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2SXPS: An Improved and Expanded Swift X-Ray Telescope Point-source Catalog by Evans, P. A., Page, Kim, Osborne, J. P., Beardmore, A. P., Willingale, R., Burrows, D. N., Kennea, J A, Perri, M., Capalbi, M., Tagliaferri, G., Cenko, S. B.

“…We present the 2SXPS (Swift-XRT Point Source) catalog, containing 206,335 point sources detected by the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) in the 0.3–10 keV energy…”
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Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample of Swift-XRT observations of GRBs by Evans, P. A., Beardmore, A. P., Page, K. L., Osborne, J. P., O'Brien, P. T., Willingale, R., Starling, R. L. C., Burrows, D. N., Godet, O., Vetere, L., Racusin, J., Goad, M. R., Wiersema, K., Angelini, L., Capalbi, M., Chincarini, G., Gehrels, N., Kennea, J. A., Margutti, R., Morris, D. C., Mountford, C. J., Pagani, C., Perri, M., Romano, P., Tanvir, N.

“…We present a homogeneous X-ray analysis of all 318 gamma-ray bursts detected by the X-ray telescope (XRT) on the Swift satellite up to 2008 July 23; this…”
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Jet Breaks and Energetics of Swift Gamma-Ray Burst X-Ray Afterglows by Racusin, J. L, Liang, E. W, Burrows, D. N, Falcone, A, Sakamoto, T, Zhang, B. B, Zhang, B, Evans, P, Osborne, J

“…We present a systematic temporal and spectral study of all Swift-X-ray Telescope observations of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows discovered between 2005…”
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Relativistic jet activity from the tidal disruption of a star by a massive black hole by Burrows, D. N., Kennea, J. A., Ghisellini, G., Mangano, V., Zhang, B., Page, K. L., Eracleous, M., Romano, P., Sakamoto, T., Falcone, A. D., Osborne, J. P., Campana, S., Beardmore, A. P., Breeveld, A. A., Chester, M. M., Corbet, R., Covino, S., Cummings, J. R., D'Avanzo, P., D'Elia, V., Esposito, P., Evans, P. A., Fugazza, D., Gelbord, J. M., Hiroi, K., Holland, S. T., Huang, K. Y., Im, M., Israel, G., Jeon, Y., Jeon, Y.-B., Jun, H. D., Kawai, N., Kim, J. H., Krimm, H. A., Marshall, F. E., P. Mészáros, Negoro, H., Omodei, N., Park, W.-K., Perkins, J. S., Sugizaki, M., Sung, H.-I., Tagliaferri, G., Troja, E., Ueda, Y., Urata, Y., Usui, R., Antonelli, L. A., Barthelmy, S. D., Cusumano, G., Giommi, P., Melandri, A., Perri, M., Racusin, J. L., Sbarufatti, B., Siegel, M. H., Gehrels, N.

“…Birth of a black-hole relativistic jet Two groups report observations of the X-ray source Swift J164449.3+573451, which was discovered when it triggered the…”
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The unusual X-ray emission of the short Swift GRB 090515: evidence for the formation of a magnetar? by Rowlinson, A., O'Brien, P. T., Tanvir, N. R., Zhang, B., Evans, P. A., Lyons, N., Levan, A. J., Willingale, R., Page, K. L., Onal, O., Burrows, D. N., Beardmore, A. P., Ukwatta, T. N., Berger, E., Hjorth, J., Fruchter, A. S., Tunnicliffe, R. L., Fox, D. B., Cucchiara, A.

“…The majority of short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) are thought to originate from the merger of compact binary systems collapsing directly to form a black hole…”
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Linking fire ecology and fire management in south-west Australian forest landscapes by Burrows, N.D.

“…South-west Australia is a region of remarkable biological diversity, predominantly shaped by diversity of climate and geomorphology. Fire has also played an…”
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THE DEFINITIVE X-RAY LIGHT CURVE OF SWIFT J164449.3+573451 by Mangano, V., Burrows, D. N., Sbarufatti, B., Cannizzo, J. K.

