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David N. Burrows
Researcher at Pennsylvania State University
Publications - 470
Citations - 36906
David N. Burrows is an academic researcher from Pennsylvania State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gamma-ray burst & Afterglow. The author has an hindex of 78, co-authored 463 publications receiving 34700 citations. Previous affiliations of David N. Burrows include University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The unique observing capabilities of the Swift x-ray telescope
Joanne E. Hill,Joanne E. Hill,Lorella Angelini,Lorella Angelini,D. C. Morris,David N. Burrows,A. F. Abbey,Sergio Campana,M. Capalbi,G. Cusumano,J. A. Kennea,Robert Klar,C. Mangels,Alberto Moretti,J. P. Osborne,M. Perri,Judith Racusin,G. Tagliaferri,F. Tamburelli,Paul Wood,J. A. Nousek,A. Wells,A. Wells +22 more
TL;DR: The XRT is a sensitive, autonomous X-ray imaging spectrometer onboard the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Observatory as mentioned in this paper, which can estimate the position of the satellite within 5 seconds of target acquisition by the Swift Observatory for typical bursts.
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Laboratory x-ray CCD camera electronics: a test bed for the Swift X-Ray Telescope
Joanne E. Hill,Michael E. Zugger,Jason Shoemaker,Mark E. Witherite,S. Koch,Lester L. Chou,Traci Case,David N. Burrows +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer (SWIFT) was selected as one of two winners of NASA Explorer contracts, which will detect, locate, and observe gamma-ray bursts simultaneously in the optical, ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma- ray wavelengths using three coaligned telescopes.
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Reducing the ATHENA WFI background with the science products module: lessons from Chandra ACIS
Catherine E. Grant,Eric D. Miller,Marshall W. Bautz,Esra Bulbul,Ralph P. Kraft,Paul Nulsen,David N. Burrows,Steven W. Allen +7 more
TL;DR: Full frame data from CCDs on-board Chandra, in high-Earth orbit, and the results of the search for phenomenological correlations between particle tracks and background events that would otherwise be categorized as X-rays are presented.
Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithms for Optimizing Grazing Incidence Optics for Wide-Field X-Ray Survey Imaging
TL;DR: Although MCMC algorithms are traditionally used to explore probability densities that result from a particular model specification, they can be used to create irreducible algorithms for optimizing arbitrary, bounded functions, which offers a promising framework for optimizing this multi-dimensional complex function.
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In-flight calibration of the SWIFT XRT effective area
P. Romano,Giancarlo Cusumano,Sergio Campana,V. Mangano,Alberto Moretti,A. F. Abbey,Lorella Angelini,A. P. Beardmore,David N. Burrows,M. Capalbi,Guido Chincarini,Oberto Citterio,P. Giommi,M. R. Goad,Olivier Godet,Gisela Hartner,Joanne E. Hill,J. A. Kennea,V. LaParola,Teresa Mineo,D. C. Morris,J. A. Nousek,J. P. Osborne,K. L. Page,C. Pagani,C. Pagani,M. Perri,G. Tagliaferri,F. Tamburelli,Alan A. Wells +29 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the initial results of the analysis of the Swift X-ray Telescope effective area as measured both on-axis and off-axis during the in-flight calibration phase using the laboratory results and ray-tracing simulations as a starting point.