[AAVSO-HEN] Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 271275771 is not a GRB

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Thu Aug 6 22:28:50 EDT 2009


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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  9745
SUBJECT: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 271275771 is not a GRB
DATE:    09/08/07 02:28:00 GMT
FROM:    Vandiver Chaplin at UAH/Fermi-GBM  <chapliv at email.uah.edu>

E. Kara (Barnard College/NASA MSFC) and V. Chaplin (UAH)
report on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

“The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 271275771 (090806766)
at 18:22:50 UT on 06 August 2009, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to local particles." 



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