltimore, MD, USA, May 3 - 6, 1999, edited by Mario Livio, Nino Panagia, Kailash Sahu. Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series, Vol. 13. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-79141-3, p. 79 - 84 (2001)

 

Kulkarni, S. R.; Berger, E.; Bloom, J. S.; Harrison, F. A.; Djorgovski, S. G.; Frail, D. A.; Fox, D.; Galama, T. J.; Price, P. A.; Reichart, D.; Sari, R.; Yost, S.
Progenitors of Gamma-Ray Bursts
In Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement, No. 143, pp. 1-32 (2001)

 

Djorgovski, S. G.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Bloom, J. S.; Frail, D. A.; Harrison, F. A.; Galama, T. J.; Reichart, D.; Castro, S. M.; Fox, D.; Sari, R.; Berger, E.; Price, P.; Yost, S.; Goodrich, R.; Chaffee, F.
The GRB Host Galaxies and Redshifts
In Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era: Proceedings of the International Workshop Held in Rome, Italy, 17-20 October 2000, ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA. ISBN 3-540-42771-6. Edited by E. Costa, F. Frontera, and J. Hjorth. Springer-Verlag, p. 218 (2001)
DOI: 10.1007/10853853_60  

 

Yost, S.A., Sari, R., Harrison, F.A., Berger, E., Diercks, A., Galama, T.J., Reichart, D., Frail, D., Price, P.A.,

Physical constraints from broadband afterglow fits: GRB000926 as an example. 
In Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era: Proceedings of the International Workshop Held in Rome, Italy, 17-20 October 2000, ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA. ISBN 3-540-42771-6. Edited by E. Costa, F. Frontera, and J. Hjorth. Springer-Verlag, p. 204-206 (2001)
DOI: 10.1007/10853853_56

 

Galama, T.J.
Optical/Multiwavelength Observations of GRB Afterglows
In Gamma-Ray Bursts, 5th Hunstville Symposium, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 526, pp. 303-313 (2000)

 

Smith, I. A.; van Paradijs, J.; Tilanus, R. P. J.; Galama, T. J.; Groot, P. J.; Vreeswijk, P.; Rol, E.; Kouveliotou, C.; Wijers, R. A. M. J.; Tanvir, N.
Submillimeter observations of GRB counterparts
In: Gamma-Ray Bursts: 5th Huntsville Symposium, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 526, pp. 326-328 (2000)

 

Kulkarni, S.R., Berger, E., Bloom, J.S., Chaffee, F.H., Diercks, A.H., Djorgovski, S.G., Frail, D.A., Galama, T.J., Goodrich, R., Harrison, F.A., Sari, R. & Yost, S.A.
The afterglows of gamma-ray bursts.
In: Gamma-Ray Bursts: 5th Huntsville Symposium, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 526, pp. 277-297 (2000)

 

Kulkarni, S.R., Berger, E., Bloom, J.S., Chaffee, F.H., Diercks, A.H., Djorgovski, S.G., Frail, D.A., Galama, T.J., Goodrich, R., Harrison, F.A., Sari, R. & Yost, S.A.
Afterglows of gamma-ray bursts.
In Proc. SPIE, Discoveries and Research Prospects from 8- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes, Jacqueline Bergeron, Ed. Vol. 4005, pp. 9-21 (2000)

 

Kulkarni, S.R., Berger, E., Bloom, J.S., Chaffee, F.H., Diercks, A.H., Djorgovski, S.G., Frail, D.A., Galama, T.J., Goodrich, R., Harrison, F.A., Sari, R. & Yost, S.A.
The afterglows of gamma-ray bursts.
In: Cosmic explosions: Tenth Astrophysics Conference, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 522, pp. 191-212 (2000)

 

Smette, A., Gull, T., Lindler, D., Plait, P., Kimble, R., Fruchter, A., Ferguson, H., Galama, T.J., Hogg, D.W., Kouveliotou, C., Livio, M., Macchetto, D., Metzger, M., van Paradijs, J., Pedersen, H., Petro, L., Pian, E., Sahu, K. & Thorsett, S.
Ultraviolet Spectra of GRBs: Potential with STIS
in The Greatest Explosions Since the Big Bang : Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts 68+ (2000)

 

