THE SECOND FERMI GBM GAMMA-RAY BURST CATALOG: THE FIRST FOUR YEARS

Journal Article · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/211/1/13· OSTI ID:22340324

Von Kienlin, Andreas; Greiner, Jochen; Gruber, David ^[1]; Meegan, Charles A.; Bhat, P. N.; Briggs, Michael S.; Burgess, J. Michael; Chaplin, Vandiver; Connaughton, Valerie; Goldstein, Adam ^[2]; Paciesas, William S.; Cleveland, William ^[3]; Bissaldi, Elisabetta ^[4]; Byrne, David; Fitzpatrick, Gerard; Foley, Suzanne ^[5]; Collazzi, Andrew C. ^[6]; Gibby, Melissa; Giles, Misty ^[7]; Guiriec, Sylvain ^[8] ; others, and

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1. Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse 1, D-85748 Garching (Germany)
2. University of Alabama in Huntsville, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805 (United States)
3. Universities Space Research Association, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805 (United States)
4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste (Italy)
5. School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Stillorgan Road, Dublin 4 (Ireland)
6. Astrophysics Office, ZP 12, NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812 (United States)
7. Jacobs Technology, Inc., Huntsville, AL 35806 (United States)
8. NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)

This is the second of a series of catalogs of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed with the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM). It extends the first two-year catalog by two more years, resulting in an overall list of 953 GBM triggered GRBs. The intention of the GBM GRB catalog is to provide information to the community on the most important observables of the GBM detected GRBs. For each GRB the location and main characteristics of the prompt emission, the duration, peak flux and fluence are derived. The latter two quantities are calculated for the 50-300 keV energy band, where the maximum energy release of GRBs in the instrument reference system is observed and also for a broader energy band from 10-1000 keV, exploiting the full energy range of GBMs low-energy detectors. Furthermore, information is given on the settings and modifications of the triggering criteria and exceptional operational conditions during years three and four in the mission. This second catalog is an official product of the Fermi GBM science team, and the data files containing the complete results are available from the High-Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center.

• OSTI ID: 22340324
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Vol. 211, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0067-0049
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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