Expected Performance of the GLAST Burst Monitor

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May 2008

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GAMMA-RAY BURSTS 2007: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Conference. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1000, pp. 573-576 (2008).

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Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Scintillation Detectors, X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation

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The GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM) will enhance LAT observations of GRBs by extending the spectral coverage from the LAT threshold down to ~8 keV, and will provide a trigger for re-orienting the spacecraft to observe delayed emission from selected bursts outside the LAT field of view. GBM consists of twelve NaI scintillation detectors operating in the 8 keV to 1 MeV energy range and two BGO scintillation detectors operating in the 150 keV to 30 MeV energy range. Detector resolution, effective area, and angular response have been determined by calibrations. Analyses indicate that the on-board burst threshold will be ~0.7 photons cm-2s-1 and the on-board burst localization accuracy will typically be better than 8°.

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