The JANUS X-Ray Flash Monitor (2009)
Falcone, A. D., Burrows, D. N., Barthelmy, S., Chang, W., Fredley, J., Kelly, M., ...
JANUS is a NASA small explorer class mission which just completed phase A and was intended for a 2013 launch date. The primary science goals of JANUS are to use high redshift (6
The 22-Month Swift-BAT All-Sky Hard X-ray Survey (2009)
Tueller, J., Baumgartner, W. H., Markwardt, C. B., Skinner, G. K., Mushotzky, R. F., Ajello, M., ...
We present the catalog of sources detected in the first 22 months of data from the hard X-ray survey (14--195 keV) conducted with the BAT coded mask imager on the \swift satellite. The catalog...
GRB polarimetry with POET (2009)
McConnell, M. L., Angelini, L., Baring, M. G., Barthelmy, S., Black, J. K., Bloser, P. F., ...
The status and future of the third interplanetary network (2009)
Hurley, K., Cline, T., Mitrofanov, I. G., Golovin, D., Litvak, M. L., Sanin, A. B., ...
Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters (2008)
Collaboration, LIGO Scientific, Barthelmy, S., Gehrels, N., Hurley, K. C., Palmer, D.
We present the results of a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational waves (GWs) associated with Soft Gamma Repeater (SGR) bursts. This is the first search sensitive to neutron star f-modes,...
GRB 070610: a curious galactic transient (2008)
Kasliwal, M. M., Cenko, S. B., Kulkarni, S. R., Cameron, P. B., Nakar, E., Ofek, E. O., ...
GRB 070610 is a typical high-energy event with a duration of 5 s. Yet within the burst localization we detect a highly unusual X-ray and optical transient, Swift J195509.6+261406. We see...
Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters (2008)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, Bruce, Allen, Gabrielle, ...
We present a LIGO search for short-duration gravitational waves (GWs) associated with soft gamma ray repeater (SGR) bursts. This is the first search sensitive to neutron star f modes, usually...
Broadband observations of the naked-eye y-ray burst GRB 080319B (2008)
Racusin, Judith L., Karpov, S. V., Sokolowski, M., Granot, Jonathan, Wu, Xiao Feng, Pal'shin, V., ...
Long-duration y-ray bursts (GRBs) release copious amounts of energy across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, and so provide a window into the process of black hole formation from the collapse of...
Broadband observations of the naked-eye gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B (2008)
Racusin, J.L., Karpov, S.V., Sokolowski, M., Granot, J., Wu, X.F., Pal'shin, V., ...
Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) release copious amounts of energy across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, and so provide a window into the process of black hole formation from the collapse...
Broadband observations of the naked-eye y-ray burst GRB 080319B (2008)
Racusin, Judith L., Karpov, S. V., Sokolowski, M., Granot, Jonathan, Wu, Xiao Feng, Pal'shin, V., ...
Long-duration y-ray bursts (GRBs) release copious amounts of energy across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, and so provide a window into the process of black hole formation from the collapse of...
Counterparts of BATSE Gamma Ray Bursts with the HEGRA Air Shower Arrays (2007)
Krawczynski Prahl, H. Krawczynski, J. Prahl, D. Schmele, B. Funk, L. Padilla, ...
INTRODUCTION Despite the fact that Gamma Ray Bursts have been known for more than 25 years their distance scale, their energy scale and the underlying physical processes remain unknown. Counterparts...
Status of the high energy GRB counterpart search with the HEGRA experiment (2007)
B. Funk, Funk Krawczynski, L. Padilla, S. Barthelmy, P. Butterworth, T. Cline, ...
this paper we focus on the HEGRA search for coincident (4,5) and longterm (8) emission of TeV photons from GRBs. In another contribution to this conference the search for GRB counterparts with the...
Searching for Prompt GRB Counterparts at (2007)
Mhz Balsano, R. J. Balsano, S. E. Thorsett, W. A. Coles, P. S. Ray, J. Rhodes, ...
This paper discusses the current status of FLIRT. INTRODUCTION The Fallbrook Low-Frequency Immediate Response Telescope (FLIRT) is an experiment to search for prompt radio counterparts to Gamma Ray...
