2003•AIP conference proceedingsRequires access

Observations of the Highest Energy Gamma Rays from Gamma-Ray Bursts

B. L. Dingus

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EGRET has extended the highest energy observations of gamma‐ray bursts to GeV gamma rays. Such high energies imply the fireball that is radiating the gamma rays has a bulk Lorentz factor of several hundred. However, EGRET only detected a few gamma‐ray bursts. GLAST will likely detect several hundred bursts and extend the maximum energy to a few 100 GeV. Meanwhile new ground based detectors with sensitivity to TeV gamma rays from gamma‐ray bursts are beginning operation.

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Key concepts: Egret, Physics, Gamma ray, Gamma-ray burst, Astrophysics, Lorentz factor, Energy (signal processing), Nuclear physics