Published May 16, 1998 | Version v1
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Performance and scientific results of the BeppoSAX Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor

Creators

  • 1. Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale-CNR-Frascati (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica-Universita di Ferrara-Ferrara (Italy)
  • 3. Istituto Tecnologie e Studio Radiazioni Extraterrestre-CNR-Bologna (Italy)
  • 4. Istituto Astronomico-Universita La Sapienza-Roma (Italy)
  • 5. BeppoSAX-SOC-Nuova Telespazio-Roma (Italy)

Description

The Italian-Dutch satellite for X-ray Astronomy BeppoSAX is successfully operating on a 600 km equatorial orbit since May 1996. We present here the in-flight performance of the Gamma Ray Burst Monitor (GRBM) experiment during its first year of operation. The GRBM is performing very well, providing an amount of data on GRBs, some of which confirmed by other experiments onboard satellites. It also joined the 3rd Interplanetary Network as a new near-earth node. Important results have been obtained for GRBs (e.g. GRB970228) simultaneously detected in the Wide Field Cameras onboard the same satellite

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.55363;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
428
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 451-455
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
4. Huntsville gamma-ray burst symposium
Dates
15-20 Sep 1997
Place
Huntsville, AL (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40059375
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CAMERAS; COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; COSMIC PHOTONS; COSMIC X-RAY BURSTS; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; OPERATION; PERFORMANCE; SATELLITES; X RADIATION; X-RAY DETECTION
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; PHOTONS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SPECTROSCOPY

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Notes
(c) 1998 American Institute of Physics.