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Fermi GBM Capabilities for Multi-Messenger Time-Domain Astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2013

V. Connaughton ,
V. Pelassa ,
M.S. Briggs ,
P. Jenke ,
E. Troja ,
J.E. McEnery  and
L. Blackburn
V. Connaughton
Affiliation:
CSPAR, University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL 35805, USA Department of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
V. Pelassa
Affiliation:
CSPAR, University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
M.S. Briggs
Affiliation:
CSPAR, University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL 35805, USA Department of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
P. Jenke
Affiliation:
CSPAR, University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
E. Troja
Affiliation:
NASA GSFC, USA
J.E. McEnery
Affiliation:
NASA GSFC, USA
L. Blackburn
Affiliation:
NASA GSFC, USA
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Abstract

Owing to its wide sky coverage and broad energy range, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is an excellent observer of the transient hard X-ray sky. GBM detects about 240 triggered Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) per year, including over 30 which also trigger the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT). The number of GRBs seen in common with Swift is smaller than expected from the overlap in sky coverage because GBM is not as sensitive as the BAT and the GBM GRB population is thus skewed to the brighter, closer bursts. This population includes about 45 short GRBs per year, giving GBM an excellent opportunity to observe the electromagnetic counterpart to any gravitational wave candidate resulting from the merger of compact binary members. The same characteristics make GBM an ideal partner for neutrino searches from nearby GRBs, and for the elusive Very-High Energy (VHE) counterparts to GRBs. With the deployment of the next-generation gravitational-wave detectors (Advanced LIGO/VIRGO) and VHE experiments (CTA and HAWC) potentially within the lifetime of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the prospects for breakthrough observations are good.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 61: Gamma-ray Bursts: 15 Years of GRB Afterglows – Progenitors, Environments and Host Galaxies from the Nearby to the Early Universe , 2013 , pp. 657 - 662
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2013

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