Spectral measurements of cosmic gamma-ray bursts with the Konus-Wind and Konus-A instruments

Journal Article · Sat May 16 00:00:00 EDT 1998 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.55336· OSTI ID:21185786

Golenetskii, S V; Aptekar, R L; Frederiks, D D; Il'inskii, V N; Mazets, E P; Panov, V N; Sokolova, Z J; Terekhov, M M ^[1]

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1. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, 194021 (Russian Federation)

The Konus gamma-ray burst instrumentation on board the US GGS-Wind spacecraft and the near-Earth Russian satellite Kosmos-2326 makes it possible to make spectral measurements and comparisons between 12 keV to 10 MeV. Since November 1994, over 370 bursts have been observed in the triggered mode, for which detailed spectral measurements are available. Incident photon spectra are derived from the count rate spectra of a number of bright bursts for which the celestial source position or the angle relative to the sensor axis is known. The spectral evolution of these bursts and the possible existence of spectral features in both the soft and hard energy bands are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 21185786
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 428, Issue 1; Conference: 4. Huntsville gamma-ray burst symposium, Huntsville, AL (United States), 15-20 Sep 1997; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.55336; (c) 1998 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
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC PHOTONS
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
COUNTING RATES
GAMMA DETECTION
GAMMA SPECTRA
KEV RANGE
MEV RANGE
SENSORS
SPACE VEHICLES