XEUS: the physics of the hot evolving universe (2009)
Arnaud, Monique, Barcons, Xavier, Barret, Didier, Bautz, Marshall, Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bleeker, Johan, ...
O'Brien, Paul, Willingale, Richard
We summarise the X-ray temporal and spectral variability properties of GRBs as observed using the Swift satellite. Despite much individual complexity, the flux and spectral variability can be...
The Dust Scattering Model Can Not Explain The Shallow X-ray Decay in GRB Afterglows (2008)
Shen, Rong-Feng, Willingale, Richard, Kumar, Pawan, O'Brien, Paul T., Evans, Phil A.
A dust scattering model was recently proposed to explain the shallow X-ray decay (plateau) observed prevalently in Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) early afterglows. In this model the plateau is the scattered...
GRB Radiative Efficiencies Derived from the Swift Data: GRBs vs. XRFs, Long vs. Short (2006)
Zhang, Bing, Liang, Enwei, Page, Kim L., Grupe, Dirk, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Barthelmy, Scott D., ...
We systematically analyze the prompt emission and the early afterglow data of a sample of 31 GRBs detected by {\em Swift} before September 2005, and estimate the GRB radiative efficiency. BAT's...
Swift XRT and VLT Observations of the Afterglow of GRB 041223 (2005)
Burrows, David N., Hill, Joanne E., Chincarini, Guido, Tagliaferri, Gianpiero, Campana, Sergio, Moretti, Alberto, ...
The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer, launched on 2004 November 20, is a multiwavelength, autonomous, rapid-slewing observatory for gamma-ray burst (GRB) astronomy. On 2004 December 23, during the...