Swift Cycle 8 Results
The lists below contain the proposals recommended by the Cycle 8 Peer Review panel. Note that in addition to the accepted programs below, ToO requests for exceptional transients will continue to be possible through the Swift ToO web site, even for ToOs not accepted into the GI Program. The decision on whether or not to observe a ToO of either category will be made by the Swift Principal Investigator.
PIs of Cycle 8 proposals for observation: Please note that the Cycle 8 ROSES 2011 Appendix D.5 "Swift Guest Investigator Cycle 8" states:
"It is the responsibility of the PI to alert the Swift Observatory Duty Scientist when trigger conditions for their accepted ToO have been met. This is done through the Swift ToO Request Form at https://www.swift.psu.edu/secure/toop/too_request.htm. It is highly recommended that ToO proposers register as Swift ToO users in advance at https://www.swift.psu.edu/secure/toop/too_newuser.htm. Registration is required in order to submit a ToO Request."
ToO proposals must have an astrophysical trigger. Once the trigger criteria have been met for an approved target, the PI should check if the target location is more than 5 hours in RA from the Sun and more than 20 degrees from the Moon before requesting Swift observations (http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Tools/Viewing.html). ToO observations that require more than 6 ks on a given day and are closer to the Sun than 5 hours RA will be less likely to be approved unless they are of exceptionally high scientific priority. Observations greater than 9 hours in RA from the Sun are particularly desirable. The purpose of the anti-Sun restriction for ToOs is to maximize the amount of time Swift is pointed toward the night sky in order to optimize optical follow-up observations of BAT-detected GRBs.
Accepted Cycle 8 ToO proposals may be triggered between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2013.
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To notify the Swift team that your trigger has occured, please use the Swift ToO web site and don't forget to use the proposal number for your proposal (below) when filling out the form.
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Funding Only Proposals
Proposal PI Title
8110135 BUTLER THE REIONIZATION AND TRANSIENTS IR CAMERA: A HIGH-Z GRB SEARCH MACHINE
8110013 PROCHASKA GRB AFTERGLOWS AS PROBES (GRAASP)
8110020 CHORNOCK "RAPID OPTICAL AND NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF SWIFT GRBS: COSMIC REIONIZATION, METAL ENRICHMENT, AND HIGH-Z HOSTS"
8110037 ZAUDERER A RENAISSANCE OF GRB RADIO STUDIES WITH THE EXPANDED VLA
8110030 LYUTIKOV THE ELECTROMAGNETIC MODEL OF SHORT GRBS AND THE NATURE OF PROMPT TAILS
8110077 BLOOM PAIRITEL: INFRARED STUDIES OF SWIFT GRBS AND TRANSIENTS
8110136 SPITKOVSKY PARTICLE ACCELERATION AND FIELD GENERATION IN EARLY AFTERGLOWS OF GRBS
Observing Proposals
Definition of Columns
- Proposal: Proposal number assigned by Swift mission
- PI: Principal Investigator's last name
- Num: Target number as listed on the proposal form
- Target_Name: Target name as listed on proposal forms
- RA: Right Ascension (equinox J2000) in degrees
- Dec: Declination (equinox J2000) in degrees
- Time: Total observing time approved, in ksec
- ToO: "Y" if Target of Opportunity proposal, otherwise "N"
