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GRBs: Recent Observational ResultsWe 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. The Fermi observatory is observing 250 bursts per year with its medium-energy ORB instrument and about 10 bursts per year with its high-energy LAT instrument. In addition, rapid-response telescopes on the ground are providing 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 high energy emission. This talk will highlight recent findings.
Document ID
20090033894
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Gehrels, Neil
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2009
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows II
Location: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Start Date: October 26, 2009
End Date: October 30, 2009
Sponsors: Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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