Swift Data Products
Data Distribution Policy: Everything to Everyone, Immediately
All data products will be placed in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) and mirror archives in Italy and the UK. These archives will make the data available electronically to everyone, regardless of affiliation. The data will be automatically processed by the pipeline as soon as it is downlinked, and will flow directly to the archives without a proprietary period, with the minimal technologically feasible delay.
Data Products
| After each BAT Trigger | Time from Trig. |
|---|---|
| Rapid BAT position & flux | 20 s |
| XRT position | 70 s |
| UVOT finding chart | 240 s |
| X-ray spectrum | 1210 s |
| From Malindi ground station dump | Time from dump |
|---|---|
| Quicklook products | 2-3 hrs |
| BAT data | 2-3 hrs |
| XRT data | 2-3 hrs |
| UVOT data | 2-3 hrs |
| Refined X-ray position | 2-3 hrs |
| UVOT position and ID | 2-3 hrs |
| High Level GRB Products | Time |
|---|---|
| Final telemetry archive | 1 week |
| Catalog of GRBs | daily |
| BAT products | daily |
| Afterglow database | daily |
| Calibration database | daily |
| GRB redshift | daily |
| Follow-up campaign data | daily |
| High Level Other Products | Time |
|---|---|
| Hard X-ray Catalog | weekly |
| XRT Catalog | weekly |
| UVOT Image databases | weekly |
* 1 week = 1 week after last observation of source
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