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GCN Circular 16817

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 140913075 is not a GRB
Date
2014-09-13T04:19:23Z (10 years ago)
From
Veronique Pelassa at UAH <vero.pelassa@gmail.com>
V. Pelassa (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 432265650 / 140913075
at 01:47:27.42 UT on 13 September 2014, tentatively classified as a burst
from SGR1806n20 or as a GRB (2nd most likely), is in fact due to neither
of these. This trigger is due to local particles."
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