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most citedEvidence for a Canonical GRB Afterglow Light Curve in the Swift/XRT Data

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astro-ph.GA2017★ 95 cited

The X-ray properties of z6 luminous quasars

R. Nanni, C. Vignali, R. Gilli +2

We present a systematic analysis of X-ray archival data of all the 29 quasars (QSOs) at > 5.5 observed so far with Chandra, XMM-Newton and Swift-XRT, including the most-distant…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 6 cited

The X-ray emission of the high mass X-ray binary IGR J17200-3116

P. Esposito, G. L. Israel, L. Sidoli +3

The source IGR J17200-3116 was discovered in the hard X-ray band by INTEGRAL. A periodic X-ray modulation at ~326 s was detected in its Swift light curves by our group (and subsequ…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 28 cited

Discovery of 47-s pulsations in the X-ray source 1RXS J225352.8+624354

P. Esposito, G. L. Israel, L. Sidoli +5

We report on the discovery of pulsations at a period of ~47 s in the persistent X-ray source 1RXS J225352.8+624354 (1RXS J2253) using five Chandra observations performed in 2009. T…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 171 cited

The prompt-afterglow connection in Gamma-Ray Bursts: a comprehensive statistical analysis of Swift X-ray light-curves

R. Margutti, E. Zaninoni, M. G. Bernardini +20

We present a comprehensive statistical analysis of Swift X-ray light-curves of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) collecting data from more than 650 GRBs discovered by Swift and other facilit…

astro-ph.HE2011

The Swift Serendipitous Survey in deep XRT GRB fields (SwiftFT) I. The X-ray catalog and number counts

S. Puccetti, M. Capalbi, P. Giommi +12

We searched for X-ray serendipitous sources in over 370 Swift-XRT fields centered on gamma ray bursts detected between 2004 and 2008 and observed with total exposures ranging from…

astro-ph.HE2010★ 172 cited

The Palermo Swift-BAT hard X-ray catalogue III. Results after 54 months of sky survey

G. Cusumano, V. La Parola, A. Segreto +10

We present the Second Palermo Swift-BAT hard X-ray catalogue obtained by analysing data acquired in the first 54 months of the Swift mission. Using our software dedicated to the an…