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The BATSE Earth Occultation Catalog of Low Energy Gamma Ray SourcesThe Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE), aboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), provided a record of the hard X-ray/low energy gamma ray sky between April 1991 and June 2000. During that time, a catalog of known sources was derived from existing catalogs such as HEAO A-4, as well as new transient sources discovered with BATSE and other X-ray monitors operating in the CGRO era. The Earth Occultation Technique was used to monitor a combination of these sources, mostly galactic, totaling to about 175 objects. The catalog will present the global properties of these sources and their probability of detection (> 10 mCrab, 20-100 keV) with BATSE. Systematic errors due to unknown sources or background components are included. Cursory analyses to search for new transients (35-80 mCrab in the 20-100 keV band) and super-orbital periods in known binary sources are also presented. Whole mission light curves and associated data production/analysis tools are being delivered to the HEASARC for public use.
Document ID
20030002464
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Harmon, B. A.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
WilsonHodge, C. A.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Fishman, G. J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Paciesas, W.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Subject Category
Space Radiation
Meeting Information
Meeting: X-Ray Surveys in the Light of the New Observatories
Location: Santander
Country: Spain
Start Date: September 4, 2002
End Date: September 6, 2002
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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