Transient Events in the COBE Database Simultaneous with Gamma-Ray Bursts
Abstract
We are investigating the COBE DMR data at instances of known γ-ray bursts (GRBs) when any of the six DMR horn directions was coincident with the direction of a burst. The BATSE instrument on board GRO has detected 207 bursts during the eight-month period of overlap corresponding to the current release of COBE data. The odds of a GRB occurring within the DMR field of view are near one coincidence per year. Here we report on one such serendipitous observation in 1991, GRB 911226, for which a detailed analysis is currently in progress.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- September 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00658633
- Bibcode:
- 1995Ap&SS.231..285B
- Keywords:
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- COBE;
- GRB 911226;
- Serendipity