Publications (5)
Temporal Deconvolution study of Long and Short Gamma-Ray Burst Light curves
P. N. Bhat, Michael S. Briggs, Valerie Connaughton +24
The light curves of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are believed to result from internal shocks reflecting the activity of the GRB central engine. Their temporal deconvolution can reveal p…
Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of the 3 Brightest and Hardest Short Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed with the FGST Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor
Sylvain Guiriec, Michael S. Briggs, Valerie Connaugthon +25
From July 2008 to October 2009, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (FGST) has detected 320 Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). About 20% of these e…
Detection of a Thermal Spectral Component in the Prompt Emission of GRB 100724B
Sylvain Guiriec, Valerie Connaughton, Michael S. Briggs +29
Observations of GRB 100724B with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) find that the spectrum is dominated by the typical Band functional form, which is usually taken to represen…
The Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor
Charles Meegan, Giselher Lichti, P. N. Bhat +18
The Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) will significantly augment the science return from the Fermi Observatory in the study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). The primary objective of GBM is…
Do Gamma-Ray Burst Sources Repeat?
Charles A. Meegan, Dieter H. Hartmann, J. J. Brainerd +7
The demonstration of repeated gamma-ray bursts from an individual source would severely constrain burst source models. Recent reports (Quashnock and Lamb 1993; Wang and Lingenfelte…