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Testing the blast wave model with Swift GRBs
P. A. Curran, R. L. C. Starling, A. J. van der Horst +1
The complex structure of the light curves of Swift GRBs has made the identification of breaks, and the interpretation of the blast wave caused by the burst, more difficult than in…
Jet breaks at the end of the slow decline phase of Swift GRB lightcurves
M. De Pasquale, P. Evans, S. Oates +9
The Swift mission has discovered an intriguing feature of Gamma-Ray Burst (GRBs) afterglows, a phase of shallow decline of the flux in the X-ray and optical lightcurves. This behav…
The First Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope GRB Afterglow Catalog
P. W. A. Roming, T. S. Koch, S. R. Oates +21
We present the first Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow catalog. The catalog contains data from over 64,000 independent UVOT image observat…
An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova
A. M. Soderberg, E. Berger, K. L. Page +40
Massive stars end their short lives in spectacular explosions, supernovae, that synthesize new elements and drive galaxy evolution. Throughout history supernovae were discovered ch…
Swift captures the spectrally evolving prompt emission of GRB 070616
R. L. C. Starling, P. T. O'Brien, R. Willingale +14
The origins of Gamma-ray Burst prompt emission are currently not well understood and in this context long, well-observed events are particularly important to study. We present the…
The Two-Component Afterglow of Swift GRB 050802
S. R. Oates, M. De Pasquale, M. J. Page +10
This paper investigates GRB 050802, one of the best examples of a it Swift gamma-ray burst afterglow that shows a break in the X-ray lightcurve, while the optical counterpart decay…