“…ABSTRACT On 2011 March 28, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope triggered on an object that had no analog in over six years of Swift operations. Follow-up…”
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Evidence for a Canonical Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow Light Curve in the Swift XRT Data by Nousek, J. A, Kouveliotou, C, Grupe, D, Page, K. L, Granot, J, Ramirez-Ruiz, E, Patel, S. K, Burrows, D. N, Mangano, V, Barthelmy, S, Beardmore, A. P, Campana, S, Capalbi, M, Chincarini, G, Cusumano, G, Falcone, A. D, Gehrels, N, Giommi, P, Goad, M. R, Godet, O, Hurkett, C. P, Kennea, J. A, Moretti, A, O’Brien, P. T, Osborne, J. P, Romano, P, Tagliaferri, G, Wells, A. A

“…We present new observations of the early X-ray afterglows of the first 27 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) well observed by the Swift X-Ray Telescope (XRT). The early…”
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The prompt-afterglow connection in gamma-ray bursts: a comprehensive statistical analysis of Swift X-ray light curves by Margutti, R., Zaninoni, E., Bernardini, M. G., Chincarini, G., Pasotti, F., Guidorzi, C., Angelini, L., Burrows, D. N., Capalbi, M., Evans, P. A., Gehrels, N., Kennea, J., Mangano, V., Moretti, A., Nousek, J., Osborne, J. P., Page, K. L., Perri, M., Racusin, J., Romano, P., Sbarufatti, B., Stafford, S., Stamatikos, M.

“…We present a comprehensive statistical analysis of Swift X-ray light curves of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) collecting data from more than 650 GRBs discovered by…”
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Relativistic ejecta from X-ray flash XRF 060218 and the rate of cosmic explosions by Piran, T, Sari, R, Penprase, B. E, Burrows, D. N, Pooley, G, Cameron, P. B, Chevalier, R. A, Kasliwal, M, Frail, D, Persson, S. E, Kulkarni, S. R, Nakar, E, Schmidt, B. P, Fox, D. B, Nousek, J. A, Ofek, E, Moon, D.-S, Rau, A, Cenko, S. B, Gehrels, N, McCarthy, P. J, Price, P. A, Gal-Yam, A, Soderberg, A. M, Berger, E

“…Over the past decade, long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs)-including the subclass of X-ray flashes (XRFs)-have been revealed to be a rare variety of type Ibc…”
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Testing the Standard Fireball Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Late X-Ray Afterglows Measured by Swift by Willingale, R, O’Brien, P. T, Osborne, J. P, Godet, O, Page, K. L, Goad, M. R, Burrows, D. N, Zhang, B, Rol, E, Gehrels, N, Chincarini, G

“…We show that all X-ray decay curves of gamma -ray bursts (GRBs) measured by Swift can be fitted using one or two components, both of Which have exactly the…”
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The association of GRB 060218 with a supernova and the evolution of the shock wave by Angelini, L, Page, M, Burrows, D. N, O'Brien, P. T, Krimm, H, Valle, M. Della, Zhang, B, Cominsky, L. R, Page, K. L, Romano, P, Moretti, A, Chincarini, G, Cummings, J. R, Immler, S, Marshall, F. E, Boyd, P. T, Sakamoto, T, Dai, Z. G, Giommi, P, White, N. E, Roming, P. W. A, Mangano, V, Nousek, J. A, Palmer, D. M, Campana, S, Waxman, E, Wells, A. A, Brown, P, Tagliaferri, G, Osborne, J. P, Gehrels, N, Malesani, D, Kennea, J. A, Mészáros, P, Barthelmy, S. D, Blustin, A. J, Cusumano, G, Mason, K. O, Godet, O

“…Although the link between long γ-ray bursts (GRBs) and supernovae has been established, hitherto there have been no observations of the beginning of a…”
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Bright X-ray Flares in Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows by Burrows, D. N., Romano, P., Falcone, A., Kobayashi, S., Zhang, B., Moretti, A., O'Brien, P. T., Goad, M. R., Campana, S., Page, K. L., Angelini, L., Barthelmy, S., Beardmore, A. P., Capalbi, M., Chincarini, G., Cummings, J., Cusumano, G., Fox, D., Giommi, P., Hill, J. E., Kennea, J. A., Krimm, H., Mangano, V., Marshall, F., Mészáros, P., Morris, D. C., Nousek, J. A., Osborne, J. P., Pagani, C., Perri, M., Tagliaferri, G., Wells, A. A., Woosley, S., Gehrels, N.

