Gamma-Ray Burst Detection with INTEGRAL/SPI
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The spectrometer SPI, one of the two main instruments of the INTEGRAL spacecraft, has strong capabilities in the field of GammaRay Burst (GRB) detections. In its 16 field of view (FoV) SPI is able to trigger and to localize GRBs with an accuracy for strong bursts better than 1. The expected GRB detection rate is about one per month.
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