3 papers
astro-ph.HE2026
First Gamma-Ray Burst Observations with SVOM
F. Daigne, D. Turpin, J. -L. Atteia +34
Following its launch on 22 June 2024, the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) successfully completed its flight acceptance, commissioning, and scien…
astro-ph.HE2026
The SVOM mission, its profile and its system
B. Cordier, J. Y. Wei, S. N. Zhang +37
The SVOM (Space-based Variable Objects Monitor) mission, launched into low Earth orbit on 22 June 2024, is a French-Chinese multi-wavelength observatory dedicated to the study of t…
astro-ph.HE2026
SVOM discovery of a strong X-ray outburst of the blazar 1ES~1959+650 and multi-wavelength follow-up with the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory
A. Foisseau, A. Coleiro, S. Komossa +37
On December 6, 2024, 1ES 1959+650, one of the X-ray brightest blazars known, underwent a high-amplitude X-ray outburst detected by SVOM, the first such discovery with this mission.…