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The Swift UVOT Stars Survey: I. Methods and Test Clusters
Michael H. Siegel, Blair L. Porterfield, Jacquelyn S. Linevsky +7
We describe the motivations and background of a large survey of nearby stel- lar populations using the Ultraviolet Optical Telescope (UVOT) aboard the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission…
SOUSA: the Swift Optical/Ultraviolet Supernova Archive
Peter J. Brown, Alice A. Breeveld, Stephen Holland +2
The Ultra-Violet Optical Telescope on the Swift spacecraft has observed hundreds of supernovae, covering all major types and most subtypes. Here we introduce the Swift Optical/Ultr…
Ultraviolet Observations of Super-Chandrasekhar Mass Type Ia Supernova Candidates with Swift UVOT
Peter J. Brown, Paul Kuin, Richard Scalzo +6
Among Type Ia supernovae (SNe~Ia) exist a class of overluminous objects whose ejecta mass is inferred to be larger than the canonical Chandrasekhar mass. We present and discuss the…
The use and calibration of read-out streaks to increase the dynamic range of the Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope
M. J. Page, N. P. M. Kuin, A. A. Breeveld +12
The dynamic range of photon counting micro-channel-plate (MCP) intensified charged-coupled device (CCD) instruments such as the Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) and the X…
GRB 081029: A Gamma-Ray Burst with a Multi-Component Afterglow
Stephen T. Holland, Massimiliano De Pasquale, Jirong Mao +12
We present an analysis of the unusual optical light curve of the gamma-ray burst GRB 081029, a long-soft burst with a redshift of z = 3.8479. We combine X-ray and optical observati…
A Swift Look at SN 2011fe: The Earliest Ultraviolet Observations of a Type Ia Supernova
Peter J. Brown, Kyle S. Dawson, Massimiliano de Pasquale +8
We present the earliest ultraviolet (UV) observations of the bright Type Ia supernova SN 2011fe/PTF11kly in the nearby galaxy M101 at a distance of only 6.4 Mpc. It was discovered…