Gamma Ray Bursts: recent results obtained by the SWIFT mission
Astrophysics
2017-08-23 v1
Abstract
In the introduction we give the main characteristics of the Swift mission outlining how the design was driven by the science goals and by the heritage we got from the Italian - Dutch satellite Beppo SAX. We show some of the new characteristics of the X - ray light curves that became evident soon after we obtained the first set of data. In addition to the early phase steep slope afterglow discovered by Swift, we discuss the frequently observed GRB flares and the first localization of a short burst.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0511108,
title = {Gamma Ray Bursts: recent results obtained by the SWIFT mission},
author = {G. Chincarini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0511108},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Comments: 9 pages, 5 figures. To be published in the Proceedings of the Third workshop on Science with the new generation of High Gamma Ragy Experiments, Cividale del Friuli, Italy, May 30