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Gamma ray bursts - observations
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Gehrels, N. Cannizzo, J. K. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | We are in an exciting period of discovery for gamma-ray bursts. The Swift observatory is detecting 100 bursts per year, providing arcsecond localizations and sensitive observations of the prompt and afterglow emission. The Fermi observatory is observing 250 bursts per year with its medium-energy GRB instrument and about 10 bursts per year with its high-energy LAT instrument. In addition, rapid-response telescopes on the ground are providing new capabilities to study optical emission during the prompt phase and spectral signatures of the host galaxies. The combined data set is enabling great advances in our understanding of GRBs including afterglow physics, short burst origin, and high energy emission. |
| File Size | 373539 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110015452 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3xt0pt47 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-01-19 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Cygnus Constellation Swift Observatory Red Shift Light Emission Afterglows Broadband Crab Nebula Telescopes Gamma Ray Bursts Gamma Ray Astronomy Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
