Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008aas...212.9501b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #212, #95.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 40, p.270
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer has revolutionized our view of gamma-ray bursts through its rapid localizations and detailed X-ray and optical light curves, while also contributing to many other areas of astronomy including AGN, SNe, CVs, stellar flares, comets, and galactic transients. Its multiwavelength capability, rapid slewing and flexible schedule make it a powerful observatory for many types of transient phenomena or multiwavelength monitoring campaigns. I will discuss some of the major accomplishments of Swift in its first 3 years of operation, and then will turn my attention to the phenomenal GRB 080319B, the first gamma-ray burst visible to the naked eye, and the only naked eye object ever "seen” at z 1. The combination of Swift's unique capabilities, a new generation of ground-based robotic telescopes, and a world-wide followup effort have resulted in the best multicolor observations ever obtained on a GRB afterglow. This unique object illustrates the potential power of GRBs as high-z tracers of cosmic structure, and points the way to future missions designed to use GRBs as background sources to measure the structure of the Universe well beyond the reionization era.
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