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Since its launch on 20 November 2004, the Swift mission is detecting 100 new gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)each year, and immediately (within tens of seconds)starting simultaneous X-ray and UV/optical observations of the afterglow.It has already collected am impressive database of bursts, including prompt emission to higher sensitivity than BATSE, uniform monitoring of afterglows, and rapid follow-up by other observatories notified through the GCN.
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Gehrels, N. (2007). The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission: First Results. In: Aschenbach, B., Burwitz, V., Hasinger, G., Leibundgut, B. (eds) Relativistic Astrophysics Legacy and Cosmology – Einstein’s. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74713-0_86
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