The Swift X-Ray Telescope
Abstract
he Swift Gamma-Ray Explorer is designed to make prompt multiwavelength observations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and GRB afterglows. The X-ray telescope (XRT) enables Swift to determine GRB positions with a few arcseconds accuracy within 100 s of the burst onset.
- Publication:
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Space Science Reviews
- Pub Date:
- October 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11214-005-5097-2
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0508071
- Bibcode:
- 2005SSRv..120..165B
- Keywords:
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- gamma-ray burst;
- X-ray telescope;
- Swift;
- X-ray instrumentation;
- X-ray CCD detector;
- X-ray mirrors;
- γ-ray burst;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 36 pages, 24 figures