Proposal PI Num Target_Name RA DEC Time ToO
8110001 BODEWITS 1 C/2009 P1 (GARRADD) 0 0 20.8 N
8110015 KRIMM 1 SWIFT JXXXX.X+XXXX 0 0 63 Y
8110015 KRIMM 2 SWIFT JXXXX.X+XXXX 0 0 63 Y
8110015 KRIMM 3 SWIFT JXXXX.X+XXXX 0 0 63 Y
8110015 KRIMM 4 SWIFT JXXXX.X+XXXX 0 0 63 Y
8110015 KRIMM 5 BLACK HOLE TRANSIENT 0 0 60 Y
8110015 KRIMM 6 BLACK HOLE TRANSIENT 0 0 60 Y
8110023 FOSCHINI 1 PKS 1502+036 226.277 3.44189 20 N
8110023 FOSCHINI 2 SDSS J1246+0238 191.644 2.63583 20 N
8110023 FOSCHINI 3 FBQS J1102+2239 165.597 22.6557 20 N
8110023 FOSCHINI 4 SBS 0846+513 132.491 51.1413 20 N
8110033 CHEUNG 1 FERMI-TOO1 0 0 20 Y
8110033 CHEUNG 2 FERMI-TOO2 0 0 20 Y
8110033 CHEUNG 3 FERMI-TOO3 0 0 20 Y
8110038 HALPERN 1 1E 1547.0-5408 237.725 -54.306 180 N
8110041 MILLER 1 BLACK HOLE TRANSIENT 0 0 1 Y
8110043 SORIA 1 P13 IN NGC7793 359.462 -32.623 99 N
8110045 SOLERI 1 GRS 1915+105 288.798 10.9455 30 Y
8110049 EDELSON 1 1929+46 292.460 46.3733 8 N
8110049 EDELSON 2 1858+48 284.504 48.8398 8 N
8110049 EDELSON 3 1925+50 291.259 50.7205 8 N
8110049 EDELSON 4 1914+44 288.508 44.6449 4 N
8110049 EDELSON 5 1911+50 287.931 50.6166 4 N
8110049 EDELSON 6 1931+43 292.802 43.2243 4 N
8110049 EDELSON 7 1926+42 291.629 42.1664 1 N
8110049 EDELSON 8 1931+38 292.814 38.4714 1 N
8110049 EDELSON 9 1920+38 290.198 38.4448 1 N
8110049 EDELSON 10 1904+37 286.244 37.9281 1 N
8110049 EDELSON 11 1909+48 287.443 48.5755 1 N
8110049 EDELSON 12 1922+45 290.546 45.6350 1 N
8110049 EDELSON 13 1914+42 288.564 42.0833 1 N
8110049 EDELSON 14 1845+48 281.498 48.2798 1 N
8110049 EDELSON 15 1853+40 283.330 40.8934 1 N
8110049 EDELSON 16 1910+38 287.510 38.0026 1 N
8110049 EDELSON 17 1923+47 290.863 47.9047 1 N
8110057 BARNARD 1 M31 BULGE SOURCES 10.7875 41.2236 75 Y
8110084 WILLIAMS 1 NEW VHE BLAZAR #1 0 0 15 Y
8110084 WILLIAMS 2 NEW VHE BLAZAR #2 0 0 15 Y
8110084 WILLIAMS 3 NEW VHE BLAZAR #3 0 0 15 Y
8110089 FOLEY 1 HST SN 0 0 72 Y
8110094 O'BRIEN 1 GX339-4 255.705 -48.789 23 N
8110094 O'BRIEN 2 GX349+2 256.435 -36.423 23 N
8110094 O'BRIEN 3 4U 1735-444 264.722 -44.45 23 N
8110096 GODON 1 V3885 SGR 296.918 -42.007 12 N
8110096 GODON 2 RW SEX 154.985 -8.6989 15 N
8110096 GODON 3 MV LYR 286.817 44.0188 15 N
8110097 KENNEA 1 BHB #1 0 0 50 Y
8110097 KENNEA 2 BHB #2 0 0 50 Y
8110106 REYNOLDS 1 3C120 68.2962 5.35444 46 N
8110108 BODAGHEE 1 NEW IGR SOURCE 0 0 2 Y
8110108 BODAGHEE 2 NEW IGR SOURCE 0 0 2 Y
8110108 BODAGHEE 3 NEW IGR SOURCE 0 0 2 Y
8110108 BODAGHEE 4 NEW IGR SOURCE 0 0 2 Y
8110108 BODAGHEE 5 NEW IGR SOURCE 0 0 2 Y
8110108 BODAGHEE 6 NEW IGR SOURCE 0 0 2 Y
8110108 BODAGHEE 7 NEW IGR SOURCE 0 0 2 Y
8110108 BODAGHEE 8 NEW IGR SOURCE 0 0 2 Y
8110108 BODAGHEE 9 NEW IGR SOURCE 0 0 2 Y
8110108 BODAGHEE 10 NEW IGR SOURCE 0 0 2 Y
8110109 TOMSICK 1 BH TRANSIENT 0 0 54 Y
8110110 ALTAMIRANO 1 TERZAN 5 267.020 -24.78 15 N
8110110 ALTAMIRANO 2 NGC 6388 264.072 -44.735 15 N
8110110 ALTAMIRANO 3 NGC 6266 255.302 -30.112 15 N
8110110 ALTAMIRANO 4 NGC 6440 267.219 -20.359 15 N
8110124 HOMAN 1 XTE J1701-462 255.243 -46.185 30 N
8110132 WARGELIN 1 PROXIMA CEN 217.399 -62.676 46 N
8110133 BUTLER 1 TIDAL FLARE 1 0 0 50 Y
8110133 BUTLER 2 TIDAL FLARE 2 0 0 50 Y
8110134 MCENERY 1 GRB0 0 0 10 Y
8110144 ERRANDO 1 3C 279 194.046 -5.7893 15 Y
8110144 ERRANDO 2 4C 21.35 186.226 21.3795 15 Y
8110151 WINDHORST 1 J215144.9-302151 327.937 -30.364 4 N
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