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GCN Circular 18114

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 150805556 is not a GRB
Date
2015-08-05T14:54:25Z (9 years ago)
From
Oliver Roberts at UCD/Fermi <oliver.roberts@ucd.ie>
O.J. Roberts (UCD) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 460473677/150805556
at 13:21:13.51 UT on the 5th of August 2015, tentatively classified
as a GRB, is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to local
particles."
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