Upper Limits to the Soft Gamma Repeater Population from the LILAS Experiment Aboard the PHOBOS Mission
1994; IOP Publishing; Volume: 423; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1086/173849
ISSN1538-4357
AutoresK. Hurley, J. L. Atteia, E. Jourdain, C. Barat, M. Niel, G. Védrenne, R. Sunyaev, A. Kuznetsov, O. Terekhov,
Tópico(s)Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
Resumoview Abstract Citations (17) References (26) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Upper Limits to the Soft Gamma Repeater Population from the LILAS Experiment Aboard the PHOBOS Mission Hurley, K. ; Atteia, J. -L. ; Jourdain, E. ; Barat, C. ; Niel, M. ; Vedrenne, G. ; Sunyaev, R. ; Kuznetsov, A. ; Terekhov, O. Abstract We report the results of a search for Soft Gamma Repeaters (SGRs) in the data of the Lilas 1 and 2 experiments aboard the Soviet Phobos spacecraft, which viewed 4π sr for 6.4 months. Due to extended low-energy coverage (6 keV and above), their sensitivity to SGRs (≳ 1.3 × 10-7 ergs cm-2 s-1) was comparable to that of BATSE for the longer duration SGRs, and slightly better than those of instruments such as Konus HXRBS, and SIGNE 2MP (Prognoz 9), which detected numerous bursts from SGRs. Because the Lilas detectors consisted of small NaI(Tl) scintillators operating in interplanetary space, they were immune to particle- and magnetospheric-induced events which can masquerade as SGRs. Soft bursts from any of the three known SGRs or indeed from any Galactic SGR similar to the three known would have been detected at their previous intensity levels, but no confirmed events were observed. We discuss the implications of this result for the number, activity cycles, and energetics of SGRs in the Galaxy. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: March 1994 DOI: 10.1086/173849 Bibcode: 1994ApJ...423..709H Keywords: GAMMA RAYS: BURSTS full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (5) HEASARC (1)
Referência(s)