Session 29. X-Ray Flashes

Topical Session, Tuesday, 2:30-4:00pm, 4:15-6:00pm, May 31, 2005, 102 E

29.01 Discovery of X-Ray Flashes by the BeppoSAX WFC

J. Heise (SRON-Utrecht)

29.02 Properties of X-Ray Flashes from HETE Observations

G. R. Ricker (MIT), HETE Science Team

29.03 First Results on X-Ray Flashes from Swift

T. Sakamoto (GSFC/NRC), Swift Team

29.04 The XRF-SN Connection

A. M. Soderberg (Caltech)

29.05 Observations of XRF afterglows and host galaxies

A. Levan (University of Leicester), GRACE Collaboration

29.06 Jet Models of X-Ray Flashes

D. Q. Lamb, T. Q. Donaghy, C. Graziani (University of Chicago)

29.07 Relativistic Beaming Model of X-Ray Flashes and GRBs

R. Yamazaki (Osaka University, Japan), K. Toma (Kyoto University, Japan), K. Ioka (Penn State University), T. Nakamura (Kyoto University, Japan)