Counterparts of 1994 and 1995 BATSE Gamma-Ray Bursts (2007)
Krawczynski Funk, B. Funk, J. Prahl, S. Barthelmy, P. Butterworth, T. Cline, ...
Gamma ray bursts recorded in 1994 and 1995 by the BATSE instrument on board of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory in the field of view of the HEGRA detector are searched for emission in the energy...
Periodicities in X-ray Binaries from Swift/BAT Observations (2007)
Corbet, R., Markwardt, C., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S., Cummings, J., Gehrels, N., ...
The Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on board Swift has accumulated extensive light curves for 265 sources (not including GRBs) in the energy range 14 to 200 keV. We present here a summary of searches for...
Exploring broadband GRB behavior during gamma-ray emission (2007)
Yost, S. A., Swan, H. F., Rykoff, E. S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Alday, A., ...
The dark side of ROTSE-III prompt GRB observations (2007)
Yost, S. A., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Ashley, M. C. B., Barthelmy, S., Gehrels, N., ...
Panchromatic study of GRB 060124: from precursor to afterglow (2006)
Romano, P., Campana, S., Chincarini, G., Cummings, J., Cusumano, G., Holland, S. T., ...
We present observations of GRB 060124, the first event for which both the prompt and the afterglow emission could be observed simultaneously and in their entirety by the three Swift instruments and...
The early and late-time spectral and temporal evolution of GRB 050716 (2006)
Rol, E., Osborne, J. P., Page, K. L., McGowan, K. E., Beardmore, A. P., O'Brien, P. T ., ...
We report on a comprehensive set of observations of Gamma Ray Burst 050716, detected by the Swift satellite and subsequently followed-up rapidly in X-ray, optical and near infra-red wavebands. The...
Exploring Broadband GRB Behavior During gamma-ray Emission (2006)
Yost, S. A., Swan, H. F., Rykoff, E. S., Aharonian, F., Akerlof, C. W., Alday, A., ...
The robotic ROTSE-III telescope network detected prompt optical emission contemporaneous with the gamma-ray emission of Swift events GRB051109A and GRB051111. Both datasets have continuous coverage...
Antonelli, L. A., Testa, V., Romano, P., Guetta, D., Torii, K., Elia, V. D, ...
Context. GRB050721 was detected by Swift and promptly followed-up, in the X-ray by Swift itself and, in the optical band, by the VLT operated, for the first time, in rapid response mode. A...
GRB051210: Swift detection of a short gamma ray burst (2006)
La Parola, V., Mangano, V., Fox, D., Zhang, B., Krimm, H. A., Cusumano, G., ...
The short/hard GRB051210 was detected and located by the Swift-BAT instrument and rapidly pointed towards by the narrow field instrumens. The XRT was able to observe a bright X-ray afterglow, one of...
Swift panchromatic observations of the bright gamma‐ray burst GRB 050525a (2006)
Blustin, A.J., Band, D., Barthelmy, S., Boyd, P., Capalbi, M., Holland, S.T., ...
The bright gamma-ray burst GRB 050525a has been detected with the Swift observatory, providing unique multiwavelength coverage from the very earliest phases of the burst. The X-ray and optical/UV...
SWIFT/BAT detections of hard X-ray sources: IV (2006)
Ajello, M., Greiner, J., Rau, A., Barthelmy, S., Kennea, J. A., Falcone, A., ...
GRB 060425: IPN localization and KW spectrum of a short, hard burst (2006)
Cummings, J., Barthelmy, S., Gehrels, N., Krimm, H., Golenetskii, S., Aptekar, R., ...
Bright short hard GRB 060303: IPN localization and Konus spectrum (2006)
Golenetskii, S., Aptekar, R., Mazets, E., Pal'shin, V., Frederiks, D., Cline, T., ...
GRB 060427B: IPN localization of a short hard burst (2006)
Golenetskii, S., Aptekar, R., Mazets, E., Pal'shin, V., Frederiks, D., Hurley, K., ...
GRB 060105: BAT refined analysis (2006)
Markwardt, C., Angelini, L., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S., Cummings, J., Fenimore, E., ...
