The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

Swift-related Refereed Publications from 2005

This page contains Swift-related Refereed Publications from 2005, as indexed by NASA's ADS service. For information on other Swift-related publications, see:

  1. The MPE X-ray test facility PANTER: Calibration of hard X-ray (15-50 kev) optics
    First Author: Freyberg, M. J.
    Experimental Astronomy, Volume 20, Issue 1-3, pp. 405-412, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  2. X-ray Emission Lines in GRB Afterglows: Evidence for a Two-component Jet Model
    First Author: Gao, W.-H.
    Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 5, Issue 6, pp. 571-578 (2005)., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  3. Discovery of an Afterglow Extension of the Prompt Phase of Two Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by Swift
    First Author: Barthelmy, S. D.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 635, Issue 2, pp. L133-L136.
    Publication Date: Dec 2005

  4. Ultraviolet, Optical, and X-Ray Observations of the Type Ia Supernova 2005am with Swift
    First Author: Brown, P. J.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 635, Issue 2, pp. 1192-1196.
    Publication Date: Dec 2005

  5. Swift UVOT Detection of GRB 050318
    First Author: Still, M.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 635, Issue 2, pp. 1187-1191.
    Publication Date: Dec 2005

  6. An origin for short gamma-ray bursts unassociated with current star formation
    First Author: Barthelmy, S. D.
    Nature, Volume 438, Issue 7070, pp. 994-996 (2005).
    Publication Date: Dec 2005

  7. Testing Gamma-Ray Burst Jet Structure with the Distribution of Gamma-Ray Energy Release
    First Author: Xu, L.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 634, Issue 2, pp. 1155-1165., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  8. The redshift distribution of gamma-ray bursts revisited
    First Author: Natarajan, P.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 364, Issue 1, pp. L8-L12., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  9. Echelle Spectroscopy of a Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow at z = 3.969: A New Probe of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Media in the Young Universe
    First Author: Chen, H.-W.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 634, Issue 1, pp. L25-L28., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  10. Is the INTEGRAL IBIS Source IGR J17204-3554 a Gamma-Ray-emitting Galaxy Hidden behind the Molecular Cloud NGC 6334?
    First Author: Bassani, L.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 634, Issue 1, pp. L21-L24.
    Publication Date: Nov 2005

  11. The Host Galaxy Cluster of the Short Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 050509B
    First Author: Pedersen, K.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 634, Issue 1, pp. L17-L20.
    Publication Date: Nov 2005

  12. Afterglows, Redshifts, and Properties of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts
    First Author: Berger, E.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 634, Issue 1, pp. 501-508., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  13. The Swift/BAT High-Latitude Survey: First Results
    First Author: Markwardt, C. B.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 633, Issue 2, pp. L77-L80.
    Publication Date: Nov 2005

  14. A Reverse-Shock Model for the Early Afterglow of GRB 050525A
    First Author: Shao, L.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 633, Issue 2, pp. 1027-1030., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  15. Model- independent Multivariable Gamma-Ray Burst Luminosity Indicator and Its Possible Cosmological Implications
    First Author: Liang, E.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 633, Issue 2, pp. 611-623., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  16. Can Gamma-Ray Bursts Be Used to Measure Cosmology? A Further Analysis
    First Author: Xu, D.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 633, Issue 2, pp. 603-610., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  17. Gas and dust properties in the afterglow spectra of GRB 050730
    First Author: Starling, R. L. C.
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 442, Issue 2, November I 2005, pp.L21-L24
    Publication Date: Nov 2005

  18. Swift XRT observations of the breaking X-ray afterglow of GRB 050318
    First Author: Perri, M.
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 442, Issue 2, November I 2005, pp.L1-L5
    Publication Date: Nov 2005

