MG12 - Talk detail |
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Participant |
O'Brien, Paul | |
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Institution |
University of Leicester - University Road - Leicester - - United Kingdom | |
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Session |
Talk |
Abstract |
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GRB3 |
Properties of the GRB early afterglow and their interpretation |
The Swift satellite detects around 100 GRBs per year using its on-board Burst Alert Telescope. The Swift X-ray Telescope subsequently provides data covering many decades in flux and time. These data reveal a wide variety of behaviour in the temporal variability of both the broad-band flux and spectral shape. Similar complexity is seen in other multi-wavelength data. I will summarise the observations, show examples of comparing data to current GRB models and outline some of the outstanding physical problems yet to be resolved. |