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GCN Circular 18116

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 150806450 is not a GRB
Date
2015-08-06T11:56:46Z (10 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 460550875/150806450
at 10:47:51.42  UT on the 6th 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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