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Gamma Ray Burst Discoveries with the Swift Mission

Author
Tueller, Jack
Published
October 17, 2007.
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1 electronic document
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Gehrels, Neil
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Summary
There is a great synergy between the Swift and INTEGRAL missions. Swift provides wide-field hard x-ray monitoring and sensitive x-ray and UV/optical observations. INTEGRAL provides optical through gamma-ray coverage with emphasis on hard xray imaging and gamma-ray spectroscopy. For hard x-ray survey studies, the BAT and IBIS instruments are complementary with BAT covering the full sky every day and IBIS scanning the galactic plane. For GRBs, Swift follows up bursts detected by INTEGRAL. X-ray and optical observations give arcsecond positions and afterglow lightcurves. For IGR sources, X-ray observations identify counterparts. The joint BAT and IBIS survey data are giving the most complete picture of the hard x-ray sky ever obtained. This talk will review Swift capabilities and discuss joint observations that are taking place and planned
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 20080031655.
INTEGRAL Science Workshop/ESA; 17-19 Oct. 2007; Sardinia; Italy.
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