[vsnet-grb-info 6502] GLAST Burst Monitor detection of GRB 080818
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Fri Aug 22 01:23:00 JST 2008
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 8110
SUBJECT: GLAST Burst Monitor detection of GRB 080818
DATE: 08/08/21 16:22:54 GMT
FROM: Elisabetta Bissaldi at MPE <ebs at mpe.mpg.de>
Elisabetta Bissaldi, Sheila McBreen (MPE),
Valerie Connaughton (UAH) and Andreas von Kienlin (MPE)
report on behalf of the GLAST Burst Monitor Team:
"At 13:54:24 UT on 2008 Aug 18, the GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM)
triggered and located GRB 080818 (GBM 080818.579 / trigger 240760465).
The on-ground calculated location, using the GBM trigger data, is
RA = 55.2, Dec = -5.0 (J2000 degrees)
(equivalent to J2000 03h 41m, -05d 00')
with an uncertainty of 8.3 degrees (radius, 1-sigma containment,
statistical only; there is additionally a systematic error
which is currently estimated to be 2 to 3 degrees).
The angle from the Large Area Telescope (LAT) boresight is 68 degrees.
This GRB has a duration of approximately 50 s and contains 2 peaks.
The time averaged spectrum from 10 to 300 keV is well fitted by
a power-law with index -1.57 +/- 0.05. The fluence of the event is
2.26E-6 ergs per square cm from 50 to 300 keV.
The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary;
final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog."
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