Comparison of watch and IPN locations of gamma-ray bursts

Conference · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:6830463

Hurley, K ^[1]; Lund, N; Brandt, S; Castro-Tirado, A J ^[2]; Sommer, M ^[3]; Lapshov, I ^[4]; Laros, J; Klebesadel, R ^[5]; Fishman, G; Kouveliotou, C; Meegan, C ^[6]; Cline, T ^[7]; Boer, M; Niel, M ^[8]

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1. University of California Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
2. Danish Space Research Institute, DK-2800 Copenhagen (Denmark)
3. Max-Planck Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik, D8046 Garching (Germany)
4. Institute for Space Research, 117810 Moscow (Russian Federation)
5. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
6. NASA-MSFC, Huntsville, Alabama 35812 (United States)
7. NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (United States)
8. Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, 31029 Toulouse (France)

The WATCH all sky monitors aboard the Granat and EURECA spacecraft have the capability of independently localizing gamma-ray bursts to error circles whose 3 sigma radii are 1 degree or less. These are the most accurate single-experiment localizations currently achievable. In those cases where both WATCH and one or more experiments from the IPN detect a burst, the localizations may be refined considerably. We have identified approximately 35 bursts between 1991 and 1993 in this category. Some were detected by WATCH, Ulysses, PVO, and BATSE, and so on. We present and compare the locations of some of these bursts.

• OSTI ID: 6830463
• Report Number(s): CONF-9310252--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) Journal Volume: 307:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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