[vsnet-grb-info 7376] Fermi GBM trigger 090305784 is not a GRB

GCN Circulars gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sat Mar 7 01:27:00 JST 2009


TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8940
SUBJECT: Fermi GBM trigger 090305784 is not a GRB
DATE:    09/03/06 16:26:52 GMT
FROM:    Vandiver Chaplin at UAH/Fermi-GBM  <chapliv at email.uah.edu>

V. Chaplin (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

“The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 257971733
(trigger id 090305784) at 18:48:51.68 UT
on 05 March 2009, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in fact not due
to a GRB. It appears that this trigger was caused by a background  
fluctuation."


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