  19. The Swift X-Ray Telescope
    First Author: Burrows, D. N.
    Space Science Reviews, Volume 120, Issue 3-4, pp. 165-195, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  20. The Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on the SWIFT Midex Mission
    First Author: Barthelmy, S. D.
    Space Science Reviews, Volume 120, Issue 3-4, pp. 143-164, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  21. The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope
    First Author: Roming, P. W. A.
    Space Science Reviews, Volume 120, Issue 3-4, pp. 95-142, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  22. GRB 050223: a faint gamma-ray burst discovered by Swift
    First Author: Page, K. L.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 363, Issue 1, pp. L76-L80.
    Publication Date: Oct 2005

  23. Relationship between the Gamma-Ray Burst Pulse Width and Energy Due to the Doppler Effect of Fireballs
    First Author: Qin, Y.-P.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 632, Issue 2, pp. 1008-1020., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  24. Gamma- Ray Burst Dust Echoes Revisited: Expectations at Early Times
    First Author: Moran, J. A.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 632, Issue 1, pp. 438-442., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  25. Prompt Optical Detection of GRB 050401 with ROTSE-IIIa
    First Author: Rykoff, E. S.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 631, Issue 2, pp. L121-L124.
    Publication Date: Oct 2005

  26. The gamma-ray burst variability-peak luminosity correlation: new results
    First Author: Guidorzi, C.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 363, Issue 1, pp. 315-325.
    Publication Date: Oct 2005

  27. The afterglow of GRB 050709 and the nature of the short-hard gamma-ray bursts
    First Author: Fox, D. B.
    Nature, Volume 437, Issue 7060, pp. 845-850 (2005).
    Publication Date: Oct 2005

  28. A short gamma-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225
    First Author: Gehrels, N.
    Nature, Volume 437, Issue 7060, pp. 851-854 (2005).
    Publication Date: Oct 2005

  29. Gamma- ray bursts from quark stars
    First Author: Paczyński, B.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 362, Issue 1, pp. L4-L7., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  30. Swift, INTEGRAL, RXTE, and Spitzer Reveal IGR J16283-4838
    First Author: Beckmann, V.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 631, Issue 1, pp. 506-510.
    Publication Date: Sep 2005

  31. Gamma-Ray Bursts: Restarting the Engine
    First Author: King, Andrew
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 630, Issue 2, pp. L113-L115.
    Publication Date: Sep 2005

  32. Bright X-ray Flares in Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows
    First Author: Burrows, D. N.
    Science, Volume 309, Issue 5742, pp. 1833-1835 (2005).
    Publication Date: Sep 2005

  33. Variabilities of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows: Long-acting Engine, Anisotropic Jet, or Many Fluctuating Regions?
    First Author: Ioka, K.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 631, Issue 1, pp. 429-434., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  34. A Compact Binary Merger Model for the Short, Hard GRB 050509b
    First Author: Lee, W. H.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 630, Issue 2, pp. L165-L168., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  35. GRB 050509B: Constraints on Short Gamma-Ray Burst Models
    First Author: Hjorth, J.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 630, Issue 2, pp. L117-L120., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  36. Afterglow Observations Shed New Light on the Nature of X-Ray Flashes
    First Author: Granot, J.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 630, Issue 2, pp. 1003-1014., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  37. SCUBA sub-millimeter observations of gamma-ray bursts. IV. GRB 021004, 021211, 030115, 030226, 041006
    First Author: Smith, I. A.
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 439, Issue 3, September I 2005, pp.987-996, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  38. Astrophysics: Swift progress
    First Author: Hartmann, D. H.
    Nature, Volume 436, Issue 7053, pp. 923-925 (2005)., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  39. Hard X-Ray Response of CdZnTe Detectors in the Swift Burst Alert Telescope
    First Author: Suzuki, M.
    IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 52, issue 4, pp. 1033-1035, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  40. The Number of Supernovae from Primordial Stars in the Universe
    First Author: Wise, J. H.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 629, Issue 2, pp. 615-624., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  41. The Discovery of the Optical and Near-IR Afterglows of the First Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts
    First Author: Berger, E.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 629, Issue 1, pp. 328-333.
    Publication Date: Aug 2005

