The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

Swift-related Conference Proceedings & Other from 2003

This page contains Swift-related Conference Proceedings & other non-refereed publications from 2003, as indexed by NASA's ADS service. For information on other Swift-related publications, see:

  1. The Four Gamma Ray Burst Luminosity Indicators: Energy Dependence for Application to SWIFT Data
    B. E. Schaefer
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v203, 2003 December

  2. The Swift Gamma Ray Burst Mission
    N. Gehrels
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v203, 2003 December

  3. Very High Energy Observations of GRBs with the Whipple/VERITAS Telescopes
    D. Horan
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v203, 2003 December

  4. NASA's Swift Satellite--Gamma-Ray Bursts on the Fly
    C. J. Rodkey
    Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (JAAVSO), v31:70, 2003 July

  5. Catching Gamma Ray Bursts on the fly: The Swift Mission & The REM telescope
    G. Chincarini
    In: Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series, p272-273, 2003 June

  6. Gamma-ray burst early optical afterglow: implications for the initial Lorentz factor and the central engine
    B. Zhang , S. Kobayashi , and P. Meszaros
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v202, 2003 May

  7. Issues for Consideration in the Swift Era
    N. M. Lloyd-Ronning
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v202, 2003 May

  8. GRB Operations with Swift
    J. A. Nousek
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v202, 2003 May

  9. Swift Science Analysis Tools
    F. E. Marshall
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v202, 2003 May

  10. Ground-based Capabilities Related to Swift
    D. A. Frail
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v202, 2003 May

  11. The Three Instruments of SWIFT
    S. D. Barthelmy
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v202, 2003 May

  12. The Swift Gamma-ray Burst Mission
    N. Gehrels
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v202, 2003 May

  13. The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope
    P. W. A. Roming , S. D. Hunsberger , J. A. Nousek , K. O. Mason , and A. A. Breeveld
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v202, 2003 May

  14. The Swift X-ray Telescope: Catching X-ray afterglows of GRBs on the fly!
    D. N. Burrows
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v202, 2003 May

  15. The Search for Optical and NIR Counterparts of GRBs with the Super-LOTIS Telescope
    G. G. Williams , H. S. Park , S. Barthelmy , D. Hartmann , K. Lindsay , and M. Bradshaw
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v202, 2003 May

  16. NASA's Swift Education and Public Outreach Program
    P. Plait , S. Silva , T. Graves , A. Simonnet , and L. Cominsky
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, v202, 2003 May

  17. A System for Photon-Counting Spectrophotometry of Prompt Optical Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts
    W. T. Vestrand , K. Albright , D. Casperson , E. Fenimore , C. Ho , W. Priedhorsky , R. White , and J. Wren
    In: AIP Conf. Proc. 662: Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission, p550-552, 2003 April

  18. Performance of the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) Mirror/Detector Combination
    A. D. Short , R. M. Ambrosi , I. B. Hutchinson , R. Willingale , A. F. Abbey , A. A. Wells , J. E. Hill , D. N. Burrows , G. Tagliaferri , and O. Citterio
    In: AIP Conf. Proc. 662: Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission, p511-513, 2003 April

  19. Afterglow and Transient Astronomy With the Swift GRB Explorer
    J. A. Nousek , M. M. Chester , and F. E. Marshall
    In: AIP Conf. Proc. 662: Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission, p506-508, 2003 April

  20. Searches for Hard X-Ray Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows with the BAT on Swift
    H. A. Krimm , L. M. Barbier , S. D. Barthelmy , A. Eftekharzadeh , E. E. Fenimore , N. Gehrels , D. D. Hullinger , C. Markwardt , D. M. Palmer , A. M. Parsons , H. Ozawa , J. Tueller , and G. Weidenspointner
    In: AIP Conf. Proc. 662: Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission, p500-502, 2003 April

  21. Afterglow Studies with the Swift UV/Optical Telescope
    S. D. Hunsberger , P. W. A. Roming , J. A. Nousek , and K. O. Mason
    In: AIP Conf. Proc. 662: Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission, p497-499, 2003 April

  22. The Trigger Algorithm for the Burst Alert Telescope on Swift
    E. E. Fenimore , D. Palmer , M. Galassi , T. Tavenner , S. Barthelmy , N. Gehrels , A. Parsons , and J. Tueller
    In: AIP Conf. Proc. 662: Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission, p491-493, 2003 April

