Swift-related Conference Proceedings & Other from 2004
This page contains Swift-related Conference Proceedings & other
non-refereed publications from 2004, as indexed by NASA's
ADS service.
For information on other Swift-related publications, see:
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Discovery of the Young Optical Afterglow of GRB040924
D. B. Fox
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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Early Afterglows and GRB Jet Composition
B. Zhang , Y. Z. Fan , and S. Kobayashi
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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Gamma-Ray Bursts and X-Ray Flashes: Recent Highlights from the HETE Mission
G. R. Ricker
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope
P. W. A. Roming , S. D. Hunsberger , C. Gronwall , J. A. Nousek , A. A. Breeveld , K. O. Mason , UVOT PSU , and UVOT MSSL
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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Initial Performance of the Swift XRT
D. N. Burrows
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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The Swift-BAT Instrument -- Initial On-Orbit Performance
S. D. Barthelmy
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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The Present and Future of GRB Cosmography
A. S. Friedman and J. S. Bloom
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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Status of Swift Operations & Instruments
J. A. Nousek
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
N. Gehrels
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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Swift-UVOT and Gemini-NIRI studies of Dark Bursts
M. V. Ivanushkina , L. Gou , P. W. A. Roming , B. Zhang , and P. I. Meszaros
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) Spectral Response
D. Hullinger
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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Swift UVOT On-Orbit Calibration
C. Gronwall , A. A. Breeveld , S. D. Hunsberger , M. V. Ivanushkina , P. W. A. Roming , E. Auden , A. J. Blustin , C. H. James , K. E. McGowan , M. de Pasquale , T. Poole , S. R. Rosen , P. T. Boyd , S. T. Holland , W. B. Landsman , and M. D. Still
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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Gamma-Ray Burst Observations with EXIST
F. Harrison
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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Software development for a gamma-ray burst rapid-response observatory in the US Virgin Islands.
K. A. Davis , T. W. Giblin , J. E. Neff , J. Hakkila , and D. Hartmann
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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Initial Swift/BAT Detections of Bright Galactic Sources
C. Markwardt
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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RoboNet-1.0: A Prototype Global Network of Large Robotic Telescopes
M. F. Bode , Cardiff U. , U. Hertfordshire , U. Leicester , St Andrews U. , B. Queens U. , Mullard Space Science Lab. , U. Exeter , and U. Southampton
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v205, 2004 December
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In search of Promethean fire
A. Pappa
Astronomy Now (ISSN 0951-9726), Vol. 18, No. 11, p. 79 - 81 (2004), v18:79-81, 2004 November
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The SWIFT Gamma-Ray Burst Observatory
A. A. Wells , N. A. Gehrels , N. E. White , S. D. Barthelmy , J. A. Nousek , D. N. Burrows , P. W. A. Roming , K. O. Mason , G. Chincarini , and P. Giommi
In: Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5488, pp. 403-414 (2004)., p403-414, 2004 October
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REM: a fully robotic telescope for GRB observations
S. Covino , M. Stefanon , G. Sciuto , A. Fernandez-Soto , G. Tosti , F. M. Zerbi , G. Chincarini , L. A. Antonelli , P. Conconi , G. Cutispoto , E. Molinari , L. Nicastro , and M. Rodono
In: , p1613-1622, 2004 September
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The commissioning of the REM-IR camera at La Silla
P. Conconi , R. Cunniffe , F. D'Alessio , L. Calzoletti , B. Jordan , R. Mazzoleni , A. Melandri , E. Molinari , V. Testa , F. Vitali , F. M. Zerbi , G. Chincarini , S. Covino , G. Ghisellini , M. Rodono , G. Tosti , L. A. Antonelli , G. Cutispoto , L. Nicastro , and E. Palazzi
