2001/09/10 by G. G. Lichti, M. S. Briggs, R. Diehl +9
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph
published as AIP Conf.Proc. 662 (2003) 469-472 · 4 pages with 2 figures
arxiv created 2001/09/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The selection of the GLAST burst monitor (GBM) by NASA will allow the investigation of the relation between the keV and the MeV-GeV emission from gamma-ray bursts. The GBM consists of 12 NaI and 2 BGO crystals allowing a continuous measurement of the energy spectra of gamma-ray bursts from ~5 keV to \~30 MeV. One feature of the GBM is its high time resolution for time-resolved gamma-ray spectroscopy. Moreover the arrangement of the NaI crystals allows a rapid on-board location (<15 degrees) of a gamma-ray burst within a FoV of ~8.6 sr. This position will be communicated to the main instrument of GLAST making follow-up observations at high energies possible.