Immediate reports of GRBs in progress from HETE |
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| Authors: | Roland Vanderspek John P Doty Geoffrey B Crew George R Ricker |
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| Institution: | (1) Center for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
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| Abstract: | The High Energy Transient Experiment (HETE) will be able to perform multiwavelength observations of -ray and X-ray bursts. HETE will potentially be able to localize-ray bursts to a precision of  20 arc-minutes if significant X-ray flux is detected from the burst; a precision of 20 arc-seconds is possible if there is also significant UV radiation from the burst. HETE will broadcast information about bursts detected within seconds of their detection. This VHF-band broadcast will be received at a number of secondary ground stations (SGS) dedicated to HETE, and forwarded to a central distribution site at MIT, from which it is sent to interested observers via Internet. |
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| Keywords: | Gamma-Ray Bursts Satellites |
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