The observation of MeV gamma radiation from a burst on August 5, 1985 is reported. The burst was dominated by a single peak about 2 s wide, with softer, lower-level emission lasting about 20 s anywhere in the burst in any energy range. In the energy range from about 560 keV to about 10 MeV, the burst peaked about 0.3 s before the peak at lower energies. Radiation in the 10-16 MeV energy range was detected about 3 s before the lower-energy radiation, with roughly the same pulse width. This radiation was not detected during the main part of the burst. The energy of this burst in the range above 1 MeV was a significant fraction of the total burst energy, confirming earlier SMM results. If the appearance of high-energy photons prior to those at low energies is a ubiquitous feature of bursts or a class of bursts, current theoretical models may require considerable revision.
Observation of a strong gamma-ray burst on the Spacelab 2 mission
Advances in Space Research ; 6 , 4, 19
1986-01-01
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Observation of a strong gamma-ray burst on the spacelab 2 mission
Elsevier | 1986
|NTRS | 1990
|NTIS | 1990
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