HEASARC Bibliography


Swift "Instrument/Mission/Software" Papers



  1. Empirical extinction coefficients for the Swift-UVOT optical-through-ultraviolet passbands
    First Author: Yi, Fang
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 525, Issue 2, pp.2701-2707
    Publication Date: Oct 2023
    Bibliographic Code: 2023MNRAS.525.2701Y
    Citations: 0

  2. BatAnalysis -- A Comprehensive Python Pipeline for Swift BAT Survey Analysis
    First Author: Parsotan, Tyler
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 953, Issue 2, id.155, 10 pp.
    Publication Date: Aug 2023
    Bibliographic Code: 2023ApJ...953..155P
    Citations: 0

  3. Astro-COLIBRI 2 -- an advanced platform for real-time multi-messenger discoveries
    First Author: Reichherzer, P.
    Galaxies, vol. 11, issue 1, p. 22
    Publication Date: Jan 2023
    Bibliographic Code: 2023Galax..11...22R
    Citations: 0

  4. 2021 Effective Area calibration of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope ARray (NuSTAR)
    First Author: Madsen, Kristin K.
    Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Volume 8, id. 034003 (2022).
    Publication Date: Jul 2022
    Bibliographic Code: 2022JATIS...8c4003M
    Citations: 0

  5. Gamma-ray Polarimetry of Transient Sources with POLAR
    First Author: Kole, Merlin
    Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics. Edited by Cosimo Bambi and Andrea Santangelo, Springer Living Reference Work, ISBN: 978-981-16-4544-0, 2022, id.34
    Publication Date: Jan 2022
    Bibliographic Code: 2022hxga.book...34K
    Citations: 0

  6. The AstroSat Observatory
    First Author: Singh, Kulinder Pal
    Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics. Edited by Cosimo Bambi and Andrea Santangelo, Springer Living Reference Work, ISBN: 978-981-16-4544-0, 2022, id.83
    Publication Date: Jan 2022
    Bibliographic Code: 2022hxga.book...83S
    Citations: 0

  7. Concordance: In-flight Calibration of X-ray Telescopes without Absolute References
    First Author: Marshall, Herman L.
    The Astronomical Journal, Volume 162, Issue 6, id.254, 16 pp.
    Publication Date: Dec 2021
    Bibliographic Code: 2021AJ....162..254M
    Citations: 0

  8. Using collimated CZTI as all sky X-ray detector based on Earth Occultation Technique
    First Author: Singhal, Akshat
    Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, Volume 42, Issue 2, article id.64
    Publication Date: Oct 2021
    Bibliographic Code: 2021JApA...42...64S
    Citations: 0

  9. LAXPC instrument onboard AstroSat: Five exciting years of new scientific results specially on X-ray Binaries
    First Author: Yadav, J. S.
    Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, Volume 42, Issue 2, article id.40
    Publication Date: Oct 2021
    Bibliographic Code: 2021JApA...42...40Y
    Citations: 0

  10. FINK, a new generation of broker for the LSST community
    First Author: Möller, Anais
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 501, Issue 3, pp.3272-3288
    Publication Date: Mar 2021
    Bibliographic Code: 2021MNRAS.501.3272M
    Citations: 0

  11. Gamma-ray Urgent Archiver for Novel Opportunities (GUANO): Swift/BAT event data dumps on demand to enable sensitive sub-threshold GRB searches
    First Author: Tohuvavohu, Aaron
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 900, Issue 1, id.35, 13 pp.
    Publication Date: Sep 2020
    Bibliographic Code: 2020ApJ...900...35T
    Citations: 7

  12. Calibration of the Instrumental Response of Insight-HXMT/HE CsI Detectors for Gamma-Ray Monitoring
    First Author: Luo, Qi
    Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, Volume 27, p. 1-13.
    Publication Date: Aug 2020
    Bibliographic Code: 2020JHEAp..27....1L
    Citations: 1

  13. swiftsimio: A Python library for reading SWIFT data
    First Author: Borrow, Josh
    Journal of Open Source Software, vol. 5, issue 52, id. 2430
    Publication Date: Aug 2020
    Bibliographic Code: 2020JOSS....5.2430B
    Citations: 2

