GLAST Burst Monitor On-Board Triggering, Locations and Event Classification

Journal Article · Thu Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2757396· OSTI ID:21067277

Briggs, M S; Connaughton, V; Paciesas, W; Preece, R ^[1]; Meegan, C A; Fishman, G; Kouveliotou, C; Wilson-Hodge, C ^[2]; Diehl, R; Greiner, J; Kienlin, A von; Lichti, G; Steinle, H ^[3]; Kippen, R M ^[4]

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1. University of Alabama, NSSTC, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805 (United States)
2. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, VP62, Huntsville, AL 35812 (United States)
3. Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbackstrasse, 85748 Garching (Germany)
4. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)

We report on how the the GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM) Flight Software will detect gamma-ray rate increases, a process known as 'triggering', and on how the Flight Software will locate and classify the causes of the triggers.

• OSTI ID: 21067277
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 921, Issue 1; Conference: 1. GLAST symposium, Stanford, CA (United States), 5-8 Feb 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2757396; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER CODES
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC PHOTONS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA RADIATION
PHOTON EMISSION