Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Mar 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006msngr.123...54c&link_type=abstract
The Messenger, volume 123, page 54
Mathematics
Logic
3
Scientific paper
Swift, a satellite devoted to the study of cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), is now fully operational and detects about 100 GRBs per year, as the first year of operation demonstrated. Since its launch (20 November 2004), Swift has monitored with the narrow-field X-Ray Telescope (XRT) 75 afterglows (out of 97 GRBs), starting just a few minutes after the GRB onset. Together with the events detected by HETE-II and INTEGRAL, Swift gives us a unique position to unveil the details of these enigmatic events, which likely identify the birth of black holes. GRBs are also useful cosmological tools, and can be used as powerful, distant beacons to trace the history and evolution of the early Universe. All of this can be accomplished by the use of Swift, coupled to large ground-based telescopes. In this article we describe some of the fresh, exciting results obtained in the field.
Antonelli Angelo
Campana Sergio
Chincarini Guido
Covino Stefano
Cusumano Giancarlo
No associations
LandOfFree
Gamma-Ray Bursts: Learning about the Birth of Black Holes and Opening new Frontiers for Cosmology does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with Gamma-Ray Bursts: Learning about the Birth of Black Holes and Opening new Frontiers for Cosmology, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Gamma-Ray Bursts: Learning about the Birth of Black Holes and Opening new Frontiers for Cosmology will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-980366