The Swift gamma-ray burst mission

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 611, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 1005-1020

  Gehrels, N ^a   Chincarini, G ^b,c   Giommi, P ^d   Mason, K O ^e   Nousek, J A ^f   Wells, A A ^g   White, N E ^a   Barthelmy, S D ^a   Burrows, D N ^f   Cominsky, L R ^h   Hurley, K C ⁱ   Marshall, F E ^a   Meszaros P ^f   Roming, P W A ^f   Angelini, L ^a,j   Barbier, L M ^a   Belloni, T ^b   Campana, S ^b   Caraveo, P A ^k   Chester, M M ^f   Citterio, O ^b   Cline, T L ^a   Cropper, M S ^e   Cummings, J R ^a,l   Dean, A J ^m   Feigelson, E D ^f   Fenimore, E E ⁿ   Frail, D A ^o   Fruchter, A S ^p   Garmire, G P ^f   Gendreau, K ^a   Ghisellini, G ^b   Greiner, J ^q   Hill, J E ^f   Hunsberger, S D ^f   Krimm, H A ^a,j   Kulkarni, S R ^r   Kumar, P ^s   Lebrun, F ^t   Lloyd Ronning, N M ^u   Markwardt, C B ^a,v   Mattson, B J ^a,v,w   Mushotzky, R F ^a   Norris, J P ^a   Osborne, J ^g   Paczynski, B ^x   Palmer, D M ⁿ   Park, H S ^y   Parsons, A M ^a   Paul, J ^t   Rees, M J ^z   Reynolds, C S ^v   Rhoads, J E ^p   Sasseen, T P ^aa   Schaefer, B E ^s   Short, A T ^g   Smale, A P ^a,j   Smith, I A ^ab   Stella, L ^ac   Tagliaferri, G ^b   Takahashi, T ^ad,ae   Tashiro, M ^ad,af   Townsley, L K ^f   Tueller, J ^a   Turner, M J L ^g   Vietri, M ^ag   Voges, W ^q   Ward, M J ^g   Willingale, R ^g   Zerbi, F M ^b   Zhang, W W ^a   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^k CNR   (Italy)

^l NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^o NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^p STScI   (United States)

^q MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^r CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^t DIF   (France)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^v Bldg 142   (United States)

^w L 3 Communications EER   (United States)

^x PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^y LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ab RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^ad JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^af SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Space vehicles: instruments; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 6044239653     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422091     Document Type: Article

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