Swift BAT detection of a SGR-like burst from LS I+ 61 303

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X-Ray, Gamma Ray, Gev, Binaries, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Pulsars, Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters

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The Swift BAT triggered on a burst in the direction of the gamma- ray binary LS I +61 303 (V615 Cas) on Sept. 10, 2008 at 12:52:21 UT (de Pasquale et al. http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn3/8209.gcn3) Observations by the Swift XRT (Evans et al. http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn3/8211.gcn3) starting 921s after the BAT trigger detect LS I +61 303 at a flux level (9.2e-12 erg/cm^2/s) and with a spectrum (Nh=6e21 cm^-2, photon index 2.0) consistent with its habitual state (Leahy et al.

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