  42. An unexpectedly rapid decline in the X-ray afterglow emission of long gamma-ray bursts
    First Author: Tagliaferri, G.
    Nature, Volume 436, Issue 7053, pp. 985-988 (2005).
    Publication Date: Aug 2005

  43. Optical Afterglows of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts and GRB 040924
    First Author: Fan, Y. Z.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 628, Issue 2, pp. 867-872., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  44. A New Model for Iron Emission Lines and Rebursts in Gamma-Ray Burst X-Ray Afterglows
    First Author: Gao, W. H.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 628, Issue 2, pp. 853-856., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  45. GRB 050509b: the elusive optical/nIR/mm afterglow of a short-duration GRB
    First Author: Castro-Tirado, A. J.
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 439, Issue 2, August IV 2005, pp.L15-L18, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  46. Characteristics and performance of the Swift X-Ray telescope
    First Author: Tagliaferri, G.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.857, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  47. Follow up ability for GRB observations on Swift
    First Author: McLean, K.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.837, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  48. The search for optical emission on and before the GRB trigger with the WIDGET telescope
    First Author: Tamagawa, T.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.771, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  49. PROMPT: Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and Polarimetry Telescopes
    First Author: Reichart, D.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.767, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  50. REMIR: The REM infrared camera to follow up the early phases of GRBs afterglows
    First Author: Calzoletti, L.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.759, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  51. The Liverpool Telescope automatic pipeline for real-time GRB afterglow detection
    First Author: Gomboc, A.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.727, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  52. BOOTES- IR: Near IR follow-up GRB observations by a robotic system
    First Author: Castro- Tirado, A. J.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.719, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  53. Dust extinction properties of a sample of bright X-rays afterglows
    First Author: Stratta, G.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.693, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  54. Measuring cosmology with Gamma-Ray Bursts
    First Author: Dai, Z. G.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.657, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  55. Cosmology with Gamma-Ray Bursts
    First Author: Ghisellini, G.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.639, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  56. GRB Progenitors and environment
    First Author: Lazzati, D.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.575, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  57. Supernovae shedding light on gamma-ray bursts
    First Author: Della Valle, M.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.563, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  58. The dust depletion and extinction of the GRB 020813 afterglow
    First Author: Savaglio, S.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 4, p.541, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  59. Gamma- Ray Burst Early Afterglows: Reverse Shock Emission from an Arbitrarily Magnetized Ejecta
    First Author: Zhang, B.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 628, Issue 1, pp. 315-334., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  60. Early Optical Afterglow Light Curves of Neutron-fed Gamma-Ray Bursts
    First Author: Fan, Y. Z.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 628, Issue 1, pp. 298-314., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  61. The Double-Peak Spectral Energy Density of Gamma-Ray Bursts and the True Identity of GRB 031203
    First Author: Dado, S.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 627, Issue 2, pp. L109-L112., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  62. RAPTOR Observations of the Early Optical Afterglow from GRB 050319
    First Author: Woźniak, P. R.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 627, Issue 1, pp. L13-L16., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  63. The Efficiency of Electron Acceleration in Collisionless Shocks and Gamma-Ray Burst Energetics
    First Author: Eichler, D.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 627, Issue 2, pp. 861-867., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  64. Afterglow Emission from Pair-loaded Blast Waves in Gamma-Ray Bursts
    First Author: Beloborodov, A. M.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 627, Issue 1, pp. 346-367., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  65. Long-Lag, Wide-Pulse Gamma-Ray Bursts
    First Author: Norris, J. P.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 627, Issue 1, pp. 324-345., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  66. Simulating a faint gamma-ray burst population
    First Author: Coward, D. M.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 360, Issue 1, pp. L77-L81., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  67. Outliers to the peak energy-isotropic energy relation in gamma-ray bursts
    First Author: Nakar, E.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 360, Issue 1, pp. L73-L76., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  68. On the future of gamma-ray burst cosmology
    First Author: Mörtsell, E.
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 06, id. 009 (2005)., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  69. The Prompt Ultraviolet/Soft X-ray Emission of GRBs
    First Author: Li, Z.
    Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 297, Issue 1-4, pp. 353-360, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  70. Constraints on Extra-Dimensions and Variable Constants from Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts
    First Author: Harko, T.
    Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 297, Issue 1-4, pp. 319-326, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  71. Relativistic outflows from remnants of compact object mergers and their viability for short gamma-ray bursts
    First Author: Aloy, M. A.
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 436, Issue 1, June II 2005, pp.273-311, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  72. Structure of gamma ray burst jets
    First Author: Rossi, E. M.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 3, p.387, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  73. Sommario (Table of Contents)
    First Author: Amati, L.
    Il Nuovo Cimento C, vol. 28, Issue 3, p.237, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  74. Swift Observations of GRB 050128: The Early X-Ray Afterglow
    First Author: Campana, S.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 625, Issue 1, pp. L23-L26.
    Publication Date: May 2005

