The third interplanetary network

  • K. Hurley
  • , S. Golenetskii
  • , R. Aptekar
  • , E. Mazets
  • , V. Pal'shin
  • , D. Frederiks
  • , I. G. Mitrofanov
  • , D. Golovin
  • , A. Kozyrev
  • , M. Litvak
  • , A. B. Sanin
  • , W. Boynton
  • , C. Fellows
  • , K. Harshman
  • , R. Starr
  • , A. Von Kienlin
  • , A. Rau
  • , K. Yamaoka
  • , M. Ohno
  • , Y. Fukazawa
  • T. Takahashi, M. Tashiro, Y. Terada, T. Murakami, K. Makishima, S. Barthelmy, J. Cummings, N. Gehrels, H. Krimm, T. Cline, J. Goldsten, E. Del Monte, M. Feroci, M. Marisaldi, M. Briggs, V. Connaughton, C. Meegan, D. M. Smith, C. Wigger, W. Hajdas

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5 Scopus citations

Abstract

The 3rd interplanetary network (IPN), which has been in operation since 1990, presently consists of 9 spacecraft: AGILE, Fermi, RHESSI, Suzaku, and Swift, in low Earth orbit; INTEGRAL, in eccentric Earth orbit with apogee 0.5 light-seconds; Wind, up to ∼7 light-seconds from Earth; MESSENGER, en route to Mercury; and Mars Odyssey, in orbit around Mars. The IPN operates as a full-time, all-sky monitor for transients down to a threshold of about 6×10-7 erg cm-2 or 1 photon cm-2 s-1. It detects ∼335 cosmic gamma-ray bursts per year. These events are generally not the same ones detected by narrower field of view instruments such as Swift, INTEGRAL IBIS, SuperAGILE, and MAXI; the localization accuracy is in the several arcminute and above range. The data are publicly available and can be utilized for a wide variety of studies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationGamma Ray Bursts 2010, GRB 2010
Pages385-388
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
EventGamma Ray Bursts 2010, GRB 2010 - Annapolis, MD, United States
Duration: Nov 1 2010Nov 4 2010

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1358
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

OtherGamma Ray Bursts 2010, GRB 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAnnapolis, MD
Period11/1/1011/4/10

Keywords

  • Bursts
  • Gamma-rays
  • Instrumentation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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