In: , p1602-1612, 2004 September
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The X-ray Telescope for the SWIFT Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
A. Wells , D. N. Burrows , J. E. Hill , J. A. Nousek , G. Chincarini , A. F. Abbey , A. Beardmore , J. Bosworth , H. W. Brauninger , W. Burkert , S. Campana , M. Capalbi , W. Chang , O. Citterio , M. J. Freyberg , P. Giommi , G. D. Hartner , R. Killough , B. Kittle , R. Klar , C. Mangels , M. McMeekin , B. J. Miles , A. Moretti , K. Mori , D. C. Morris , K. Mukerjee , J. P. Osborne , G. Tagliaferri , F. Tamburelli , D. J. Watson , R. Willingale , and M. Zugger
In: AIP Conf. Proc. 727: Gamma-Ray Bursts: 30 Years of Discovery, p642-646, 2004 September
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The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
N. Gehrels
In: AIP Conf. Proc. 727: Gamma-Ray Bursts: 30 Years of Discovery, p637-641, 2004 September
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Observing GRBs in the NIR with SLOTIS
P. A. Milne , H. Park , and G. G. Williams
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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NASA's Swift Education and Public Outreach Program
L. R. Cominsky , T. Graves , P. Plait , S. Silva , and A. Simonnet
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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Relativistic Electromagnetic Plasma Expansion and Gamma-Ray Bursts
E. Liang
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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X-Ray Flashes
D. Q. Lamb
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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Investigating The Correlation Between Lag and Luminosity With BeppoSAX and HETE-2 Energy Dependant Light Curve Data
D. Kocevski , F. Frontera , G. Cristiano , and J. L. Atteia
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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Gamma-Ray Burst Astronomy: A Pre-Swift Status Review
G. R. Ricker
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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Diagnosis of GRB magnetization with Swift
B. Zhang
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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The Imminent Swift GRB Mission
N. Gehrels
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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Swift/BAT Calibration and Spectral Response
A. M. Parsons
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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EXIST's Gamma-Ray Burst Sensitivity
D. L. Band
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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The Swift X-ray Telescope
D. N. Burrows
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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Electromagnetic Models of Relativistic Outflows
R. D. Blandford and M. Lyutikov
AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v8, 2004 August
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La missione Swift e il telescopio REM
G. Chincarini
Astronomia. La rivista dell'Unione Astrofili Italiani (ISSN 0392-2308), N. 3, p. 4 - 10 (maggio-giugno 2004), v3:4-10, 2004 June
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The Swift Gamma Ray Burst Mission
J. P. Norris
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v204, 2004 May
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A Gamma-Ray Burst Rapid Response Observatory in the US Virgin Islands
T. W. Giblin , J. E. Neff , J. Hakkila , D. Hartmann , and N. Andresian-Thomas
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, v204, 2004 May
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Performance of the UV/Optical Telescope (UVOT) on SWIFT
K. O. Mason , A. Breeveld , S. D. Hunsberger , C. James , T. E. Kennedy , P. W. A. Roming , and J. Stock
In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 277-286 (2004)., p277-286, 2004 February
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The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope
P. W. A. Roming , S. D. Hunsberger , K. O. Mason , J. A. Nousek , P. S. Broos , M. J. Carter , B. K. Hancock , H. E. Huckle , T. E. Kennedy , R. Killough , T. S. Koch , M. K. McLelland , M. S. Pryzby , P. J. Smith , J. C. Soto , J. Stock , P. T. Boyd , and M. D. Still
In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 262-276 (2004)., p262-276, 2004 February
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A spectroscopic performance of the Swift X-ray Telescope for gamma-ray burst afterglow studies
