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GCN Circular 18208

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 150829183 is not a GRB
Date
2015-08-30T13:56:27Z (9 years ago)
From
Hoi-Fung Yu at MPE <sptfung@mpe.mpg.de>
H.-F. Yu reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 462515035/150829183
at 04:23:51.76 UT on the 29 August 2015, tentatively classified
as a GRB, is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to a
particle event."
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