Danziger, I.J., Augusteijn, T., Brewer, J., Cappellaro, E., Doublier, V., Galama, T.J., Gonzalez, J.F., Hainaut, O., Leibundgut, B., Lidman, C., Mazzali, P., Nomoto, K., Patat, F., Spyromilio, J., Turatto, M., van Paradijs, J., Vreeswijk, P.M. & Walsh, J.
The First Year of Optical-IR Observations of SN1998bw
in The Greatest Explosions Since the Big Bang : Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts 9+ (2000)

 

Galama, T.J. and de Bruyn, A.G.
The unique potential of SKA Radio observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts
in Perspectives on Radio Astronomy: Science with Large Antenna Arrays, Proceedings of the Conference held at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam on 7-9 April 1999. Edited by M. P. van Haarlem, ASTRON (publisher), ISBN: 90-805434-1-1, p.263-270 (2000)

Delaney, M., Hanlon, L., Metcalfe, L., McBreen, B., Laureijs, R.J., Quilligan, F., Smith, N., Altieri, B., Castro-Tirado, A., Costa, E., Feroci, M., Frontera, F., Galama, T.J., Gorosabel, J., Groot, P., Heise, J., Kouveliotou, C., Palazzi, E., van Paradijs, J. & Piro, L.
ISO imaging of gamma-ray burst locations.
ESA SP-427: The Universe as seen by ISO 427, 1027+ (1999)

 

Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J., de Bruyn, A.G., Hanlon, L. & Bennett, K.
Unusual Increase in the 325 MHz Flux Density of PSR B0655+64
in Pulsar Timing, General Relativity and the Internal Structure of Neutron Stars 325+ (1999)

Galama, T.J., Vreeswijk, P., Groot, P.J., van Paradijs, J., Wijers, R., Tanvir, N., Kouveliotou, C., Robinson, C. & Bremer, M.
Multi-wavelength studies of GRB afterglows
in Abstracts of the 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, E31+ (1998)

Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J., van den Heuvel, E. P.J., de Bruyn, A.G., Campbell, R.M., Vermeulen, R.C., Lestrade, J.., Verbunt, F. & Schilizzi, R.T.
Determining Motions and Birthplaces of Pulsars through VLBI Astrometry
in ASP Conf. Ser. 144: IAU Colloq. 164: Radio Emission from Galactic and Extragalactic Compact Sources 391+ (1998)

 

Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J., de Bruyn, A.G., Hanlon, L. & Bennett:, K.
Unusual Increase in the 325 MHZ Flux Density of PSR B0655+64
in NATO ASIC Proc. 515: The Many Faces of Neutron Stars. 237+ (1998)

 

Smith, I.A., van Paradijs, J., Galama, T.J., Groot, P.J., Waters, L. B. F.M. & Kouveliotou, C.
SCUBA Sub-Millimeter Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst Counterparts
in Gamma-Ray Bursts, 4th Hunstville Symposium, 590+ (1998)

Groot, P.J., Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Vanderspek, R.K., Castro-Tirado, A., Rhoads, J.E., Lehnert, M., Hoekstra, H. & Metcalfe, N.
A Search for Optical Afterglow from GRB 970828
in Gamma-Ray Bursts, 4th Hunstville Symposium, 557+ (1998)

 

Fruchter, A., Pian, E., Thorsett, S., Gonzalez, R., Sahu, K.C., Mutchler, M., Frontera, F., Galama, T.J., Groot, P.J., Hook, R., Kouveliotou, C., Livio, M., Macchetto, F.D., van Paradijs, J., Palazzi, E., Petro, L. & Tavani, M.
HST/STIS Observations of the Optical Counterpart to GRB 970228
in Gamma-Ray Bursts, 4th Hunstville Symposium, 509+ (1998)

 

Groot, P.J., Galama, T.J., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Wijers, R. A. M.J., Centurion, M., Smith, P., Mackay, C., Smartt, S. & Benn, C.
Optical Follow-up of GRB 970508
in Gamma-Ray Bursts, 4th Hunstville Symposium, 499+ (1998)

Livio, M., Sahu, K.C., Petro, L., Fruchter, A.S., Pian, E., Macchetto, F.D., van Paradijs, J., Kouveliotou, C., Groot, P.J. & Galama, T.J.
The Gamma-Ray Bursts GRB 970228 and GRB 970508: what have we Learnt?
in Gamma-Ray Bursts, 4th Hunstville Symposium, 483+ (1998)

 

Galama, T.J., Groot, P.J., van Paradijs, J. & Kouveliotou, C.
The Decay of Optical Emission from the Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 970228
in Gamma-Ray Bursts, 4th Hunstville Symposium, 478+ (1998)

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