Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 138, 571-572

IBAS, the INTEGRAL Burst Alert System

A status report

B. Kretschmar¹ - S. Mereghetti² - D. Jennings¹ - A. Pellizzoni² - A. Robert^1,3 - R. Walter^1,4 - T.J.-L. Courvoisier^1,4 - H. Pedersen⁵

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1 - INTEGRAL Science Data Centre, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
2 - Istituto di Fisica Cosmica "G. Occhialini'', Milano, Italy
3 - IFIC, Valencia, Spain
4 - Geneva Observatory, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
5 - CUO, Copenhagen, Denmark

Received December 29, 1998; accepted April 21, 1999

Abstract:

We report on the INTEGRAL Science Data Centre (ISDC) BURST ALERT SYSTEM, designed to automatically distribute GRB positions as measured with INTEGRAL within tens of seconds after the burst.

Key words: gamma-rays: bursts -- gamma-rays: observations -- instrumentation: miscellaneous