Observations of the Highest Energy Gamma Rays from Gamma-Ray Bursts
- 1 January 2003
- proceedings article
- Published by AIP Publishing in AIP Conference Proceedings
- Vol. 662 (1) , 240-243
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1579348
Abstract
EGRET has extended the highest energy observations of gamma‐ray bursts to GeV gamma rays. Such high energies imply the fireball that is radiating the gamma rays has a bulk Lorentz factor of several hundred. However, EGRET only detected a few gamma‐ray bursts. GLAST will likely detect several hundred bursts and extend the maximum energy to a few 100 GeV. Meanwhile new ground based detectors with sensitivity to TeV gamma rays from gamma‐ray bursts are beginning operation.Keywords
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