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9 - Physics
University of Leicester
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Article title
Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample of Swift-XRT observations of GRBs
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Article number
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Volume number
397
Issue number
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First page of article
1177
ISSN of journal
0035-8711
Year of publication
2009
URL
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Number of additional authors
24
Additional information
The rapid real-time determination of accurate GRB positions plays a key role in GRB follow-up and is essential for host-galaxy identification. XRT positions are determined from knowledge of the spacecraft attitude and a precise mapping between the UVOT and XRT detectors. At the time of writing there was genuine concern that the accuracy of XRT positions was declining, possibly as a result of flexure in the optical bench. Following on from my original work (Goad et al. 2007) I was able to verify that the mapping between the UVOT and XRT detectors was unchanged, and that published positions were valid.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
F - X-Ray and Observational Astronomy
Citation count
266
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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