Gamma-ray burst locations while-you-wait: First results of the third interplanetary network burst watch

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

OSTI ID:6110928

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

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1. University of California, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
2. Max-Planck Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik, 8046 Garching-bei-Muenchen (Germany)
3. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (United States)
4. Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, 31029 Toulouse Cedex (France)
5. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
6. NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama 35812 (United States)

The gamma-ray bursts of May 1, 17, 25, and July 11 and 20, 1992 were rapidly localized to regions with dimensions of several arcminutes by the spacecraft of the third interplanetary network. Radio, optical, and soft X-ray follow-up observations were carried out, and a soft X-ray source was detected in one error box. Although the Pioneer Venus Orbiter spacecraft is no longer operating, its place in the network will be taken by Mars Observer, and locations will continue to be produced rapidly.

• OSTI ID: 6110928
• Report Number(s): CONF-9210245-; CODEN: APCPCS
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Vol. 280:1; Conference: Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) symposium, St. Louis, MO (United States), 15-17 Oct 1992; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SOFT X RADIATION
VISIBLE RADIATION
COSMIC RADIATION
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