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Astrophysics and Astronomy

1994

University of New Hampshire

Gamma Ray Bursts

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Comptel Measurements Of The Gamma-Ray Burst Grb 930131, James M. Ryan, K Bennett, W Collmar, A Connors, Gerald J. Fishman, J Greiner, L O. Hanlon, W Hermsen, R M. Kippen, C Kouveliotou, L Kuiper, G G. Lichti, John R. Macri, J. Mattox, Mark L. Mcconnell, B Mcnamara, C Meegan, V. Schonfelder, R Vandijk, M Varendorff, W Webber, C Winkler Feb 1994

Comptel Measurements Of The Gamma-Ray Burst Grb 930131, James M. Ryan, K Bennett, W Collmar, A Connors, Gerald J. Fishman, J Greiner, L O. Hanlon, W Hermsen, R M. Kippen, C Kouveliotou, L Kuiper, G G. Lichti, John R. Macri, J. Mattox, Mark L. Mcconnell, B Mcnamara, C Meegan, V. Schonfelder, R Vandijk, M Varendorff, W Webber, C Winkler

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On 1993 January 31 at 1857:12 Universal Time (UT), the Imaging Compton Telescope COMPTEL onboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) detected the cosmic gamma-ray burst GRB 930131. COMPTEL's MeV imaging capability was employed to locate the source to better than 2 deg (1 sigma error radius) within 7 hr of the event, initiating a world-wide search for an optical and radio counterpart. The maximum likelihood position of the burst from the COMPTEL data is alpha2000 = 12h 18m, delta2000 = -9 deg 42 min, consistent with independent CGRO-Burst and Transient Source Experiment (CGRO-BATSE) and Energetic Gamma Ray …