Slide 1 Gamma-ray Astronomy Missions, and their Use of a Global Telescope Network Slide 2 The Big Picture l Whole sky glows l Extreme environments l Probes of the Universe…

Slide 1 Swift 1 Swift Spacecraft and Instruments Slide 2 Swift 2 Spacecraft Design 1 of 6 Reaction wheels Gyros Star Trackers Slide 3 Swift 3 Swift Overview Catching Gamma…

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GRB Physics: an Overview Bing Zhang University of Nevada Las Vegas Kavli Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics & Astronomy Department, Peking University Nov. 8, 2012,…

Optical Afterglow and Early-type host of GRB 100117A Short GRBs and their Progenitors (in the era of pre-Gravitational Waves) Wen-fai Fong Harvard University Advisor: Edo…

First Stars, Quasars, and the Epoch of Reionization Jordi Miralda Escudé Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (IEEC-CSIC, ICREA), Barcelona. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias,…

Swift Spacecraft and Instruments Spacecraft Design 1 of 6 Reaction wheels Gyros Star Trackers Swift Overview Catching Gamma Ray Bursts on the Fly Capabilities ~ 1000 GRBs…

GRB Physics: an Overview Bing Zhang University of Nevada Las Vegas Kavli Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics & Astronomy Department, Peking University Nov. 8, 2012,…

Lijin Huang (ASIAA) * What are Gamma-rays? Gamma-rays (γ) are a from of electromagnetic radiation or light emission of frequencies produced by sub-atomic particle interactions…