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Jenke, Peter; Linares, M.; Connaughton, V.; Camero-Arranz, A.; Finger, M. H.; WIlson-Hodge, C. A.; Van Der Horst, A.; Fermi GBM X-ray Burst Collaboration
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #149.01
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Description
We discuss the first results of the Fermi-GBM all-sky search for X-ray
bursts. The very large field of view and X-ray response of the Fermi-GBM
make it a
unique instrument to study rare, bright and short-lived X-ray bursts. We
are performing a systematic search that exploits such capabilities. We
present results on long/intermediate type I X-ray bursts, an unusual
kind of thermonuclear bursts from accreting neutron stars, and show how
Fermi-GBM is giving, for the first time, robust measurements of their
recurrence time.