CALET upper limits on GeV-energy gamma-ray burst emission

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2019-07-24

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Citation of Original Publication

“CALET Upper Limits on GeV-energy Gamma-Ray Burst Emission,” N. Cannady for the CALET Collaboration, Proceedings of Science: 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference , (Madison, WI), 557 (2019). https://doi.org/10.22323/1.358.0557

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This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
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Abstract

The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) was deployed on the International Space Station in October 2015 and has accumulated over three years of continuous data to date. The calorimeter (CAL) is sensitive to gamma rays with energies above 1 GeV, and the response has been characterized up to hundreds of GeV. In this work we investigate counterpart GeV-energy emission to gamma-ray bursts observed by the CALET Gamma-ray Burst Monitor and the Swift and FermiGBM missions. The methodologies for the event search and the setting of upper limits in the case of non-detection are presented, along with results from the first three years of CALET operations, covering over 100 GRBs.