[vsnet-grb-info 2042] Swift-BAT trigger 152038 is definitely not a GRB

GCN Circulars gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Fri Aug 26 04:17:42 JST 2005


TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  3881
SUBJECT: Swift-BAT trigger 152038 is definitely not a GRB
DATE:    05/08/25 19:15:22 GMT
FROM:    Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC  <Scott at lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov>

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

Using the full BAT data from the recent telemetry downlink,
the Swift-BAT trigger 152038 (at 17:43:37 UT on 25 August 2005)
is not due to a GRB.  This was a cascade shower event from a
high energy cosmic ray in the spacecraft.



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