“…Gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows have provided important clues to the nature of these massive explosive events, providing direct information on the nearby…”
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Swift Observations of GRB 070110: An Extraordinary X-Ray Afterglow Powered by the Central Engine by Troja, E, Cusumano, G, O’Brien, P. T, Zhang, B, Sbarufatti, B, Mangano, V, Willingale, R, Chincarini, G, Osborne, J. P, Marshall, F. E, Burrows, D. N, Campana, S, Gehrels, N, Guidorzi, C, Krimm, H. A, La Parola, V, Liang, E. W, Mineo, T, Moretti, A, Page, K. L, Romano, P, Tagliaferri, G, Zhang, B. B, Page, M. J, Schady, P

“…We present a detailed analysis of Swift multiwavelength observations of GRB 070110 and its remarkable afterglow. The early X-ray light curve, interpreted as…”
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The Early X-Ray Emission from GRBs by O’Brien, P. T, Willingale, R, Osborne, J, Goad, M. R, Page, K. L, Vaughan, S, Rol, E, Beardmore, A, Godet, O, Hurkett, C. P, Wells, A, Zhang, B, Kobayashi, S, Burrows, D. N, Nousek, J. A, Kennea, J. A, Falcone, A, Grupe, D, Gehrels, N, Barthelmy, S, Cannizzo, J, Cummings, J, Hill, J. E, Krimm, H, Chincarini, G, Tagliaferri, G, Campana, S, Moretti, A, Giommi, P, Perri, M, Mangano, V, LaParola, V

“…We present observations of the early X-ray emission for a sample of 40 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) obtained using the Swift satellite, for which the narrow-field…”
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The First Survey of X-Ray Flares from Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by Swift: Spectral Properties and Energetics by Falcone, A. D, Morris, D, Racusin, J, Chincarini, G, Moretti, A, Romano, P, Burrows, D. N, Pagani, C, Stroh, M, Grupe, D, Campana, S, Covino, S, Tagliaferri, G, Willingale, R, Gehrels, N

“…GRB observations with Swift produced the initially surprising result that many bursts have large, late-time X-ray flares. The flares were sometimes intense,…”
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An origin for short γ-ray bursts unassociated with current star formation by Barthelmy, S. D, Chincarini, G, Burrows, D. N, Gehrels, N, Covino, S, Moretti, A, Romano, P, O'Brien, P. T, Sarazin, C. L, Kouveliotou, C, Goad, M, Vaughan, S, Tagliaferri, G, Zhang, B, Antonelli, L. A, Campana, S, Cummings, J. R, D'Avanzo, P, Davies, M. B, Giommi, P, Grupe, D, Kaneko, Y, Kennea, J. A, King, A, Kobayashi, S, Melandri, A, Meszaros, P, Nousek, J. A, Patel, S, Sakamoto, T, Wijers, R. A. M. J

“…Two short (< 2 s) γ-ray bursts (GRBs) have recently been localized and fading afterglow counterparts detected. The combination of these two results left…”
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The First Survey of X-Ray Flares from Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by Swift: Temporal Properties and Morphology by Chincarini, G, Moretti, A, Romano, P, Falcone, A. D, Morris, D, Racusin, J, Campana, S, Covino, S, Guidorzi, C, Tagliaferri, G, Burrows, D. N, Pagani, C, Stroh, M, Grupe, D, Capalbi, M, Cusumano, G, Gehrels, N, Giommi, P, La Parola, V, Mangano, V, Mineo, T, Nousek, J. A, O’Brien, P. T, Page, K. L, Perri, M, Troja, E, Willingale, R, Zhang, B

“…We present the first systematic investigation of the morphological and timing properties of flares in GRBs observed by Swift XRT. We consider a large sample…”
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The Giant X-Ray Flare of GRB 050502B: Evidence for Late-Time Internal Engine Activity by Falcone, A. D, Burrows, D. N, Lazzati, D, Campana, S, Kobayashi, S, Zhang, B, Mészáros, P, Page, K. L, Kennea, J. A, Romano, P, Pagani, C, Angelini, L, Beardmore, A. P, Capalbi, M, Chincarini, G, Cusumano, G, Giommi, P, Goad, M. R, Godet, O, Grupe, D, Hill, J. E, La Parola, V, Mangano, V, Moretti, A, Nousek, J. A, O’Brien, P. T, Osborne, J. P, Perri, M, Tagliaferri, G, Wells, A. A, Gehrels, N

“…Until recently, X-ray flares during the afterglow of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) were a rarely detected phenomenon; thus, their nature is unclear. During the…”
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Optimization of the Swift X-ray follow-up of Advanced LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave triggers in 2015–16 by Evans, P. A., Osborne, J. P., Kennea, J. A., Campana, S., O'Brien, P. T., Tanvir, N. R., Racusin, J. L., Burrows, D. N., Cenko, S. B., Gehrels, N.

“…One of the most exciting near-term prospects in physics is the potential discovery of gravitational waves by the Advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors. To maximize…”
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