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Issue Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 138, Number 3, September 1999
Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era Contents Rome, November 3-6, 1998
Page(s) 403 - 404
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/aas:1999285

DOI: 10.1051/aas:1999285



Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 138, 403-404

Spectral analysis of GRB with the gamma-ray burst monitor on-board BeppoSAX

L. Amati 1 - F. Frontera 1,3 - E. Costa 2 - M. Feroci 2 - M.N. Cinti 2 - P. Collina 3 - D. Dal Fiume 1 - C. Guidorzi 3 - L. Nicastro 4 - M. Orlandini 1 - E. Palazzi 1 - B. Preger 2 - M. Rapisarda 5 - G. Zavattini 3


1 - Istituto TeSRE, C.N.R., Via Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy
2 - Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale, C.N.R., Via E. Fermi 21, Frascati, Italy
3 - Dip. Fisica, Universita' Ferrara, Via Paradiso 12, Ferrara, Italy
4 - Istituto Fisica Cosmica e Applicazioni all'Informatica, C.N.R., via Ugo La Malfa 153, Palermo, Italy
5 - Sezione Neutronica, Div. Fusione-ENEA, Via E. Fermi 45, Frascati, Italy

Received December 29, 1998; accepted May 17, 1999

Abstract:

Despite the difficulties due to the location of the experiment at the center of the scientific payload, efforts have been made to determine BeppoSAX Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor detectors response functions by means of extensive on-ground calibrations, Monte Carlo simulations and in-flight testing. Satisfactory results have been obtained particularly for the two detectors co-aligned with the two Wide Field Cameras (WFC, 1.5-26 keV) on-board the same satellite, allowing nearly unprecedented broad band (1.5-700 keV) spectral analysis of events detected by both experiments.

Key words: gamma-rays: bursts -- methods: data analysis

Copyright The European Southern Observatory (ESO)

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