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EAS Publications Series
Volume 61, 2013
Gamma-ray Bursts: 15 Years of GRB Afterglows – Progenitors, Environments and Host Galaxies from the Nearby to the Early Universe
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| Page(s) | 449 - 457 | |
| Section | Chapter X: Instrumentation and Techniques-I (Ongoing Projects) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1361073 | |
| Published online | 22 July 2013 | |
A.J. Castro-Tirado, J.Gorosabel and I.H. Park (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 61 (2013) 449-457
Recent Progress on GRBs with Swift
1 Astroparticle Physics Division,
NASA/Goddard Space Flight
Center, Greenbelt,
MD
20771,
USA
2 CRESST/Joint Center for Astrophysics,
Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
21250,
USA
We are in an exciting period of discovery for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The Swift observatory is detecting ~90 GRBs yr-1, providing arcsecond localizations and sensitive observations of the prompt and afterglow emission. In addition, rapid-response telescopes on the ground are providing new capabilities to study optical and radio emissions. The combined data set is enabling great advances in our understanding of GRBs including afterglow physics, short burst origin, and the GRB-supernova connection.
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