Sabrina L. Savage, Ph.D. Research Astrophysicist Solar and Solar Terrestrial Studies Last Updated:   10/25/2007

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University of Wyoming Physics Department
Previous Advisor:   Dr. Ronald Canterna

During my tenure at the University of Wyoming, I participated in the Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) Afterglow Follow-Up program tracking bursts at Red Buttes Observatory (RBO) and the Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO). My work was to reduce the data acquired rapidly to find the burst and then attempt to analyze it. I also aided in making RBO remotely accessible. Since coming to Montana State University, I have switched fields of research; thus, the following references describing my research are outdated especially since the GRB satellite, Swift, has launched successfully and added considerably more information to the pool:

Los Alamos 2003 GRB conference poster (associated paper in print):
      University of Wyoming GRB Afterglow Follow-Up Program
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NASA GSFC USRA final paper (2003):
      Prompt Emission GRB Simulations, the University of Wyoming GRB Program, and Image Reduction
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