CALET Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (CGBM)¶
The CALET Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (CGBM) [Yamaoka2013] is the secondary scientific instrument of the CALET mission [Torii2015] on the International Space Station (ISS), which was launched on August 19, 2015.
The CGBM started its scientific operation on October 5, 2015.
The CGBM consists of three gamma-ray scintillation detectors, which cover a wide energy range from ~4 keV to ~28 MeV, and Advanced Star Camera (ASC) sensitive in the optical band up to ~9 mag (0.5 sec exposure).
| [Yamaoka2013] | Yamaoka, K. et al. (2013), The CALET Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (CGBM), arXiv:1311.4084 |
| [Torii2015] | Torii, S. et al. (2015), The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET): a High-Energy Astroparticle Physics Observatory on the International Space Station, 2015ICRC…34..581T |