Gamma-ray burst observations with the [ital Compton]/[ital Ulysses]/[ital Pioneer]-[ital Venus] network

Conference · Mon Jul 05 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:6076526

Cline, T L ^[1]; Hurley, K C ^[2]; Sommer, M ^[3]; Boer, M; Niel, M ^[4]; Fishman, G J; Kouveliotou, C; Meegan, C A; Paciesas, W S; Wilson, R B ^[5]; Fenimore, E E; Laros, J G; Klebesadel, R W ^[6]

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1. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 661, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (United States)
2. University of California, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
3. Max-Planck Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching (Germany)
4. Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, Toulouse (France)
5. NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, ES-62, Huntsville, Alabama 35812 (United States)
6. Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D436, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

The third and latest interplanetary network for the precise directional analysis of gamma ray bursts consists of the Burst and Transient Source Experiment in [ital Compton] [ital Gamma] [ital Ray] [ital Observatory] and instruments on [ital Pioneer]-[ital Venus] [ital Orbiter] and the deep-space mission [ital Ulysses]. The unsurpassed resolution of the BATSE instrument, the use of refined analysis techniques, and [ital Ulysses]' distance of up to 6 AU all contribute to a potential for greater precision than had been achieved with former networks. Also, the departure of [ital Ulysses] from the ecliptic plane in 1992 avoids any positional alignment of the three instruments that would lessen the source directional accuracy.

• OSTI ID: 6076526
• Report Number(s): CONF-9210245--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) Journal Volume: 280:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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661300* -- Other Aspects of Physical Science-- (1992-)
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CALCULATION METHODS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC RADIATION
DATA ANALYSIS
ERRORS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MONITORING
PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION
RADIATIONS
RESOLUTION
SATELLITES