An advanced analysis technique for transient searches in wide-field gamma-ray observatories

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-497

  Morales, Miguel F ^a,b   Williams, David A ^a   DeYoung, Tyce ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

All sky monitor; Analysis techniques; Gamma ray bursts; Gaussian weighting; Maximum likelihood; Transient search

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348163588     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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