The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5165, Issue , 2004, Pages 262-276

  Roming, Peter W A ^a   Hunsberger, S D ^a   Mason, Keith O ^b   Nousek, John A ^a   Broos, Patrick S ^a   Carter, Mary J ^b   Hancock, Barry K ^b   Huckle, Howard E ^b   Kennedy, Tom E ^b   Killough, Ronnie ^c   Koch, T Scott ^a   McLelland, Michael K ^c   Pryzby, Michael S ^d   Smith, Phil J ^b   Soto, Juan Carlos ^e   Stock, Joseph ^d   Boyd, Patricia T ^f   Still, Martin D ^g,h  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Starsys Research Corporation   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterglow; Gamma ray burst; Imaging; Spectroscopy; Swift; UV Optical Telescope; UVOT

Indexed keywords

AFTERGLOW; GAMMA-RAY BURSTS (GRB); SWIFT; UV/OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

ASTROPHYSICS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPACE RESEARCH;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 11144358206     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.504554     Document Type: Conference Paper

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