Opportunities for GRB Discovery Combining Swift and GLAST

Journal Article · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2737414· OSTI ID:21057314

Gehrels, Neil ^[1]; Cannizzo, John K ^[1]

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1. Code 661, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)

Swift is a NASA MIDEX mission with primary objective to study GRBs and use them to study the Universe. The mission was launched on 20 November 2004 and is detecting {approx}100 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) each year. .For almost every burst there is a prompt (within {approx}90 s) spacecraft repointing to give X-ray and UV/optical observations of the afterglow. Swift has already collected an impressive database including prompt emission to higher sensitivities than BATSE, uniform monitoring of afterglows, and rapid follow-up by other observatories notified through the GCN. With the launch of GLAST in 2007, there will be an opportunity to combine the powers of Swift and GLAST to make tremendous progress in the study of GRBs. This paper summarizes scientific results from Swift and discusses the ways that Swift and GLAST can work together on GRB observations.

• OSTI ID: 21057314
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 906; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AFTERGLOW
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC PHOTONS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA RADIATION
NASA
PHOTON EMISSION
RADIATION MONITORING
SENSITIVITY
TELESCOPE COUNTERS
UNIVERSE
X RADIATION