[vsnet-grb-info 1824] Swift-BAT trigger 147325 is not due to a real GRB

GCN Circulars gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sat Jul 23 23:33:09 JST 2005


TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  3664
SUBJECT: Swift-BAT trigger 147325 is not due to a real GRB
DATE:    05/07/23 14:31:01 GMT
FROM:    Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC  <Scott at lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov>

S. Barthelmy (GSFC), J. Cummings (GSFC/NRC), N. Gehrels (GSFC),
C. Markwardt (GSFC/UMD), D. Palmer (LANL)
on behalf of the Swift-BAT team:

The Swift-BAT trigger at 11:17:49 UT(trigger=147325, referred to in GCN 3663,
Moretti et al) is not due to a real GRB.  It is due to a cosmic ray
shower event in the material of the spacecraft.  All 90-some events
are simultaneous in the BAT detector.



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