
General concept of the project: The main idea of the project comes from the current studies of a population of long GRBs associated with supernovae. It is believed that massive Wolf-Rayet stars could be predecessors of such supernova explosions. The presence of Wolf-Rayet stars in our galaxy, in turn, opens up additional possibilities for their detailed study with Kazakhstani mid-size telescopes. The identification of any dependencies between galactic Wolf-Rayet stars and their identification as precursors to supernova explosions in association with cosmological long GRBs would allow, among other things, a prediction for future catastrophic processes in our galaxy connected to GRB explosions.
Goal: Search of new and analysis of known GRBs associated with supernovae aiming to identify patterns and characteristics for subsequent physical interpretation. Observations and analysis of galactic Wolf-Rayet stars to identify patterns and characteristics for their interpretation as progenitors of cosmological GRBs associated with supernovae.
Problems the study is aimed at: The study is aimed at the following problems in this field of knowledge—the association of gamma-ray bursts with supernovae: 1) an increase in general statistics; 2) early and continuous spectral and photometric observations with ground-based optical telescopes; 3) the search for astrophysical objects-precursors of events; 4) analysis of data from open sources in the entire electromagnetic spectrum to identify patterns and characteristics of objects.
The main approaches in research conduction: 1) experimental—search and alert observations with optical telescopes; 2) data analysis—processing and interpretation of own observations, as well as data from open sources over the entire electromagnetic spectrum; 3) theoretical—development of theoretical scenarios and models; 4) numerical modeling—modeling of gamma-ray burst development processes, as well as statistical studies.
Project Objectives:
1. Alert and follow-up ground-based observations of the optical afterglow of gamma-ray bursts aiming to detect events associated with supernovae.
2. Data analysis for the sample of gamma-ray bursts associated with supernovae and developing of the theoretical models.
3. Ground-based program observations in the optical band of the sample of Wolf-Rayet stars in the Milky Way galaxy, and study of their properties as predecessor objects for cosmological gamma-ray bursts associated with supernovae.
Expected results: 1) an increase in the overall statistics of gamma-ray bursts associated with supernovae, including our own observations; 2) theoretical scenarios and models of gamma-ray bursts associated with supernovae; 3) publications in specialized rating journals; 4) at least one publication in journals recommended by CCSES MES RK; 5) the extend of international cooperation by giving a talk at scientific conferences and collaborating with foreign research centers and researchers.
International collaboration:
Agreement between GRB research groups
Conferences, schools, seminars:
1. THESEUS Conference 2021, 23-26 March 2021 (on-line), Y. Aimuratov
2. Virtual OPTICON Archival School using ESO and ALMA data, 19-26 June 2021 (on-line), Y. Aimuratov
3. Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, 5-10 July 2021 (on-line), Y. Aimuratov, oral talk “GeV-GRB-SN: compare and contrast”
4. 2nd Regional Astronomical Summer School “Observational/Data Astronomy and Space Sciences”, 13-17 September 2021, Byurakan, Armenia (on-line) I. Izmailova
5. “Scientific Communication in Astronomy” training school, 3-8 October 2021, Bertinoro, Italy (IN PERSON) Y. Aimuratov
6. IAU Symposium 366 “The Origin of Outflows in Evolved Stars”, 1-5 November 2021, Leuven, Belgium (on-line) Y. Aimuratov, I. Izmailova
7. ICRANet-ISFAHAN Astronomy Meeting, 3-5 November 2021, Isfahan, Iran (on-line) Y. Aimuratov, oral talk “Universality of Peaking Time of Supernovae Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts”
8. The 6th Bego Rencontre Summer School, 4-14 July 2022, Nice, Pescara (ONLINE) Y. Aimuratov, oral talk “Gamma-Ray Bursts Associated with Supernovae. Case Studies: 190114C, 190829A, 130427A”
9. 8th Byurakan International Summer School (8BISS) for Young Astronomers, 12-16 September 2022, Byurakan, Armenia (on-line) I. Izmailova