Abstract The anticoincidence shield of the SIGMA telescope is being used as a Gamma-Ray Burst detector. Six months after the launch of the GRANAT spacecraft, a dozen bursts have been detected whose main characteristics are presented here; in particular, the first observations reveal a unusually high rate of short, hard bursts.


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    Title :

    First gamma-ray burst observations with the sigma telescope


    Contributors:
    Pelaez, F. (author) / Atteia, J.-L. (author) / Ballet, J. (author) / Cordier, B. (author) / Lambert, A. (author) / Mena, B. (author) / Niel, M. (author) / Paul, J. (author) / Sunyaev, R.A. (author) / Stepanov, D. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 11 , 8 ; 135-141


    Publication date :

    1991-01-01


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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