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
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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.Abstract:
The Swift mission, scheduled for launch in 2004, is a multiwavelength observatory for gamma-ray burst (GRB) astronomy. It is a first-of-its-kind autonomous rapid-slewing satellite for transient astronomy and pioneers the way for future rapid-reaction and multiwavelength missions. It will be far more powerful than any previous GRB mission, observing more than 100 bursts yr � 1 and performing detailed X-ray and UV/optical afterglow observations spanning timescales from 1 minute to several days after the burst. The objectives are to (1) determine the origin of GRBs, (2) classify GRBs and search for new types, (3) study the interaction of the ultrarelativistic outflows of GRBs with their surrounding medium, and (4) use GRBs to study the early universe out to z >10. The mission is being developed by a NASA-led international collaboration. It will carry three instruments: a newgeneration wide-field gamma-ray (15‐150 keV) detector that will detect bursts, calculate 1 0 ‐4 0 positions, and trigger autonomous spacecraft slews; a narrow-field X-ray telescope that will give 5 00 positions and perform spectroscopy in the 0.2‐10 keV band; and a narrow-field UV/optical telescope that will operate in the 170‐ 600 nm band and provide 0B3 positions and optical finding charts. Redshift determinations will be made for most bursts. In addition to the primary GRB science, the mission will perform a hard X-ray survey to a sensitivity of � 1m crab (� 2;10 � 11 ergs cm � 2 s � 1 in the 15‐150 keV band), more than an order of magnitude better than HEAO 1 A-4. A flexible data and operations system will allow rapid follow-up observations of all types ofread more
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The Swift X-ray telescope
David N. Burrows,Joanne E. Hill,John A. Nousek,J. A. Kennea,Alan A. Wells,J. P. Osborne,A. F. Abbey,A. P. Beardmore,K. Mukerjee,A. Short,Guido Chincarini,Sergio Campana,Oberto Citterio,Alberto Moretti,C. Pagani,Gianpiero Tagliaferri,Paolo Giommi,M. Capalbi,F. Tamburelli,Lorella Angelini,Giancarlo Cusumano,Heinrich Bräuninger,Wolfgang Burkert,Gisela Hartner +23 more
TL;DR: The Swift Gamma-Ray Explorer (XRT) as mentioned in this paper uses a mirror set built for JET-X and an XMM-Newton/EPIC MOS CCD detector to provide a sensitive broad-band (0.2-10 keV) X-ray imager with effective area of > 120 cm2 at 1.5 keV, field of view of 23.6 × 23. 6 arcminutes, and angular resolution of 18 arcseconds.
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The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope
Peter W. A. Roming,T. Kennedy,Keith O. Mason,John A. Nousek,Lindy Ahr,Richard E. Bingham,Patrick S. Broos,M. Carter,B. Hancock,H. E. Huckle,S. D. Hunsberger,H. Kawakami,Ronnie Killough,T. Scott Koch,M. McLelland,Kelly D. Smith,Philip J. Smith,Juan Carlos Soto,Patricia T. Boyd,A. A. Breeveld,Stephen T. Holland,M. Ivanushkina,Michael S. Pryzby,Martin Still,Joseph Stock +24 more
TL;DR: The Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) as discussed by the authors is one of the three instruments flying aboard the Swift Gamma-ray Observatory, which is designed to capture the early (∼1 min) UV and optical photons from the afterglow of gamma-ray bursts in the 170-600 nm band as well as long term observations of these afterglows.
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Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample of Swift-XRT observations of GRBs
Phil Evans,A. P. Beardmore,K. L. Page,J. P. Osborne,P. T. O'Brien,Richard Willingale,R. L. C. Starling,David N. Burrows,Olivier Godet,L. Vetere,Judith Racusin,M. R. Goad,Klaas Wiersema,Lorella Angelini,Milvia Capalbi,G. Chincarini,G. Chincarini,Neil Gehrels,J. A. Kennea,Raffaella Margutti,Raffaella Margutti,D. C. Morris,D. C. Morris,C. J. Mountford,C. Pagani,M. Perri,P. Romano,Nial R. Tanvir +27 more
TL;DR: A homogeneous X-rays analysis of all 318 gamma-ray bursts detected by the X-ray telescope (XRT) on the Swift satellite up to 2008 July 23 is presented; this represents the largest sample ofX-ray GRB data published to date.
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The man behind the curtain: x-rays drive the uv through nir variability in the 2013 active galactic nucleus outburst in ngc 2617
Benjamin J. Shappee,J. L. Prieto,Dirk Grupe,Christopher S. Kochanek,Krzysztof Z. Stanek,G. De Rosa,Smita Mathur,Ying Zu,Bradley M. Peterson,Richard W. Pogge,Stefanie Komossa,Myungshin Im,Jacob Jencson,T W-S Holoien,U. Basu,John F. Beacom,D. M. Szczygiel,Joseph Brimacombe,Scott M. Adams,Abdo Campillay,Changsu Choi,Carlos Contreras,M. Dietrich,M. Dubberley,M. Elphick,S. Foale,Margherita Giustini,C. Gonzalez,E. Hawkins,D. A. Howell,D. A. Howell,Eric Hsiao,Michael Koss,Karen M. Leighly,Nidia Morrell,D. Mudd,D. Mullins,Jenna M. Nugent,J. Parrent,Mark M. Phillips,G. Pojmanski,Wayne Rosing,R. Ross,David J. Sand,Donald M. Terndrup,Stefano Valenti,Stefano Valenti,Z. Walker,Yosep Yoon +48 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported that NGC 2617 went through a dramatic outburst, during which its X-ray flux increased by over an order of magnitude followed by an increase of its optical/ultraviolet (UV) continuum flux.
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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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