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

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astro-ph.HE2023

Swift/UVOT discovery of Swift J221951-484240: a UV luminous ambiguous nuclear transient

S. R. Oates, N. P. M. Kuin, M. Nicholl +57

We report the discovery of Swift J221951-484240 (hereafter: J221951), a luminous slow-evolving blue transient that was detected by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Ultra-violet/O…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 3 cited

A rare outburst from the stealthy BeXRB system Swift J0549.7-6812

M. J. Coe, J. A. Kennea, I. M. Monageng +3

Swift J0549.7-6812 is an Be/X-ray binary system (BeXRB) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) exhibiting a 6s pulse period. Like many such systems the variable X-ray emission is beli…

astro-ph.HE2023

The Swift Deep Galactic Plane Survey (DGPS) Phase-I Catalog

B. O'Connor, C. Kouveliotou, P. A. Evans +30

The \textit{Swift} Deep Galactic Plane Survey is a \textit{Swift} Key Project consisting of 380 tiled pointings covering 40 deg of the Galactic Plane between longitude \,…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 13 cited

GRB 201015A and the nature of low-luminosity soft gamma-ray bursts

M. Patel, B. P. Gompertz, P. T. O'Brien +20

GRB 201015A is a peculiarly low luminosity, spectrally soft gamma-ray burst (GRB), with s (time interval of detection of 90\% of photons from the GRB), a…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 112 cited

GRB 221009A: Discovery of an Exceptionally Rare Nearby and Energetic Gamma-Ray Burst

Maia A. Williams, Jamie A. Kennea, S. Dichiara +53

We report the discovery of the unusually bright long-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB), GRB 221009A, as observed by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (Swift), Monitor of All-sky X-ra…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 61 cited

A real-time transient detector and the Living Swift-XRT Point Source catalogue

P. A. Evans, K. L. Page, A. P. Bearmore +5

We present the Living Swift-XRT Point Source catalogue (LSXPS) and real-time transient detector. This system allows us for the first time to carry out low-latency searches for new…