Abstract
The Swift mission has been conducting normal operations for approximately 15 months (since April 2005). During this time the mission has revolutionized the field of GRB afterglow follow-up - doubling the number of GRB afterglows with localization and adding a totally novel ability to study afterglows during the time between minutes to hours after the gamma-ray burst. I report on the efficiency of the Swift observatory for conducting these observations, and the science strategy of Swift operations, including fill-in targets and targets of opportunity.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1051-1054 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica B |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue number | 10-11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2006 |
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Swift gamma-ray burst Explorer : Afterglow follow-up and Swift constraints. / Nousek, John Andrew.
In: Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica B, Vol. 121, No. 10-11, 10.2006, p. 1051-1054.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Nousek, John Andrew
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