2-6 September 2024
CJD Bonn Castell
Europe/Berlin timezone
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CJD Bonn Castell

A Close-Up Look Into Explosive Transients

Speakers

  • Dr. Marcello GIROLETTI

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Content

High-resolution imaging of explosive transient systems, such as supernovae and gamma-ray bursts, enabled by VLBI offers a valuable and complementary perspective for studying these systems. By resolving the system down to milli-arcsec level, VLBI studies of these transients shed important insights into both intrinsic and extrinsic properties of the system. Measurements of source size expansion, proper motion, and resolved morphology can reveal important details about the geometry of the emitting region, which in turn can help constrain the physical properties of the system such as the energetics, magnetic field, and ejecta/shock velocities. In milli-lensed transient systems, they can even provide a unique opportunity to resolve the lensed images of the system, an important element for performing time-delay cosmography. In this poster, I will show a few examples of gamma-ray bursts and supernovae which our team have conducted EVN and VLBA observations for and demonstrate the important insights we have gained from them. I will also demonstrate the important need for improved real-time correlation capabilities, showing an example VLBI campaign where outcomes could be greatly improved with better real-time correlation capabilities.