  14. VaST: A variability search toolkit
    First Author: Sokolovsky, K. V.
    Astronomy and Computing, Volume 22, p. 28-47.
    Publication Date: Jan 2018
    Bibliographic Code: 2018A&C....22...28S
    Citations: 11

  15. SNR 1E 0102.2-7219 as an X-ray calibration standard in the 0.5-1.0 keV bandpass and its application to the CCD instruments aboard Chandra, Suzaku, Swift and XMM-Newton
    First Author: Plucinsky, Paul P.
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 597, id.A35, 31 pp.
    Publication Date: Jan 2017
    Bibliographic Code: 2017A&A...597A..35P
    Citations: 20

  16. IACHEC Cross-Calibration of Chandra, NuSTAR, Swift, Suzaku, and XMM-Newton with 3C 273 and PKS 2155-304
    First Author: Madsen, Kristin K.
    The Astronomical Journal, Volume 153, Issue 1, article id. 2, 17 pp. (2017)
    Publication Date: Jan 2017
    Bibliographic Code: 2017AJ....153....2M
    Citations: 45

  17. Calibration of the NuSTAR High-energy Focusing X-ray Telescope.
    First Author: Madsen, Kristin K.
    The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 220, Issue 1, article id. 8, 16 pp. (2015).
    Publication Date: Sep 2015
    Bibliographic Code: 2015ApJS..220....8M
    Citations: 173

  18. Calibration of the Swift-UVOT ultraviolet and visible grisms
    First Author: Kuin, N. P. M.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 449, Issue 3, p.2514-2538
    Publication Date: May 2015
    Bibliographic Code: 2015MNRAS.449.2514K
    Citations: 27

  19. MEPSA: A flexible peak search algorithm designed for uniformly spaced time series
    First Author: Guidorzi, C.
    Astronomy and Computing, Volume 10, p. 54-60.
    Publication Date: Apr 2015
    Bibliographic Code: 2015A&C....10...54G
    Citations: 8

  20. The use and calibration of read-out streaks to increase the dynamic range of the Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope
    First Author: Page, M. J.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 436, Issue 2, p.1684-1693
    Publication Date: Dec 2013
    Bibliographic Code: 2013MNRAS.436.1684P
    Citations: 22

  21. INTEGRAL/SPI data segmentation to retrieve source intensity variations
    First Author: Bouchet, L.
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 555, id.A52, 22 pp.
    Publication Date: Jul 2013
    Bibliographic Code: 2013A&A...555A..52B
    Citations: 1

  22. The Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network (AMON)
    First Author: Smith, M. W. E.
    Astroparticle Physics, Volume 45, p. 56-70.
    Publication Date: May 2013
    Bibliographic Code: 2013APh....45...56S
    Citations: 73

  23. Interpreting signals from astrophysical transient experiments
    First Author: O'Brien, P. T.
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 371, issue 1992, pp. 20120498-20120498
    Publication Date: Apr 2013
    Bibliographic Code: 2013RSPTA.37120498O
    Citations: 4

  24. Swift Publication Statistics: A Comparison With Other Major Observatories
    First Author: Savaglio, S.
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 125, issue 925, pp.287-294
    Publication Date: Mar 2013
    Bibliographic Code: 2013PASP..125..287S
    Citations: 3

  25. EXSdetect: an end-to-end software for extended source detection in X-ray images: application to Swift-XRT data
    First Author: Liu, T.
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 549, id.A143, 11 pp.
    Publication Date: Jan 2013
    Bibliographic Code: 2013A&A...549A.143L
    Citations: 5

  26. Rapid, Machine-learned Resource Allocation: Application to High-redshift Gamma-Ray Burst Follow-up
    First Author: Morgan, A. N.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 746, Issue 2, article id. 170, 16 pp. (2012).
    Publication Date: Feb 2012
    Bibliographic Code: 2012ApJ...746..170M
    Citations: 12

