Integrating the Fermi gamma-ray burst monitor into the 3rd interplanetary network
/ Authors
K. Hurley, M. Briggs, V. Connaughton, C. Meegan, T. Cline, I. Mitrofanov, D. Golovin, M. Litvak, A. Sanin, W. Boynton
and 28 more authors
C. Fellows, K. Harshman, R. Starr, S. Golenetskii, R. Aptekar', E. Mazets, V. Pal'shin, D. Frederiks, D. Smith, C. Wigger, A. Rau, A. Kienlin, K. Yamaoka, M. Ohno, Y. Fukazawa, T. Takahashi, M. Tashiro, Y. Terada, T. Murakami, K. Makishima, S. Barthelmy, J. Cummings, N. Gehrels, H. Krimm, J. Goldsten, E. Monte, M. Feroci, M. Marisaldi
/ Abstract
We are integrating the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) into the Interplanetary Network (IPN) of Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) detectors. With the GBM, the IPN will comprise 9 experiments. This will 1) assist the Fermi team in understanding and reducing their systematic localization uncertainties, 2) reduce the sizes of the GBM and Large Area Telescope (LAT) error circles by 1-4 orders of magnitude, 3) facilitate the identification of GRB sources with objects found by ground– and space-based observatories at other wavelengths, from the radio to very high energy gamma-rays, 4) reduce the uncertainties in associating some LAT detections of high energy photons with GBM bursts, and 5) facilitate searches for non-electromagnetic GRB counterparts, particularly neutrinos and gravitational radiation. We present examples and demonstrate the synergy between Fermi and the IPN. This is a Fermi Cycle 2 Guest Investigator project.