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Searching the Gamma-ray Sky for Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources: Fermi GBM and LAT Observations of LVT151012 and GW151226
J. L. Racusin, E. Burns, A. Goldstein +138
We present the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of the LIGO binary black hole merger event GW151226 and candi- date LVT151012. No can…
Fermi GBM Observations of LIGO Gravitational Wave event GW150914
V. Connaughton, E. Burns, A. Goldstein +32
With an instantaneous view of 70% of the sky, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is an excellent partner in the search for electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave (…
Compton scattering in terrestrial gamma-ray flashes detected with the Fermi gamma-ray burst monitor
Gerard Fitzpatrick, Eric Cramer, Sheila McBreen +11
Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) are short intense flashes of gamma rays associated with lightning activity in thunderstorms. Using Monte Carlo simulations of the relativistic…
Localization of Gamma-Ray Bursts using the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor
V. Connaughton, M. S. Briggs, A. Goldstein +25
The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) has detected over 1400 Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) since it began science operations in July, 2008. We use a subset of over 300 GRBs localized b…
An Observed Correlation Between Thermal and Non-Thermal Emission in Gamma-Ray Bursts
J. Michael Burgess, Robert D. Preece, Felix Ryde +22
Recent observations by the Gamma-ray Space Telescope have confirmed the existence of thermal and non-thermal components in the prompt photon spectra of some Gamma-ray burst…
The 2nd Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog: The First Four Years
Andreas von Kienlin, Charles A. Meegan, William S. Paciesas +30
This is the second of a series of catalogs of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed with the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM). It extends the first two-year catalog by two more years…
The Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Burst Spectral Catalog: Four Years Of Data
David Gruber, Adam Goldstein, Victoria Weller von Ahlefeld +29
In this catalog we present the updated set of spectral analyses of GRBs detected by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) during its first four years of operation. It contains tw…
Fermi-LAT Observations of the Gamma-ray Burst GRB 130427A
LAT collaboration, GBM collaboration
The observations of the exceptionally bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A by the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope provide constraints on the nature…
The First Pulse of the Extremely Bright GRB 130427A: A Test Lab for Synchrotron Shocks
R. Preece, J. Michael Burgess, A. von Kienlin +156
Gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A is one of the most energetic GRBs ever observed. The initial pulse up to 2.5 s is possibly the brightest well-isolated pulse observed to date. A fine…
The First Fermi LAT Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog
LAT Collaboration
In three years of observations since the beginning of nominal science operations in August 2008, the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope has obs…
Anomalies in low-energy Gamma-Ray Burst spectra with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor
Dave Tierney, Sheila McBreen, Robert D. Preece +15
A Band function has become the standard spectral function used to describe the prompt emission spectra of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). However, deviations from this function have previ…
Background estimation in a wide-field background-limited instrument such as Fermi GBM
Gerard Fitzpatrick, Sheila McBreen, Valerie Connaughton +2
The supporting instrument on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is a wide-field gamma-ray monitor composed of 14 individual scintillation…
GRB110721A: An extreme peak energy and signatures of the photosphere
The Fermi LAT Collaboration, the GBM Collaboration, A. Pe'er
GRB110721A was observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope using its two instruments the Large Area Telescope (LAT) and the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM). The burst consisted o…
Constraining the High-Energy Emission from Gamma-ray Bursts with Fermi
LAT Collaboration, GBM Collaboration
We examine 288 GRBs detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) that fell within the field-of-view of Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) during…
The Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog: The First Two Years
William S. Paciesas, Charles A. Meegan, Andreas von Kienlin +26
The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is designed to enhance the scientific return from Fermi in studying gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). In its first two years of operation GBM trigger…
The Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Burst Spectral Catalog: The First Two Years
Adam Goldstein, J. Michael Burgess, Robert D. Preece +25
We present systematic spectral analyses of GRBs detected by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) during its first two years of operation. This catalog contains two types of spec…
Uncovering low-level Fermi/GBM emission using orbital background subtraction
Gerard Fitzpatrick, Valerie Connaughton, Sheila McBreen +1
The secondary instrument onboard Fermi, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is an all sky monitor consisting of 14 scintillation detectors. When analysing transient events such as Ga…
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…
Constraints on the Synchrotron Shock Model for the Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Burst 090820A
J. Michael Burgess, Robert D. Preece, Matthew G. Baring +25
Discerning the radiative dissipation mechanism for prompt emission in Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) requires detailed spectroscopic modeling that straddles the peak in the 100 keV…
Rest-frame properties of 32 gamma-ray bursts observed by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor
D. Gruber, J. Greiner, A. von Kienlin +27
Aims: In this paper we study the main spectral and temporal properties of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed by Fermi/GBM. We investigate these key properties of GRBs in the rest-fra…
First-year Results of Broadband Spectroscopy of the Brightest Fermi-GBM Gamma-Ray Bursts
Elisabetta Bissaldi, Andreas von Kienlin, Chryssa Kouveliotou +26
We present here our results of the temporal and spectral analysis of a sample of 52 bright and hard gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed with the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) du…
A New Derivation of GRB Jet Opening Angles from the Prompt Gamma-Ray Emission
Adam Goldstein, Robert D. Preece, Michael S. Briggs +24
The jet opening angle of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is an important parameter for determining the characteristics of the progenitor, and the information contained in the opening angle…