  27. Recovering Swift-XRT energy resolution through CCD charge trap mapping
    First Author: Pagani, C.
    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 534, id.A20, 7 pp.
    Publication Date: Oct 2011
    Bibliographic Code: 2011A&A...534A..20P
    Citations: 6

  28. Spectral Cross-Calibration of the Konus-Wind, the Suzaku/WAM, and the Swift/BAT Data Using Gamma-Ray Bursts
    First Author: Sakamoto, Takanori
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.63, No.1, pp.215--277
    Publication Date: Feb 2011
    Bibliographic Code: 2011PASJ...63..215S
    Citations: 24

  29. Cross-calibration of the X-ray instruments onboard the Chandra, INTEGRAL, RXTE, Suzaku, Swift, and XMM-Newton observatories using G21.5-0.9
    First Author: Tsujimoto, M.
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 525, id.A25, 15 pp.
    Publication Date: Jan 2011
    Bibliographic Code: 2011A&A...525A..25T
    Citations: 93

  30. On Relativistic Disk Spectroscopy in Compact Objects with X-ray CCD Cameras
    First Author: Miller, J. M.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 724, Issue 2, pp. 1441-1455 (2010).
    Publication Date: Dec 2010
    Bibliographic Code: 2010ApJ...724.1441M
    Citations: 51

  31. Further calibration of the Swift ultraviolet/optical telescope
    First Author: Breeveld, A. A.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 406, Issue 3, pp. 1687-1700.
    Publication Date: Aug 2010
    Bibliographic Code: 2010MNRAS.406.1687B
    Citations: 173

  32. Gamma-ray telescopes. 400 Years of astronomical telescopes
    First Author: Gehrels, Neil
    Experimental Astronomy, Volume 26, Issue 1-3, pp. 111-122
    Publication Date: Aug 2009
    Bibliographic Code: 2009ExA....26..111G
    Citations: 1

  33. Prospects for GRB Science with the Fermi Large Area Telescope
    First Author: Band, D. L.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 701, Issue 2, pp. 1673-1694 (2009).
    Publication Date: Aug 2009
    Bibliographic Code: 2009ApJ...701.1673B
    Citations: 54

  34. The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope: a view of today and tomorrow
    First Author: Roming, P. W. A.
    Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 320, Issue 1-3, pp. 203-206
    Publication Date: Apr 2009
    Bibliographic Code: 2009Ap&SS.320..203R
    Citations: 3

  35. Modelling the spectral response of the Swift-XRT CCD camera: experience learnt from in-flight calibration
    First Author: Godet, O.
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 494, Issue 2, 2009, pp.775-797
    Publication Date: Feb 2009
    Bibliographic Code: 2009A&A...494..775G
    Citations: 39

  36. Probing the low-luminosity gamma-ray burst population with new generation satellite detectors
    First Author: Imerito, A.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 391, Issue 1, pp. 405-410.
    Publication Date: Nov 2008
    Bibliographic Code: 2008MNRAS.391..405I
    Citations: 10

  37. Detection of GRB signals with fluorescence detectors
    First Author: Aloisio, R.
    Astroparticle Physics, Volume 29, Issue 6, p. 373-379.
    Publication Date: Jul 2008
    Bibliographic Code: 2008APh....29..373A
    Citations: 0

  38. The measurement errors in the Swift-UVOT and XMM-OM
    First Author: Kuin, N. P. M.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 383, Issue 1, pp. 383-386.
    Publication Date: Jan 2008
    Bibliographic Code: 2008MNRAS.383..383K
    Citations: 27

  39. Photometric calibration of the Swift ultraviolet/optical telescope
    First Author: Poole, T. S.
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 383, Issue 2, pp. 627-645.
    Publication Date: Jan 2008
    Bibliographic Code: 2008MNRAS.383..627P
    Citations: 657

  40. In-Orbit Timing Calibration of the Hard X-Ray Detector on Board Suzaku
    First Author: Terada, Yukikatsu
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.60, No.SP1, pp.S25--S34
    Publication Date: Jan 2008
    Bibliographic Code: 2008PASJ...60S..25T
    Citations: 30

