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A. M. Parsons
Researcher at Goddard Space Flight Center
Publications - 214
Citations - 10306
A. M. Parsons is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gamma-ray burst & Detector. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 205 publications receiving 9513 citations.
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The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
Neil Gehrels,G. Chincarini,G. Chincarini,Paolo Giommi,Keith O. Mason,John A. Nousek,Alan A. Wells,Nicholas E. White,S. D. Barthelmy,David N. Burrows,L. R. Cominsky,Kevin Hurley,F. E. Marshall,Peter Mészáros,Peter W. A. Roming,Lorella Angelini,Lorella Angelini,L. M. Barbier,Tomaso Belloni,Sergio Campana,P. A. Caraveo,M. M. Chester,O. Citterio,T. L. Cline,Mark Cropper,Jay Cummings,Jay Cummings,A. J. Dean,Eric D. Feigelson,E. E. Fenimore,Dale A. Frail,A. S. Fruchter,Gordon P. Garmire,Keith C. Gendreau,Gabriele Ghisellini,Jochen Greiner,Joanne E. Hill,S. D. Hunsberger,Hans A. Krimm,Hans A. Krimm,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,Pawan Kumar,F. Lebrun,Nicole M. Lloyd-Ronning,Craig B. Markwardt,Craig B. Markwardt,Barbara J. Mattson,Barbara J. Mattson,Richard Mushotzky,Jay P. Norris,J. P. Osborne,Bohdan Paczynski,David Palmer,H.-S. Park,A. M. Parsons,J. A. Paul,Martin J. Rees,Christopher S. Reynolds,James E. Rhoads,T. P. Sasseen,Bradley E. Schaefer,A. Short,Alan P. Smale,Alan P. Smale,Ian Smith,Luigi Stella,Gianpiero Tagliaferri,Tadayuki Takahashi,Makoto Tashiro,Leisa K. Townsley,Jack Tueller,Martin J. L. Turner,M. Vietri,Wolfgang Voges,Martin Ward,Richard Willingale,F. M. Zerbi,W. W. Zhang +77 more
TL;DR: The Swift mission as discussed by the authors is a multi-wavelength observatory for gamma-ray burst (GRB) astronomy, which is a first-of-its-kind autonomous rapid-slewing satellite for transient astronomy and pioneers the way for future rapid-reaction and multiwavelength missions.
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The burst alert telescope (BAT) on the Swift MIDEX mission
Scott Barthelmy,L. M. Barbier,Jay Cummings,Jay Cummings,Edward E. Fenimore,Neil Gehrels,D. Hullinger,D. Hullinger,Hans A. Krimm,Hans A. Krimm,Craig B. Markwardt,Craig B. Markwardt,David Palmer,A. M. Parsons,Goro Sato,Motoko Suzuki,Tadayuki Takahashi,Makoto Tashiro,Jack Tueller +18 more
TL;DR: The burst alert telescope (BAT) as discussed by the authors is one of three instruments on the Swift MIDEX spacecraft to study gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and it detects the GRB and localizes the burst direction to an accuracy of 1-4 arcmin within 20 s after the start of the event.
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A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225
Neil Gehrels,Craig L. Sarazin,P. T. O'Brien,Bing Zhang,L. M. Barbier,Scott Barthelmy,A. J. Blustin,David N. Burrows,J. K. Cannizzo,J. K. Cannizzo,Jay Cummings,Jay Cummings,Michael R. Goad,Stephen T. Holland,Stephen T. Holland,Cheryl Hurkett,J. A. Kennea,Andrew J. Levan,C. B. Markwardt,C. B. Markwardt,Keith O. Mason,Peter Mészáros,M. J. Page,David Palmer,Evert Rol,T. Sakamoto,T. Sakamoto,Richard Willingale,Lorella Angelini,Lorella Angelini,Andrew P. Beardmore,Patricia T. Boyd,Patricia T. Boyd,A. A. Breeveld,Sergio Campana,M. M. Chester,Guido Chincarini,Guido Chincarini,L. R. Cominsky,Giancarlo Cusumano,M. de Pasquale,Edward E. Fenimore,Paolo Giommi,Caryl Gronwall,Dirk Grupe,Joanne E. Hill,D. Hinshaw,Jens Hjorth,D. Hullinger,D. Hullinger,Kevin Hurley,Sylvio Klose,Shiho Kobayashi,Chryssa Kouveliotou,Hans A. Krimm,Hans A. Krimm,Vanessa Mangano,F. E. Marshall,Katherine E. McGowan,A. Moretti,Richard Mushotzky,Kazuhiro Nakazawa,Jay P. Norris,John A. Nousek,J. P. Osborne,K. L. Page,A. M. Parsons,Sandeep K. Patel,M. Perri,T. S. Poole,P. Romano,P. W. A. Roming,Stuart Rosen,G. Sato,Patricia Schady,Alan P. Smale,Jesper Sollerman,R. L. C. Starling,Martin Still,Martin Still,Masaya Suzuki,Gianpiero Tagliaferri,Tadayuki Takahashi,Makoto Tashiro,Jack Tueller,Alan A. Wells,Nicholas E. White,Ralph A. M. J. Wijers +87 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported the detection of the X-ray afterglow from the short burst GRB 050509B and its location on the sky is near a luminous, non-star-forming elliptical galaxy at a redshift of 0.225.
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A giant γ-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806–20
David Palmer,Scott Barthelmy,Neil Gehrels,R.M. Kippen,T. Cayton,Chryssa Kouveliotou,David Eichler,Ralph A. M. J. Wijers,P. M. Woods,Jonathan Granot,Y. E. Lyubarsky,Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz,L. M. Barbier,M. M. Chester,Jay Cummings,Jay Cummings,E. E. Fenimore,Mark H. Finger,Bryan Gaensler,D. Hullinger,Hans A. Krimm,Hans A. Krimm,C. B. Markwardt,C. B. Markwardt,J. A. Nousek,A. M. Parsons,Sandeep K. Patel,T. Sakamoto,T. Sakamoto,Goro Sato,Masaya Suzuki,Jack Tueller +31 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported that SGR1806-20, a soft γ-ray repeater in Sagittarius, released a giant flare that has been called the brightest explosion ever recorded.
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A new γ-ray burst classification scheme from GRB 060614
Neil Gehrels,Jay P. Norris,Scott Barthelmy,Jonathan Granot,Yuki Kaneko,Chryssa Kouveliotou,C. B. Markwardt,C. B. Markwardt,Peter Mészáros,Ehud Nakar,J. A. Nousek,P. T. O'Brien,M. J. Page,David Palmer,A. M. Parsons,P. W. A. Roming,T. Sakamoto,T. Sakamoto,Craig L. Sarazin,Patricia Schady,Michael Stamatikos,Michael Stamatikos,S. E. Woosley +22 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report that the bright, nearby GRB 060614 does not fit into either class, while its temporal lag and peak luminosity fall entirely within the short-duration GRB subclass.