The Swift XRT: Observations of Early X-ray Afterglows

Journal Article · Fri May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2207893· OSTI ID:20798683

Burrows, David N; Kennea, J A; Nousek, J A ^[1]; Osborne, J P; O'Brien, P T ^[2]; Chincarini, G ^[3]; Tagliaferri, G ^[3]; Giommi, P ^[4]; Zhang, B ^[5]

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1. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802 (United States)
2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH (United Kingdom)
3. INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate (Italy)
4. ASI Science Data Center, via Galileo Galilei, 00044 Frascati (Italy)
5. Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Box 454002, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4002 (United States)

During the first year of operations of the Swift observatory, the X-ray Telescope has made a number of discoveries concerning the nature of X-ray afterglows of both long and short GRBs. We highlight the key findings, which include rapid declines at early times, a standard template of afterglow light curve shapes, common flaring, and the discovery of the first short GRB afterglow.

• OSTI ID: 20798683
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 836, Issue 1; Conference: 16. Maryland astrophysics conference, Washington, DC (United States), 29 Nov - 2 Dec 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2207893; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
AFTERGLOW
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC PHOTONS
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
DIAGRAMS
FLARING
GAMMA DETECTION
TELESCOPE COUNTERS
X RADIATION