MG12 - Talk detail |
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Participant |
Markwardt, Craig | |
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Institution |
University of Maryland and NASA/GSFC - Code 661 - Greenbelt - MD - USA | |
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Session |
Talk |
Abstract |
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APT5 |
Hard X-ray Transients Observed by Swift |
The X-ray sky is highly variable, and timely follow-up observations are one key to unlocking the secrets of X-ray transients. The Swift observatory has a unique capability to perform automated follow-up observations of new and previously known X-ray transients. Sources are detected by the BAT hard X-ray instrument, and can be examined in more detail by the sensitive XRT and UVOT narrow-field instruments. This talk will summarize several of those discoveries. |