Gamma-ray burst results from DMSP satellites

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

OSTI ID:6116971

Terrell, J; Lee, P; Klebesadel, R W ^[1]; Griffee, J W ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
2. Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)

Gamma-ray burst detectors are aboard three U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft, in orbit at 800 km altitude. A large number of burst have been detected by DMSP, often confirming and supplementing data from GRO and other spacecraft, sometimes detecting bursts not othewise known. The position of an unknown source may be considerably restricted by knowledge of the several DMSP spacecraft locations and fields of view. These data may be of considerable assistance in understanding the gamma-ray burst phenomenon.

• OSTI ID: 6116971
• 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

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
DETECTION
DATA ACQUISITION
DATA ANALYSIS
SATELLITES
TIME RESOLUTION
COSMIC RADIATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION
RADIATIONS
RESOLUTION
TIMING PROPERTIES
661300* - Other Aspects of Physical Science- (1992-)