Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998apjs..118..391l&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 118, Issue 2, pp. 391-399.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Gamma Rays: Bursts, Methods: Observational
Scientific paper
Between the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) launch in 1991 April and the Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO) demise in 1992 October, concurrent coverage by CGRO, PVO, and Ulysses was obtained for several hundred gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Although most of these were below the PVO and Ulysses thresholds, 37 were positively detected by all three spacecraft, with data quality adequate for quantitative localization analysis. All were localized independently to ~2 deg accuracy by the CGRO Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE), and three were also localized by COMPTEL. We computed arrival-time error boxes, whose larger dimensions range from about 2' to several degrees and whose smaller dimensions are in the arcminute range. Twelve have areas less than 10 arcmin^2, and only four have areas greater than 1 deg^2. The area of the smallest box is 0.44 arcmin^2. We find that the overall BATSE localization accuracy for these events is consistent with the most recent stated uncertainties. This work indicates that the ROSAT soft X-ray source found within a preliminary IPN error box for GB920501 (Trig 1576) (Hurley et al.) is less likely to be the GRB counterpart than previously reported.
Boer Michel
Briggs Michael Stephen
Cline Thomas L.
Fenimore Edward E.
Fishman Gerald J.
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