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Recent Progress on GRBs with SwiftWe are in an exciting period of discovery for gamma-ray bursts. The Swift observatory is detecting 100 bursts per year, providing arcsecond localizations and sensitive observations of the prompt and afterglow emission. In addition, rapid-response telescopes on the ground have new capabilities to study optical emission during the prompt phase and spectral signatures of the host galaxies. The combined data set is enabling great advances in our understanding of GRBs including afterglow physics, short burst origin, and supernova physics.
Document ID
20100032398
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Gehrels, N.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Cannizzo, J. K.
(Maryland Univ. Baltimore County Baltimore, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2010
Subject Category
Astronomy
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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