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Fermi GBM Capabilities for Multi-Messenger Time-DomainAstronomy

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 FermiGamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is an excellent observer of the transient hardX-ray sky. GBM detects about 240 triggered Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) per year, includingover 30 which also trigger the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT). Thenumber of GRBs seen in common with Swift is smaller than expected fromthe overlap in sky coverage because GBM is not as sensitive as the BAT and the GBM GRBpopulation is thus skewed to the brighter, closer bursts. This population includes about45 short GRBs per year, giving GBM an excellent opportunity to observe the electromagneticcounterpart to any gravitational wave candidate resulting from the merger of compactbinary members. The same characteristics make GBM an ideal partner for neutrino searchesfrom nearby GRBs, and for the elusive Very-High Energy (VHE) counterparts to GRBs. Withthe deployment of the next-generation gravitational-wave detectors (Advanced LIGO/VIRGO)and VHE experiments (CTA and HAWC) potentially within the lifetime of the FermiGamma-ray Space Telescope, the prospects for breakthrough observations aregood.

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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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