Possible EGRET gamma-ray burst detection independent of BATSE triggering

B. B. Jones; D. L. Bertsch; B. L. Dingus; J. E. Esposito; C. E. Fichtel; J. M. Fierro; R. C. Hartman; S. D. Hunter; G. Kanbach; D. A. Kniffen; Y. C. Lin; H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander; J. R. Mattox; P. F. Michelson; C. Von Montigny; P. L. Nolan; M. Pohl; E. J. Schneid; P. Sreekumar; D. J. Thompson; W. F. Tompkins; T. D. Willis

doi:10.1086/177271

Possible EGRET gamma-ray burst detection independent of BATSE triggering

B. B. Jones^*
, D. L. Bertsch
, B. L. Dingus
, J. E. Esposito
, C. E. Fichtel
, J. M. Fierro
, R. C. Hartman
, S. D. Hunter
, G. Kanbach
, D. A. Kniffen
, Y. C. Lin
, H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander
, J. R. Mattox
, P. F. Michelson
, C. Von Montigny
, P. L. Nolan
, M. Pohl
, E. J. Schneid
, P. Sreekumar
, D. J. Thompson

W. F. Tompkins, T. D. Willis

^*Corresponding author for this work

Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal

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EGRET spark chamber data collected between 1991 April 22 and 1994 August 29 have been analyzed for gamma-ray burst events independent of BATSE triggering. To date; five gamma-ray bursts that are coincident with a trigger from the BATSE instrument have been detected in the EGRET spark chamber. The EGRET-detected bursts have high-energy power-law tails and, in some cases, long duration emission. Because BATSE is sensitive in a lower energy range (25-600 keV), there may be other high energy gamma-ray bursts detectable with EGRET (30 MeV-30 GeV) that do not trigger BATSE. Also, bursts with long-duration emission may be more easily detected with EGRET. Furthermore, burst events may have occurred while BATSE was temporarily inactive. Two previously detected gamma-ray bursts were independently detected, and one new possible detection was made on a timescale of 3 minutes, although the significance is subject to systematic errors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	565-569
Number of pages	5
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	463
Issue number	2 PART I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/177271
Publication status	Published - 1996

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Jones, B. B., Bertsch, D. L., Dingus, B. L., Esposito, J. E., Fichtel, C. E., Fierro, J. M., Hartman, R. C., Hunter, S. D., Kanbach, G., Kniffen, D. A., Lin, Y. C., Mayer-Hasselwander, H. A., Mattox, J. R., Michelson, P. F., Von Montigny, C., Nolan, P. L., Pohl, M., Schneid, E. J., Sreekumar, P., ... Willis, T. D. (1996). Possible EGRET gamma-ray burst detection independent of BATSE triggering. Astrophysical Journal, 463(2 PART I), 565-569. https://doi.org/10.1086/177271

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