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A search for micro cosmic gamma-ray bursts in BATSE one second continuous data
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Young, C. Alex Arndt, Martina Belz Biesecker, Douglas Alan Ryan, James M. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Based on a previous successful search for untriggered solar microflares we have conducted a search for untriggered cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The large number of untriggered hard x-ray solar flares suggests that there might exist a class of GRBs with temporal and spectral properties similar to that of hard x-ray solar flares, possibly with similar physics as well. We have scanned a subset of BATSE’s continuous 1 second data from four channels independently. This search can identify GRBs with characteristic rise times longer than 1 second, while the electronic identification system only triggers on rise times of 64-1024 ms. We can also search for softer events, not necessarily SGRs, by including the lowest energy channel. A search of continuous unbiased data can lower the search sensitivity to a minimum determined by the intrinsic and orbit-modulated background. We present the results of our progress. |
| Starting Page | 555 |
| Ending Page | 559 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1063/1.51724 |
| Volume Number | 384 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://wwwgro.unh.edu/users/ayoung/papers/grbsearch_paper.ps |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1063/1.51724 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
