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astro-ph2004★ 1 cited
Swift's Ability to Detect Gamma-Ray Bursts
E. E. Fenimore, K. McLean, D. Palmer +7
The Swift satellite will be a self-contained observatory that will bring new capabilities to the observing of the early afterglow emission of Gamma-ray Bursts. Swift is completely…
astro-ph2004★ 5 cited
Setting the Triggering Threshold on Swift
K. McLean, E. E. Fenimore, D. Palmer +5
Swift has two main types of ``rate'' triggers: short and long. Short trigger time scales range from 4ms to 64ms, while long triggers are 64ms to ~ 16 seconds. While both short and…
astro-ph2004★ 5 cited
The BAT-Swift Science Software
D. M. Palmer, E. Fenimore, M. Galassi +22
The BAT instrument tells the Swift satellite where to point to make immediate follow-up observations of GRBs. The science software on board must efficiently process gamma-ray event…