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GCN Circular 36486

Subject
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor list of triggers that are not a GRB
Date
2024-05-15T15:56:14Z (7 months ago)
From
Cori Fletcher at USRA <cfletcher@usra.edu>
Via
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The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team Reports:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered on several events during the solar storm from May 8 to May 14, 2024. The following events were tentatively classified as a GRB, but are in fact not due to a GRB and likely due to local particles or solar flares.

240511860 / 737152719
240512038 / 737168073
240512165 / 737179077
240512368 / 737196587
240512624 / 737218721
240513086 / 737258655
240513213 / 737269618

Previous circulars sent for similar events: GCN 36441, 36440, 36439, 36433, 36424, 36418, 36415.


We advise the community that due to the current solar activity, GBM is triggering
regularly on similar events."
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