[vsnet-grb-info 7312] Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 255342766 is not a GRB

GCN Circulars gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Feb 4 01:16:26 JST 2009


TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8879
SUBJECT: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 255342766 is not a GRB
DATE:    09/02/03 16:16:16 GMT
FROM:    Andreas von Kienlin at MPE  <azk at mpe.mpg.de>

A. von Kienlin (MPE) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team: 

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 255342766 at 
08:32:44.38 UT on 03 February 2009, tentatively classified as a GRB, 
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to a
Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash (TGF)."


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