In the first two years since the launch of the Fermi Observatory, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) has detected over 500 Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), of which 18 were confidently detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) above 100 MeV. Besides GRBs, GBM has triggered on other transient sources, such as Soft Gamma Repeaters (SGRs), Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) and solar flares. Here we present the science highlights of the GBM observations. © Società Italiana di Fisica.
The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor: Results from the first two years / Bissaldi, Elisabetta. - In: IL NUOVO CIMENTO C. - ISSN 2037-4909. - STAMPA. - 34:3(2011), pp. 9-12. (Intervento presentato al convegno 8th Workshop on Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-ray Experiments : Gamma-ray Astrophysics in the Multimessenger context. (SciNeGHE 2010) tenutosi a Trieste, Italy nel September 8 -10, 2010) [10.1393/ncc/i2011-10846-5].
The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor: Results from the first two years
Bissaldi, Elisabetta
2011-01-01
Abstract
In the first two years since the launch of the Fermi Observatory, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) has detected over 500 Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), of which 18 were confidently detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) above 100 MeV. Besides GRBs, GBM has triggered on other transient sources, such as Soft Gamma Repeaters (SGRs), Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) and solar flares. Here we present the science highlights of the GBM observations. © Società Italiana di Fisica.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
