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We compare the properties of optically dark GRBs, defined by the optical-to-X-ray spectral index beta_OX<0.5, and normal ones discovered by the Swift satellite before the year 2008 in a statistical way, using data collected from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-09-24 W. Zheng , J. Deng , J. Wang

IGR J16460+0849 is reported in the 3rd IBIS catalog with the shortest exposure of about 10 ks among all the detected sources, which makes it the most interesting target to be investigated with a deeper exposure. We analyze all available…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Shu Zhang , Yupeng Chen , Jianmin Wang , Tipei Li , Junqiang Ge

We report on the Swift/X-ray Telescope (XRT) monitoring of the field of view around the candidate supergiant fast X-ray transient (SFXT) IGR J17354-3255, which is positionally associated with the AGILE/GRID gamma-ray transient AGL…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 L. Ducci , P. Romano , P. Esposito , E. Bozzo , H. A. Krimm , S. Vercellone , V. Mangano , J. A. Kennea

Since the advent of the Swift satellite it has been possible to obtain precise localisations of GRB positions of sub-arcsec accuracy within seconds, facilitating ground-based robotic telescopes to automatically slew to the target within…

We present a comprehensive compilation of short-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows in the X-ray, optical, and radio bands, comprising 150 events discovered primarily by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory over 2005-2023. We pair these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-29 Cristian Castrejon , Anya E. Nugent , Wen-fai Fong , Genevieve Schroeder , Alicia Rouco Escorial , Olivia Guerra

The unique capabilities of Swift that make it ideal for discovery and follow-up of Gamma-Ray bursts also makes it the idea mission for discovery and monitoring of X-ray Transients in the Milky Way and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-27 Jamie A. Kennea

We present a review of the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXT) Project, a systematic investigation of the properties of SFXTs with a strategy that combines Swift monitoring programs with outburst follow-up observations. This strategy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 P. Romano , V. Mangano , L. Ducci , P. Esposito , S. Vercellone , F. Bocchino , D. N. Burrows , J. A. Kennea , H. A. Krimm , N. Gehrels , R. Farinelli , C. Ceccobello

Context. Serendipitous X-ray surveys have proven to be an efficient way to find rare objects, for example tidal disruption events, changing-look active galactic nuclei (AGN), binary quasars, ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs), and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-26 Hugo Tranin , Olivier Godet , Natalie Webb , Daria Primorac

Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXTs) are a new class of HMXBs discovered thanks to the monitoring of the Galactic plane performed with the INTEGRAL satellite in the last 5 years. These sources display short outbursts (significantly…

In order to provide a firm identification of the newly discovered Galactic TeV sources, a search for counterparts in a broad band from soft X-ray to soft gamma-rays is crucial as data in these wavebands allow us to distinguish between…

LSI +61 303 is one of the most interesting high-mass X-ray binaries owing to its spatially resolved radio emission and its TeV emission, generally attributed to non-thermal particles in an accretion-powered relativistic jet or in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-23 P. Esposito , P. A. Caraveo , A. Pellizzoni , A. De Luca , N. Gehrels , M. A. Marelli

We jointly analyze the gamma-ray burst (GRB) data observed with BAT and XRT on board the Swift mission to present a global view on the internal energy dissipation processes in GRBs, including precursors, prompt gamma-ray emission, extended…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 You-Dong Hu , En-Wei Liang , Shao-Qiang Xi , Fang-Kun Peng , Rui-Jing Lu , Lian-Zhong LV , Bing Zhang

We found a very likely counterpart to the recently discovered hard X-ray source IGR J2018+4043 in the multi-wavelength observations of the source field. The source, originally discovered in the 20-40 keV band, is now confidently detected…

We present the preliminary results from two new surveys of blazars that have direct implications on the GLAST detection of extragalactic sources from two different perspectives: microwave selection and a combined deep X-ray/radio selection.…

Swift discovered GRB 050713A and slewed promptly to begin observing with its narrow field instruments 72.6 seconds after the burst onset, while the prompt gamma-ray emission was still detectable in the BAT. Simultaneous emission from two…

IGR J17544-2619 and XTE J1739-302 are considered the prototypical sources of the new class of High Mass X-ray Binaries, the Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXTs).These sources were observed during bright outbursts on 2008 March 31 and…

The long term evolution of ULX with their spectral and luminosity variations in time give important clues on the nature of ULX and on the accretion process that powers them. We report here the results of a Swift-XRT 6-year monitoring…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-11 V. La Parola , A. D'Aì , G. Cusumano , T. Mineo

Many sources listed in the 4th IBIS/ISGRI survey are still unidentified, i.e. lacking an X-ray counterpart or simply not studied at lower energies (< 10 keV). The cross-correlation between the list of IBIS sources in the 4th catalogue and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-03-08 R. Landi , L. Bassani , A. Malizia , J. B. Stephen , A. Bazzano , M. Fiocchi , A. J. Bird

The Galactic plane scanning survey is one of the main scientific objectives of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (known as Insight-HXMT). During the two-year operation of Insight-HXMT, more than 1000 scanning observations have been…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 Na Sai , JinYuan Liao , ChengKui Li , Ju Guan , Chen Wang , Yi Nang , Yuan Liu , ChengCheng Guo , Shu Zhang , ShuangNan Zhang