The gamma-ray burst monitor on board the SAX satellite

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Gamma Ray Bursts, Radiation Detectors, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Monte Carlo Method

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The anticoincidence lateral shields of the high-energy (15-200 keV) detector PDS aboard the SAX satellite will be used to detect celestial gamma-ray bursts. As a gamma-ray burst monitor (GRBM), the shields have a 5sigma sensitivity in the 60-600-keV nominal energy band of about 10 to the -6th erg/sq cm, and a capability of determining the burst location to an accuracy of a few tenths of degree to several degrees, depending on burst direction and strength. The GRBM will be mainly devoted to study the burst time profile with a time resolution down to 0.5 msec. Its expected performance is evaluated by means of Monte Carlo simulations.

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