TRANSIENT EVENTS IN THE COBE DATABASE SIMULTANEOUS WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

Authors
BONTEKOE TR WINKLER C STACY JG JACKSON PD
Citation
Tr. Bontekoe et al., TRANSIENT EVENTS IN THE COBE DATABASE SIMULTANEOUS WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS, Astrophysics and space science, 231(1-2), 1995, pp. 285-288
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astrophysics and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
231
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
285 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1995)231:1-2<285:TEITCD>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We are investigating the COBE DMR data at instances of known gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) when any of the six DMR horn directions was coincident with the direction of a burst. The BATSE instrument on board GRO has d etected 207 bursts during the eight-month period of overlap correspond ing to the current release of COBE data. The odds of a GRB occurring w ithin the DMR field of view are near one coincidence per year. Here we report on one such serendipitous observation in 1991, GRB 911226, for which a detailed analysis is currently in progress.