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An unusual stellar death on Christmas Day
C. C. Thöne, A. de Ugarte Postigo, C. L. Fryer +31
Long Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most dramatic examples of massive stellar deaths, usually as- sociated with supernovae (Woosley et al. 2006). They release ultra-relativistic j…
Discovery of the Onset of Rapid Accretion by a Dormant Massive Black Hole
D. N. Burrows, J. A. Kennea, G. Ghisellini +53
Massive black holes are believed to reside at the centres of most galaxies. They can be- come detectable by accretion of matter, either continuously from a large gas reservoir or i…
Multi-wavelength observations of 1RXH J173523.7-354013: revealing an unusual bursting neutron star
N. Degenaar, P. G. Jonker, M. A. P. Torres +14
On 2008 May 14, the Burst Alert Telescope aboard the Swift mission triggered on a type-I X-ray burst from the previously unclassified ROSAT object 1RXH J173523.7-354013, establishi…
The 22-Month Swift-BAT All-Sky Hard X-ray Survey
J. Tueller, W. H. Baumgartner, C. B. Markwardt +36
We present the catalog of sources detected in the first 22 months of data from the hard X-ray survey (14--195 keV) conducted with the BAT coded mask imager on the \swift satellite.…