The<i>Swift</i>Gamma‐Ray Burst Mission

Gehrels, N.; Chincarini, G.; Giommi, P.; O. Mason, K.; A. Nousek, J.; A. Wells, A.; E. White, N.; D. Barthelmy, S.; N. Burrows, D.; R. Cominsky, L.; Hurley, K.; E. Marshall, F.; Mészáros, P.; W. A. Roming, P.; Angelini, L.; Barbier, L.; Belloni, T.; Campana, S.; A. Caraveo, P.; M. Chester, M.; Citterio, O.; Cline, T.; Cropper, M.; R. Cummings, J.; J. Dean, Anthony; D. Feigelson, Eric; E. Fenimore, E.; A. Frail, D.; S. Fruchter, A.; P. Garmire, G.; C. Gendreau, Keith; Ghisellini, G.; Greiner, J.; E. Hill, J.; Hunsberger, S.; A. Krimm, H.; R. Kulkarni, S.; Kumar, Pawan; Lebrun, F.; Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole; B. Markwardt, C.; J. Mattson, B.; F. Mushotzky, R.; P. Norris, J.; P. Osborne, J.; Paczyński, B.; M. Palmer, D.; Park, Hae‐Sim; Parsons, A.; Paul, Jacques; J. Rees, M.; S. Reynolds, C.; E. Rhoads, James; P. Sasseen, T.; E. Schaefer, Bradley; T. Short, Alexander; P. Smale, A.; A. Smith, I.; Stella, L.; Tagliaferri, G.; Takahashi, Tadayuki; Tashiro, M.; K. Townsley, Leisa; Tueller, J.; Turner, Martin; Vietri, M.; Voges, W.; J. Ward, M.; Willingale, R.; M. Zerbi, F.; W. Zhang, W.

doi:10.1086/422091

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TheSwiftGamma‐Ray Burst Mission

Published in The Astrophysical Journal • Aug 20, 2004

Authors:

N. Gehrels

G. Chincarini

P. Giommi

Abstract

The Swift mission, scheduled for launch in 2004, is a multiwavelength observatory for gamma-ray burst (GRB) astronomy. It is a first-of-its-kind autonomous rapid-slewing satellite for transient astronomy and pioneers the way for future rapid-reaction and multiwavelength missions. It will be far more...

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Gamma-ray burst

Physics

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