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astro-ph2005★ 73 cited

Detection of a huge explosion in the early Universe

G. Cusumano, V. Mangano, G. Chincarini +29

Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are bright flashes of high energy photons that can last from about 10 milliseconds to 10 minutes. Their origin and nature have puzzled the scientific commun…

astro-ph2005★ 2.7k cited

The Swift X-ray Telescope

David N. Burrows, J. E. Hill, J. A. Nousek +21

The 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 deter…

astro-ph1998★ 2 cited

Detection of a cyclotron line and its second harmonic in 4U1907+09

G. Cusumano, T. Di Salvo, L. Burderi +4

We report the detection of a cyclotron absorption line and its second harmonic in the average spectrum of the high mass X-ray binary 4U1907+09 observed by the BeppoSAX satellite on…

astro-ph1998★ 1 cited

BeppoSAX observations of GRB970402

L. Nicastro, L. Amati, L. A. Antonelli +10

GRB970402 is the fourth gamma-ray burst detected by BeppoSAX simultaneously in the Gamma Ray Burst Monitor (GRBM) and one of the two Wide Field Cameras (WFCs). A rapid pointing of…

astro-ph1997★ 7 cited

The broad-band (0.1-200 keV) spectrum of Her X-1 observed with BeppoSAX

D. Dal Fiume, M. Orlandini, G. Cusumano +8

The X-ray pulsar Her X-1 was observed for more than two orbital cycles near the maximum of the 35 day X-ray intensity cycle by the Narrow Field Instruments on-board the BeppoSAX sa…

astro-ph1997★ 1 cited

A BeppoSAX observation of the coronal X-ray emission of the active binary VY Ari

F. Favata, T. Mineo, A. N. Parmar +1

We present a study of the X-ray coronal emission from the active binary VY Ari, using data from both the Low Energy Concentrator Spectrometer (LECS) and the Medium Energy Concentra…