  41. Postlaunch Analysis of Swift's Gamma-Ray Burst Detection Sensitivity
    First Author: Band, David L.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 644, Issue 1, pp. 378-384.
    Publication Date: Jun 2006
    Bibliographic Code: 2006ApJ...644..378B
    Citations: 84

  42. The Automatic Real-Time Gamma-Ray Burst Pipeline of the 2 m Liverpool Telescope
    First Author: Guidorzi, C.
    The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 118, Issue 840, pp. 288-296.
    Publication Date: Feb 2006
    Bibliographic Code: 2006PASP..118..288G
    Citations: 42

  43. Swift: a Multi-frequency Rapid Response Space Observatory
    First Author: Swift Team
    Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements, Volume 150, p. 19-23.
    Publication Date: Jan 2006
    Bibliographic Code: 2006NuPhS.150...19S
    Citations: 0

  44. The Calibration of the Swift UVOT Optical Observations: A Recipe for Photometry
    First Author: Li, Weidong
    The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 118, Issue 839, pp. 37-61.
    Publication Date: Jan 2006
    Bibliographic Code: 2006PASP..118...37L
    Citations: 47

  45. UNC-Chapel Hill's Gamma-Ray Burst Follow-up Program
    First Author: Reichart, D. E.
    The Society for Astronomical Sciences 25th Annual Symposium on Telescope Science. Held May 23-25, 2006, at Big Bear, CA. Published by the Society for Astronomical Sciences., p.39
    Publication Date: Jan 2006
    Bibliographic Code: 2006SASS...25...39R
    Citations: 0

  46. The Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on the SWIFT Midex Mission
    First Author: Barthelmy, Scott D.
    Space Science Reviews, Volume 120, Issue 3-4, pp. 143-164
    Publication Date: Oct 2005
    Bibliographic Code: 2005SSRv..120..143B
    Citations: 1144

  47. The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope
    First Author: Roming, Peter W. A.
    Space Science Reviews, Volume 120, Issue 3-4, pp. 95-142
    Publication Date: Oct 2005
    Bibliographic Code: 2005SSRv..120...95R
    Citations: 1177

  48. The Swift X-Ray Telescope
    First Author: Burrows, David N.
    Space Science Reviews, Volume 120, Issue 3-4, pp. 165-195
    Publication Date: Oct 2005
    Bibliographic Code: 2005SSRv..120..165B
    Citations: 1747

  49. The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
    First Author: Gehrels, N.
    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 611, Issue 2, pp. 1005-1020.
    Publication Date: Aug 2004
    Bibliographic Code: 2004ApJ...611.1005G
    Citations: 2648

  50. Monitoring and detecting X-ray transients with the Swift Observatory
    First Author: Markwardt, C. B.
    Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements, Volume 132, p. 689-692.
    Publication Date: Jun 2004
    Bibliographic Code: 2004NuPhS.132..689M
    Citations: 0

  51. A unified jet model of X-ray flashes and gamma-ray bursts
    First Author: Lamb, D. Q.
    New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 48, Issue 5-6, p. 459-464.
    Publication Date: Apr 2004
    Bibliographic Code: 2004NewAR..48..459L
    Citations: 59

  52. The Swift gamma-ray burst mission
    First Author: Gehrels, N.
    New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 48, Issue 5-6, p. 431-435.
    Publication Date: Apr 2004
    Bibliographic Code: 2004NewAR..48..431G
    Citations: 18

  53. The Swift gamma-ray burst MIDEX mission
    First Author: Krimm, Hans A.
    New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 48, Issue 5-6, p. 551-557.
    Publication Date: Apr 2004
    Bibliographic Code: 2004NewAR..48..551K
    Citations: 1

  54. Swift's Ability to Detect Gamma-Ray Bursts
    First Author: Fenimore, E. E.
    Baltic Astronomy, Vol. 13, p. 301-306
    Publication Date: Jan 2004
    Bibliographic Code: 2004BaltA..13..301F
    Citations: 9