Fermi GBM Early Trigger Characteristics

Journal Article · Mon May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3155946· OSTI ID:21304971

Connaughton, Valerie; Briggs, Michael; Paciesas, Bill ^[1]; Meegan, Charles ^[2]

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1. University of Alabama in Huntsville (United States)
2. NASA MSFC (United States)

Since the launch of the Fermi observatory on June 11 2008, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) has seen approximately 250 triggers of which about 150 were cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). GBM operates dozens of trigger algorithms covering various energy bands and timescales and is therefore sensitive to a wide variety of phenomena, both astrophysical and not.

• OSTI ID: 21304971
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1133; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
ALGORITHMS
ASTROPHYSICS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC PHOTONS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA DETECTION
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
RADIATION MONITORING
TRIGGER CIRCUITS