We present our results of the temporal and spectral analysis of a sample of 52 bright and hard gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed with the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) during its first year of operation (July 2008 - July 2009). Our sample was selected from a total of 253 GBM GRBs based on the event peak count rate measured between 0.2 and 40 MeV. The final sample comprised 34 long and 18 short GRBs. A first by-product of our selection methodology is the determination of a detection threshold from the GBM data alone, above which GRBs most likely will be detected in the MeV/GeV range with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard Fermi. This predictor will be very useful for future multiwavelength GRB follow ups with ground and space based observatories. Further we have estimated the burst durations up to 10MeV and for the first time expanded the duration-energy relationship in the GRB light curves to high energies. Finally, we performed time-integrated spectral analysis of all 52 bursts and compared their spectral parameters with those obtained with the larger data sample of the BATSE data. We find that the two parameter data sets are similar and confirm that short GRBs are in general harder than longer ones. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.

The 52 brightest and hardest GRBs detected with the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor on Fermi / Bissaldi, Elisabetta. - STAMPA. - 1358:(2011), pp. 13-16. (Intervento presentato al convegno Gamma Ray Bursts 2010, GRB 2010 tenutosi a Annapolis, MD nel November 1-4, 2010) [10.1063/1.3621727].

The 52 brightest and hardest GRBs detected with the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor on Fermi

Bissaldi, Elisabetta
2011-01-01

Abstract

We present our results of the temporal and spectral analysis of a sample of 52 bright and hard gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed with the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) during its first year of operation (July 2008 - July 2009). Our sample was selected from a total of 253 GBM GRBs based on the event peak count rate measured between 0.2 and 40 MeV. The final sample comprised 34 long and 18 short GRBs. A first by-product of our selection methodology is the determination of a detection threshold from the GBM data alone, above which GRBs most likely will be detected in the MeV/GeV range with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard Fermi. This predictor will be very useful for future multiwavelength GRB follow ups with ground and space based observatories. Further we have estimated the burst durations up to 10MeV and for the first time expanded the duration-energy relationship in the GRB light curves to high energies. Finally, we performed time-integrated spectral analysis of all 52 bursts and compared their spectral parameters with those obtained with the larger data sample of the BATSE data. We find that the two parameter data sets are similar and confirm that short GRBs are in general harder than longer ones. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.
2011
Gamma Ray Bursts 2010, GRB 2010
978-0-7354-0916-3
The 52 brightest and hardest GRBs detected with the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor on Fermi / Bissaldi, Elisabetta. - STAMPA. - 1358:(2011), pp. 13-16. (Intervento presentato al convegno Gamma Ray Bursts 2010, GRB 2010 tenutosi a Annapolis, MD nel November 1-4, 2010) [10.1063/1.3621727].
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