The Fermi-GBM X-ray burst monitor

Linares, M.; Fermi GBM X-ray Burst Collaboration
Referencia bibliográfica

"The First Year of MAXI: Monitoring Variable X-ray Sources", 4th International MAXI Workshop held November 30 - December 2, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. Published online at http://maxi.riken.jp/FirstYear, id.21"

Fecha de publicación:
12
2010
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2
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0
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0
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Descripción
We discuss the first results of the Fermi-GBM all-sky search for X-ray bursts. The very large field of view and X-ray response of the Fermi-GBM make it a unique instrument to study rare, bright and short-lived X-ray bursts. We are performing a systematic search that exploits such capabilities. We present results on long/intermediate type I X-ray bursts, an unusual kind of thermonuclear bursts from accreting neutron stars, and show how Fermi-GBM is giving for the first time robust measurements of their recurrence time.