Stefan Immler (NASA/Goddard and University of Maryland)
Energetic explosions in the universe: Highlights from five years of Swift
Satellite observations
Abstract
Over the last 5 years of operations, the Swift satellite has observed more than
500 Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and one hundred young supernovae (SNe) in the
optical, uv, X-rays, and in gamma-rays. During this talk, I will present some
of the highlights of Swift GRB and SN observations, discuss what we have
learned, and will give an outlook what future Swift observations will contrite
to our understanding of energetic explosions in the Universe.