articleMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyJul 15, 2009GREEN OA

Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample of Swift -XRT observations of GRBs

PAP. A. EvansAPA. P. BeardmoreKLK. L. PageJPJ. P. OsbornePTP. T. O’Brien

University of Leicester · Pennsylvania State University · +6 more institutions

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Abstract

We present a homogeneous X-ray analysis of all 318 gamma-ray bursts detected by the X-ray telescope (XRT) on the Swift satellite up to 2008 July 23; this represents the largest sample of X-ray GRB data published to date. In Sections 2–3, we detail the methods which the Swift-XRT team has developed to produce the enhanced positions, light curves, hardness ratios and spectra presented in this paper. Software using these methods continues to create such products for all new GRBs observed by the Swift-XRT. We also detail web-based tools allowing users to create these products for any object observed by the XRT, not just GRBs. In Sections 4–6, we present the results of our analysis of GRBs, including probability…

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  • Physics
  • Swift
  • Gamma-ray burst
  • Astrophysics
  • Light curve
  • Sample (material)
  • Telescope
  • Shock (circulatory)
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