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The Swift Gamma-Ray Explorer is designed to make prompt multiwavelength observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and GRB afterglows. The X-ray Telescope (XRT) enables Swift to determine GRB positions with a few arcseconds accuracy within 100 seconds of the burst onset. The XRT utilizes a mirror set built for JET-X and an XMM/EPIC MOS CCD detector to provide a sensitive broad-band (0.2-10 keV) X-ray imager with effective area of > 120 cm^2 at 1.5 keV, field of view of 23.6 x 23.6 arcminutes, and angular resolution of 18 arcseconds (HPD). The detection sensitivity is 2x10^-14 erg cm^-2 s^-1 in 10^4 seconds. The instrument is designed to provide automated source detection and position reporting within 5 seconds of target acquisition. It can also measure the redshifts of GRBs with Fe line emission or other spectral features. The XRT operates in an auto-exposure mode, adjusting the CCD readout mode automatically to optimize the science return for each frame as the source intensity fades. The XRT will measure spectra and lightcurves of the GRB afterglow beginning about a minute after the burst and will follow each burst for days or weeks.

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SAPLE: Swift Analysis Pipeline for Lightcurve Extraction

astro-ph.IM · 2026-05-11 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

SAPLE is a new semi-automated pipeline for extracting Swift UVOT and XRT lightcurves, magnitudes, absorption-corrected fluxes, and photon index values assuming a redshifted power-law spectrum.

Tracking down the broadband polarimetric properties of PG 1553+113

astro-ph.HE · 2026-05-12 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

New IXPE X-ray polarimetry and optical monitoring of PG 1553+113 reveal variable polarization and a large EVPA swing, supporting jet models with related but non-co-spatial X-ray and optical emission regions.

The Double-Burst Nature and Early Afterglow Evolution of Long GRB 110801A

astro-ph.HE · 2026-02-05 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

GRB 110801A shows double-burst gamma-ray emission with an early-rising optical afterglow from the first burst preceding the second prompt episode, modeled via reverse and forward shocks yielding Gamma_0 ~60, theta_j ~0.09, and E_k,iso ~10^54.8 erg.

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