The GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM)

Authors :: Chryssa Kouveliotou
R. M. Kippen
Robert Georgii
Gerald J. Fishman
Robert D. Preece
A. von Kienlin
Michael S. Briggs
Charles A. Meegan
G. G. Lichti
V. Schönfelder
W. S. Paciesas
Roland Diehl
Source :: Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era ISBN: 3540427716
Publication Year :: 2006
Publisher :: Springer-Verlag, 2006.
Abstract: The selection of the GLAST burst monitor (GBM) by NASA will allow the investigation of the relation between the keV and the MeV-GeV emission from gamma-ray bursts. The GBM consists of 12 NaI and 2 BGO crystals allowing a continuous measurement of the energy spectra of gamma-ray bursts from ~5 keV to \~30 MeV. One feature of the GBM is its high time resolution for time-resolved gamma-ray spectroscopy. Moreover the arrangement of the NaI crystals allows a rapid on-board location (<br />4 pages with 2 figures