Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Mar 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008head...10.3603b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #10, #36.03
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
The Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) has successfully operated for over 3 years, compiling a database of over 250 GRB afterglow lightcurves. Key discoveries have included short GRB counterparts, X-ray flares from GRBs, and complex light curves with multiple segments. The XRT has also found the first shock breakout from a SN (SN2006aj), produced the most complete light curve to date of a recurrent nova supersoft phase (RS Oph), discovered the orbital period of what may be the most massive stellar mass black hole known (IC 10), and has become a workhorse for the precise location and monitoring of a wide variety of galactic and extragalactic transient sources, including a long-term monitoring campaign of the Galactic Center. Several of these observations will be discussed in more detail in the Swift special session at this meeting. I will highlight just a few of these results and will briefly discuss the current status of the instrument and improvements in the operating parameters that have resulted in improved performance.
Burrows David N.
Swift XRT Team
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