GBM
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GBM is the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor, an instrument on NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope designed to detect and study gamma-ray bursts across a wide field of view.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GBM canonical | 3 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gamma-ray Burst Monitor
ⓘ
gamma-ray detector ⓘ space telescope instrument ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Gamma-ray Burst Monitor ⓘ |
| BGODetectorEnergyRange_MeV | 0.2–40 ⓘ |
| collaborationWith |
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
ⓘ
surface form:
German Aerospace Center DLR
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics ⓘ University of Alabama in Huntsville ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataPolicy | publicly available data via Fermi Science Support Center ⓘ |
| energyRangeDescription | hard X-ray to soft gamma-ray ⓘ |
| energyRangeLowerBound_keV | 8 ⓘ |
| energyRangeUpperBound_MeV | 40 ⓘ |
| fieldOfView |
about 8 steradians
ⓘ
nearly all-sky ⓘ |
| fullName | Gamma-ray Burst Monitor ⓘ |
| hasDetectorType |
bismuth germanate scintillation detector
ⓘ
sodium iodide scintillation detector ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2008-06-11 ⓘ |
| launchedWith | Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Delta rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Delta II 7920H-10C
|
| localizationCapability | onboard burst localization to a few degrees ⓘ |
| missionType | gamma-ray astronomy ⓘ |
| mountingLocation |
bottom of the Fermi spacecraft
ⓘ
sides of the Fermi spacecraft ⓘ |
| NaIDetectorEnergyRange_keV | 8–1000 ⓘ |
| notableEvent | detection of GRB 170817A associated with GW170817 ⓘ |
| numberOfBGODetectors | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfDetectors | 14 ⓘ |
| numberOfNaIDetectors | 12 ⓘ |
| operatedOn | Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ |
| operator |
NASA
ⓘ
Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
|
| partOf |
Gamma-ray Burst Monitor
ⓘ
surface form:
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope payload
|
| primaryScienceGoal |
detection of gamma-ray bursts
ⓘ
study of gamma-ray burst temporal and spectral properties ⓘ |
| providesDataProduct |
burst trigger data
ⓘ
continuous time-tagged event data ⓘ spectral data for gamma-ray bursts ⓘ |
| roleWithLAT |
provides low-energy coverage complementary to LAT
ⓘ
triggers LAT follow-up observations of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ |
| scienceOutput |
catalogs of gamma-ray bursts with temporal and spectral parameters
ⓘ
detection of thousands of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ observations of short gamma-ray bursts associated with gravitational-wave events ⓘ |
| secondaryScienceGoal |
detection of soft gamma repeater flares
ⓘ
detection of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes ⓘ monitoring of hard X-ray and soft gamma-ray sky ⓘ support for gravitational-wave counterpart searches ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsInstrument |
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
ⓘ
surface form:
Fermi LAT
|
| timeResolution | sub-millisecond for burst data ⓘ |
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