BAT GRB 060204C is probably not a GRB (2006)
Sakamoto, T., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S., Boyd, P., Cummings, J., Fenimore, E., ...
GRB 060213: IPN localization (2006)
Pal'shin, V., Golenetskii, S., Aptekar, R., Mazets, E., Frederiks, D., Hurley, K., ...
Swift observations of Swift J0911.2+4533 (2006)
Grupe, D., Tueller, J., Markwardt, C., Kennea, J. A., Falcone, A., Mushotzky, R., ...
Evidence for a Canonical GRB Afterglow Light Curve in the Swift/XRT Data (2005)
Nousek, J. A., Kouveliotou, C., Grupe, D., Page, K., Granot, J., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., ...
We present new observations of the early X-ray afterglows of the first 27 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected with the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT). The early X-ray afterglows show a canonical behavior,...
Swift panchromatic observations of the bright gamma-ray burst GRB050525a (2005)
Blustin, A. J., Band, D., Barthelmy, S., Boyd, P., Capalbi, M., Holland, S. T., ...
The bright gamma-ray burst GRB050525a has been detected with the Swift observatory, providing unique multiwavelength coverage from the very earliest phases of the burst. The X-ray and optical/UV...
Bright X-ray Flares in Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows (2005)
Burrows, D. N., Romano, P., Falcone, A., Kobayashi, S., Zhang, B., Moretti, A., ...
Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows have provided important clues to the nature of these massive explosive events, providing direct information on the nearby environment and indirect information on the...
A giant gamma-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20 (2005)
Barthelmy, S, Gehrels, N, Kippen, R M, Cayton, T, Kouveliotou, C, ...
Two classes of rotating neutron stars-soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs) and anomalous X-ray pulsars-are magnetars, whose X-ray emission is powered by a very strong magnetic field (B approximately...
A contemporaneous infrared flash from a long gamma-ray burst: an echo from the central engine (2005)
Blake, C. H., Bloom, J. S., Starr, D. L., Falco, E. E., Skrutskie, M., Fenimore, E. E., ...
The explosion that results in a cosmic gamma-ray burst (GRB) is thought to produce emission from two physical processes -- the activity of the central engine gives rise to the high-energy emission of...
GRB050715: Refined analysis of the Swift-BAT burst (2005)
Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S., Cummings, J., Fenimore, E., Gehrels, N., Greiner, J., ...
GRB 050603: Swift-BAT refined analysis of a long three-spiked burst (2005)
Fenimore, E., Angelini, L., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S., Cummings, J., Gehrels, N., ...
GRB 051109: Swift-BAT refined analysis (2005)
Fenimore, E., Angelini, L., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S., Cummings, J., Gehrels, N., ...
Swift detection of GRB 050319 (2005)
Krimm, H., Still, M., Barthelmy, S., Barbier, L., Campana, S., Capalbi, M., ...
GRB 050813: Swift-BAT refined analysis (2005)
Sato, G., Angelini, L., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S., Cummings, J., Fenimore, E., ...
Observation of contemporaneous optical radiation from a gamma-ray burst (1999)
Akerlof, C, Balsano, R, Barthelmy, S, Bloch, J, Butterworth, P, Casperson, D, ...
The origin of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been enigmatic since their discovery(1). The situation improved dramatically in 1997, when the rapid availability of precise coordinates(2,3) for the bursts...
Observation of contemporaneous optical radiation from a gamma-ray burst (1999)
Akerlof, C., Balsano, R., Barthelmy, S., Bloch, J., Butterworth, P., Casperson, D., ...
The origin of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) has been enigmatic since their discovery. The situation improved dramatically in 1997, when the rapid availability of precise coordinates for the bursts allowed...
A giant, periodic flare from the soft gamma repeater SGR1900+14 (1998)
Hurley, K., Cline, T., Mazets, E., Barthelmy, S., Butterworth, P., Marshall, F., ...
Soft gamma repeaters are high-energy transient sources associated with neutron stars in young supernova remnants. They emit sporadic, short (~ 0.1 s) bursts with soft energy spectra during periods of...