Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample of<i>Swift</i>-XRT observations of GRBs

A. Evans, P.; P. Beardmore, A.; L. Page, K.; P. Osborne, J.; T. O’Brien, P.; Willingale, R.; L. C. Starling, R.; N. Burrows, D.; Godet, O.; Vetere, L.; L. Racusin, J.; R. Goad, M.; Wiersema, K.; Angelini, L.; Capalbi, M.; Chincarini, G.; Gehrels, N.; A. Kennea, J.; Margutti, R.; C. Morris, David; J. Mountford, C.; Pagani, C.; Perri, M.; Romano, P.; R. Tanvir, N.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14913.x

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Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample ofSwift-XRT observations of GRBs

Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society • Jul 15, 2009

Authors:

P. A. Evans

A. P. Beardmore

K. L. Page

Abstract

We present a homogeneous X-ray analysis of all 318 gamma-ray bursts detected by the X-ray telescope (XRT) on the Swift satellite up to 2008 July 23; this represents the largest sample of X-ray GRB data published to date. In Sections 2–3, we detail the methods which the Swift-XRT team has developed t...

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Physics

Swift

Gamma-ray burst

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