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BATSE's sky sensitivity mapThe Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) detects any gamma-ray burst not obscured by the earth and intense enough to produce a sufficiently strong signal in at least two of its eight large area NaI detectors (LADs). For a given intensity, a LAD records a stronger signal from a source which directly faces it than from a source to its side. Thus, BATSE's detection of a gamma-ray burst may depend upon the burst's direction. We discuss the effect of this uneven exposure to the sky on the instrument's measurement of the distribution of gamma-ray burst directions and intensities, and we describe our method of accounting for the effect.
Document ID
19930056122
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Brock, M. N. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Meegan, C. A. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Fishman, G. J. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Wilson, R. B. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Paciesas, W. S. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Pendleton, G. N. (Alabama Univ. Huntsville, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: In: Gamma-ray bursts; Proceedings of the Workshop, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, Oct. 16-18, 1991 (A93-40051 16-93)
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
93A40119
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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