  23. The Swift X-Ray Telescope
    D. N. Burrows , J. E. Hill , J. A. Nousek , A. Wells , A. Short , M. Turner , O. Citterio , G. Tagliaferri , and G. Chincarini
    In: AIP Conf. Proc. 662: Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission, p488-490, 2003 April

  24. The Swift GRB MIDEX Mission
    N. Gehrels
    In: AIP Conf. Proc. 662: Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission, p465-468, 2003 April

  25. Evidence for Circumburst Extinction of Gamma-Ray Bursts with Dark Optical Afterglows and Evidence for a Molecular Cloud Origin of Gamma-Ray Bursts
    D. E. Reichart and P. A. Price
    In: AIP Conf. Proc. 662: Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission, p403-410, 2003 April

  26. Building a new kind of graded-Z shield for Swift's burst alert telescope
    D. W. Robinson
    In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy. Edited by Joachim E. Truemper, Harvey D. Tananbaum. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4851, pp. 1374-1381 (2003)., p1374-1381, 2003 March

  27. Algorithm for locating PSF-like events and computing the centroid in x-ray images
    J. E. Hill , C. Cheruvu , A. F. Abbey , R. M. Ambrosi , D. N. Burrows , A. T. Short , A. A. Wells , and J. A. Nousek
    In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy. Edited by Joachim E. Truemper, Harvey D. Tananbaum. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4851, pp. 1347-1355 (2003)., p1347-1355, 2003 March

  28. Large coded aperture mask for spaceflight hard x-ray images
    D. Vigneau and D. W. Robinson
    In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy. Edited by Joachim E. Truemper, Harvey D. Tananbaum. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4851, pp. 1326-1335 (2003)., p1326-1335, 2003 March

  29. Swift x-ray telescope (XRT)
    D. N. Burrows , J. E. Hill , J. A. Nousek , A. A. Wells , A. T. Short , R. M. Ambrosi , G. Chincarini , O. Citterio , and G. Tagliaferri
    In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy. Edited by Joachim E. Truemper, Harvey D. Tananbaum. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4851, pp. 1320-1325 (2003)., p1320-1325, 2003 March

  30. Swift GRB MIDEX mission
    K. C. Hurley
    In: X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy. Edited by Joachim E. Truemper, Harvey D. Tananbaum. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4851, pp. 1173-1179 (2003)., p1173-1179, 2003 March

  31. Preparing for the Swift GRB Mission
    N. Gehrels
    AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v35, 2003 March

  32. GRB Cosmology with Swift
    A. Loeb
    AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v35, 2003 March

  33. Observing Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows: The capabilities of the Swift Narrow Field Instruments
    K. O. Mason
    AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v35, 2003 March

  34. Swift Burst Alert Telescope Data Products and Software
    C. B. Markwardt
    AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v35, 2003 March

  35. Readout Modes and Automated Operation of the Swift X-Ray Telescope
    J. E. Hill , R. Klar , C. Cheruvu , R. Ambrosi , D. N. Burrows , and SwRI Team
    AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v35, 2003 March

  36. The Swift X-ray Telescope
    D. N. Burrows , J. E. Hill , J. A. Nousek , A. A. Wells , A. D. Short , R. M. Ambrosi , G. Chincarini , O. Citterio , and G. Tagliaferri
    AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v35, 2003 March

  37. Development of a Gamma-Ray Burst Automated Response and Remote 0.5 m Telescope at Eteleman Observatory at the University of the Virgin Islands
    T. W. Giblin , J. E. Neff , J. Hakkila , D. M. Drost , and N. Andreasian-Thomas
    AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v35, 2003 March

  38. Swift Burst Alert Telescope Hard X-Ray Monitor and Survey
    H. A. Krimm , S. D. Barthelmy , N. Gehrels , A. M. Parsons , J. Tueller , E. E. Fenimore , D. M. Palmer , C. Markwardt , T. Belloni , P. Banat , A. Dean , and D. Willis
    AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v35, 2003 March

  39. The Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on Swift
    H. Krimm
    AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, v35, 2003 March

  40. Gamma Ray Bursts, Swift and REM
    G. Chincarini and F. M. Zerbi
    Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, v74:138, 2003

  41. The Faulkes Telescope Optical Spectrographs and Swift
    P. O'Brien
    Effective Teaching and Learning of Astronomy, 25th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 4, 24-25 July, 2003 in Sydney, Australia, v4, 2003