  75. A link between prompt optical and prompt gamma-ray emission in gamma-ray bursts
    First Author: Vestrand, W. T.
    Nature, Volume 435, Issue 7039, pp. 178-180 (2005).
    Publication Date: May 2005

  76. An infrared flash contemporaneous with the gamma-rays of GRB 041219a
    First Author: Blake, C. H.
    Nature, Volume 435, Issue 7039, pp. 181-184 (2005).
    Publication Date: May 2005

  77. Detectability of Gamma-Ray Burst Iron Lines by Swift, Chandra, and XMM-Newton
    First Author: Gou, L. J.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 624, Issue 2, pp. 889-897., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  78. How Special Are Dark Gamma-Ray Bursts: A Diagnostic Tool
    First Author: Rol, E.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 624, Issue 2, pp. 868-879., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  79. Constraints on the Small-Scale Power Spectrum of Density Fluctuations from High-Redshift Gamma- Ray Bursts
    First Author: Mesinger, A.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 623, Issue 1, pp. 1-10., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  80. Swift X-Ray Telescope and Very Large Telescope Observations of the Afterglow of GRB 041223
    First Author: Burrows, D. N.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 622, Issue 2, pp. L85-L88.
    Publication Date: Apr 2005

  81. A Global Test of a Quasi-universal Gamma-Ray Burst Jet Model through Monte Carlo Simulations
    First Author: Dai, X.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 621, Issue 2, pp. 875-883., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  82. A giant gamma-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806 - 20
    First Author: Palmer, D. M.
    Nature, Volume 434, Issue 7037, pp. 1107-1109 (2005).
    Publication Date: Apr 2005

  83. Erratum: "The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission" (ApJ, 611, 1005 [2004])
    First Author: Gehrels, N.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 621, Issue 1, pp. 558-558., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  84. Prompt observations of gamma-ray burst afterglows with ROTSE-III
    First Author: Rykoff, E. S.
    Ph.D dissertation, 2005. Section 0127, Part 0606 188 pages; United States -- Michigan: University of Michigan; 2005. Publication Number: AAT 3192767. DAI-B 66/10, p. 5452, Apr 2006, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  85. Emergence of a Filamentary Structure in the Fireball from GRB Spectra
    First Author: Ruffini, R.
    International Journal of Modern Physics D, Volume 14, Issue 01, pp. 97-105 (2005)., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  86. Search for Very High Energy Emission from Satellite-triggered GRBs with the Milagro Observatory
    First Author: Saz Parkinson, P. M.
    Proceedings of the 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference. August 3-10, 2005, Pune, India. Edited by B. Sripathi Acharya, Sunil Gupta, P. Jagadeesan, Atul Jain, S. Karthikeyan, Samuel Morris, and Suresh Tonwar. Mumbai: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 2005. Volume 4, p.467, 2005
    Publication Date: 2005

  87. Optical and GeV-TeV Flashes from Gamma-Ray Bursts
    First Author: Beloborodov, A. M.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 618, Issue 1, pp. L13-L16., 2005
    Publication Date: 2005