THE HIGH ENERGY TRANSIENT EXPLORER TRIGGERING ALGORITHM
Conference
·
OSTI ID:780541
The High Energy Transient Explorer uses a triggering algorithm for gamma-ray bursts that can achieve near the statistical limit by fitting to several background regions to remove trends. Dozens of trigger criteria run simultaneously covering time scales from 80 msec to 10.5 sec or longer. Each criteria is controlled by about 25 constants which gives the flexibility to search wide parameter spaces. On orbit, we have been able to operate at 6{sigma}, a factor of two more sensitive than previous experiments.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 780541
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-01-2460; TRN: AH200124%%154
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Conference title not supplied, Conference location not supplied, Conference dates not supplied; Other Information: PBD: 1 May 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Setting the Triggering Thresholds on Swift
Kilonova Luminosity Function Constraints Based on Zwicky Transient Facility Searches for 13 Neutron Star Merger Triggers during O3
Instrumentation of LOTIS: Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System; a fully automated wide field of view telescope system searching for simultaneous optical counterparts of gamma ray bursts
Journal Article
·
Tue Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2004
· AIP Conference Proceedings
·
OSTI ID:780541
+5 more
Kilonova Luminosity Function Constraints Based on Zwicky Transient Facility Searches for 13 Neutron Star Merger Triggers during O3
Journal Article
·
Tue Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2020
· The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
·
OSTI ID:780541
+100 more
Instrumentation of LOTIS: Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System; a fully automated wide field of view telescope system searching for simultaneous optical counterparts of gamma ray bursts
Conference
·
Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 1998
·
OSTI ID:780541
+4 more