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1 The Swift GRB MIDEX Neil Gehrels May 20, 2002

2 GSFC

3 Swift Instruments Instruments Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) New CdZnTe detectors Detect >100 GRBs per year depending on logn-logs Most sensitive gamma-ray imager ever X-Ray Telescope (XRT) Arcsecond GRB positions CCD spectroscopy UV/Optical Telescope (UVOT) Sub-arcsec imaging Grism spectroscopy 24 th mag sensitivity (1000 sec) Finding chart for other observers Spacecraft Autonomous re-pointing, sec Onboard and ground triggers BAT BAT XRT Spacecraft UVOT UVOT XRT Spacecraft

4 The Gap Swift Beppo SAX data

5 Swift Mission Payload BAT XRT UVOT TDRSS Spacecraft Spectrum Astro Rapid Autonomous Slews Malindi Mission Operations Center (MOC) PSU Science Center GSFC GCN & Web Launcher Delta km X 22 o inclination HEASARC UK Italian Archives User Community

6 BAT Instrument Real time gamma ray burst positions Half coded 1.4 steradian FOV 5200 cm 2 CdZnTe pixel array kev band Based on INTEGRAL Imager design 5 times more sensitive than BATSE Several bursts per week detected (depends of logn-logs extrapolation) Angular resolution of 17 arcmin giving positions of 1-4 arcmin Onboard processing to provide prompt arc-minute position to satellite and to the ground

7 BAT Hardware

8 BAT Flight Mask (52,000 Lead Tiles)

9 XRT Instrument Flight spare JET-X module 15 arc-second half energy width sharp core will yield arcsec locations 3.5 m focal length Total effective area 110 cm 2 at 1.5 kev 65 cm 2 at 6 kev CCD array covers kev band use spare XMM chip 24 x 24 arcmin field of view Cooled to -100 degrees C XRT Mirror Module

10 XRT Focal Plane Camera

11 XRT Aft Tube Harness Installation

12 XRT Integrated Tube

13 UVOT Instrument Based on XMM OM to minimize cost and risk Covers 170 nm to 650 nm 30 cm Ritchey-Chretien telescope 24 mag in 1000 s with 17 arcmin FOV Detector is image intensified CCD array Unique coverage s after burst trigger Positions to 0.3 arcseconds using onboard image registration XMM OM Filter Wheel

14 UVOT Hardware Baffle tubes Strong back Flexure bracket Primary mirror baffle Primary mirror mounts Telescope tube Spider Secondary baffle Digital Electronics Module during EMI tests Secondary mirror mounts

15 UVOT Measurement of PSF

16 Spacecraft Harness

17 Swift Capabilities Afterglow observations ~1 min. after GRB >100 GRBs per year Arcsec positions rapidly available X-ray spectroscopy in kev band Sub-arcsec optical imaging UV/optical photometry to 24 mag UV/optical spectroscopy with grism (<17 mag) Redshift determinations Rapid data distributed via GCN kev trigger Trigger sensitive to short & x-ray GRBs GRB detection with 5x BATSE sensitivity Swift BeppoSAX

18 Early Universe Studies Star formation history Epoc of first stars Re-ionization of IGM Dust and gas content of early galaxies Metallicity history 1 Fraction >z Swift Star Formation Rate BATSE Swift Redshift z Redshift Bromm & Loeb (2002) Lamb & Reichart (2000)

19 Swift Data Dissemination Rapid dissemination of burst positions and data to the world community via GCN and WWW Arcmin position from BAT in seconds Followed shortly after by arcsec position from XRT (~ 60 s) and UVOT (~ 200 s) Include postage stamp images from the three instruments Optical finding chart from UVOT Detailed data products available within 30 minutes of Malindi dump Archive sites in US (HEASARC), Italy, and UK Follow-up program coordinated by Kevin Hurley Everything to Everyone, Immediately!

20 Recent News XRT & UVOT instrument delivery to Goddard this summer Spacecraft delivery in September BAT instrument complete in December Launch on for September 2003 Request to NASA HQ for additional funds to cover Sept. 11 delays and other impacts. Under consideration. Guest Investigator program under consideration for Swift Correlated observations of GRB afterglows with other telescopes Non-GRB serendipitous sources EPO program ramping up

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