K. Mukerjee , J. P. Osborne , A. A. Wells , A. F. Abbey , A. P. Beardmore , A. D. Short , R. M. Ambrosi , and A. Moretti
In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 251-261 (2004)., p251-261, 2004 February
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Swift XRT effective area measured at the Panter end-to-end tests
G. Tagliaferri , A. Moretti , S. Campana , A. F. Abbey , R. M. Ambrosi , L. Angelini , A. P. Beardmore , H. W. Bräuninger , W. Burkert , D. N. Burrows , M. Capalbi , G. Chincarini , O. Citterio , G. Cusumano , M. J. Freyberg , P. Giommi , G. D. Hartner , J. E. Hill , K. Mori , D. C. Morris , K. Mukerjee , J. A. Nousek , J. P. Osborne , A. D. T. Short , F. Tamburelli , D. J. Watson , and A. A. Wells
In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 241-250 (2004)., p241-250, 2004 February
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SWIFT XRT point spread function measured at the Panter end-to-end tests
A. Moretti , S. Campana , G. Tagliaferri , A. F. Abbey , R. M. Ambrosi , L. Angelini , A. P. Beardmore , H. W. Bräuninger , W. Burkert , D. N. Burrows , M. Capalbi , G. Chincarini , O. Citterio , G. Cusumano , M. J. Freyberg , P. Giommi , G. D. Hartner , J. E. Hill , K. Mori , D. C. Morris , K. Mukerjee , J. A. Nousek , J. P. Osborne , A. D. T. Short , F. Tamburelli , D. J. Watson , and A. A. Wells
In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 232-240 (2004)., p232-240, 2004 February
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Readout modes and automated operation of the Swift X-ray Telescope
J. E. Hill , D. N. Burrows , J. A. Nousek , A. F. Abbey , R. M. Ambrosi , H. W. Bräuninger , W. Burkert , S. Campana , C. Cheruvu , G. Cusumano , M. J. Freyberg , G. D. Hartner , R. Klar , C. Mangels , A. Moretti , K. Mori , D. C. Morris , A. D. T. Short , G. Tagliaferri , D. J. Watson , P. Wood , and A. A. Wells
In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 217-231 (2004)., p217-231, 2004 February
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The Swift X-Ray Telescope
D. N. Burrows , J. E. Hill , J. A. Nousek , A. A. Wells , G. Chincarini , A. F. Abbey , A. P. Beardmore , J. Bosworth , H. W. Bräuninger , W. Burkert , S. Campana , M. Capalbi , W. Chang , O. Citterio , M. J. Freyberg , P. Giommi , G. D. Hartner , R. Killough , B. Kittle , R. Klar , C. Mangels , M. McMeekin , B. J. Miles , A. Moretti , K. Mori , D. C. Morris , K. Mukerjee , J. P. Osborne , A. D. T. Short , G. Tagliaferri , F. Tamburelli , D. J. Watson , R. Willingale , and M. E. Zugger
In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 201-216 (2004)., p201-216, 2004 February
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Swift/BAT calibration and the estimated BAT hard x-ray survey sensitivity
A. M. Parsons , J. Tueller , H. Krimm , S. D. Barthelmy , J. Cummings , C. Markwardt , D. Hullinger , N. Gehrels , E. Fenimore , D. Palmer , G. Sato , K. Nakazawa , T. Takahashi , S. Watanabe , Y. Okada , H. Takahashi , M. Suzuki , and M. Tashiro
In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 190-200 (2004)., p190-200, 2004 February
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Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on the Swift MIDEX mission
S. D. Barthelmy
In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 175-189 (2004)., p175-189, 2004 February
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Swift GRB mission
J. A. Nousek
In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5165, pp. 169-174 (2004)., p169-174, 2004 February
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Swift Status
M. Tashiro and T. Takahashi
Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement, v155:429-430, 2004
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Response of CdZnTe Detectors on the Swift Burst Alert Telescope
M. Suzuki and M. Tashiro
Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement, v155:421-422, 2004
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Gamma-ray Bursts observed by XMM-Newton
P. T. O'Brien , J. N. Reeves , D. Watson , J. Osborne , and R. Willingale
Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, v75:420, 2004
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Swift's Ability to Detect Gamma-Ray Bursts
E. E. Fenimore , K. McLean , D. Palmer , S. Barthelmy , N. Gehrels , H. Krimm , C. Markwardt , A. Parsons , and J. Tueller
Baltic Astronomy, v13:301-306, 2004
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Gamma-Ray Bursts and Cosmology
J. P. Norris
Baltic Astronomy, v13:221-226, 2004