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Fermi GBM Observations of Terrestrial Gamma FlashesIn its first two years of operation, the Fermi Gamma Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) has observed 79 Terrestrial Gamma Flashes (TGFs). The thick Bismuth Germanate (BGO) detectors are excellent for TGF spectroscopy, having a high probability of recording the full energy of an incident photon, spanning a broad energy range from 150 keV to 40 MeV, and recording a large number of photons per TGF. Correlations between GBM TGF triggers and lightning sferics detected with the World-Wide Lightning Location Network indicate that TGFs and lightning are simultaneous to within tens of microseconds.
Document ID
20110004878
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Wilson-Hodge, Colleen A.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Briggs, M. S.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Connaughton, V.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Fishman, G. J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Bhat, P. N.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Paciesas, W. S.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Preece, R. D.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Kippen, R. M.
(Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
vonKienlin, A.
(Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Extraterrestrische Physik Garching, Germany)
Dwyer, J. R.
(Florida Inst. of Tech. Melbourne, FL, United States)
Smith, D. M.
(California Univ. Santa Cruz, CA, United States)
Holzworth, R.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
September 8, 2010
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
M11-0142
Meeting Information
Meeting: SciNeGHE2010: 8th Workshop on Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-ray Experiments
Location: Trieste
Country: Italy
Start Date: September 8, 2010
End Date: September 10, 2010
Sponsors: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
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