The Ulysses supplement to the BATSE 3B catalog of cosmic gamma-ray bursts

Citation
K. Hurley et al., The Ulysses supplement to the BATSE 3B catalog of cosmic gamma-ray bursts, ASTROPH J S, 120(2), 1999, pp. 399-408
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
ISSN journal
00670049 → ACNP
Volume
120
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
399 - 408
Database
ISI
SICI code
0067-0049(199902)120:2<399:TUSTTB>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We present interplanetary network localization information for 218 gamma-ra y bursts in the third BATSE catalog obtained by analyzing the arrival times of these bursts with the Ulysses and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory spacecr aft. For any given burst observed by these two spacecraft, arrival time ana lysis (or "triangulation") results in an annulus of possible arrival direct ions whose half-width varies between 7 " and 32', depending on the intensit y and time history of the burst and the distance of the Ulysses spacecraft from Earth. This annulus generally intersects the BATSE error circle, which results in an average reduction of a factor of 30 of the error box area.