The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission: First Results

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May 2006

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GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 836, pp. 14-2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation

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Since its launch on 20 November 2004, the Swift mission is detecting ~100 new gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) each year, and immediately (within tens of seconds) starting simultaneous X-ray and UV/optical observations of the afterglow. It has already collected am impressive database of bursts, including prompt emission to higher sensitivity than BATSE, uniform monitoring of afterglows, and rapid follow-up by other observatories notified through the GCN.

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