BATSE : The History and Legacy Gerald J. (Jerry) Fishman Jacobs Technologies, Inc. NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, USA GRB Symposium.

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BATSE : The History and Legacy Gerald J. (Jerry) Fishman Jacobs Technologies, Inc. NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, USA GRB Symposium Marbella, Spain October 8, 2012

1973  Los Alamos Discovery of GRBs First Public Presentation: AAS Meeting – Columbus, Ohio Huntsville Gamma-ray Astronomy Group - Decided to Build a Large-area Detector Balloon Experiment to Detect Weak GRBs

Detector Development & Early Balloon Flights

A Large Area Detector Tray (~1800cm 2 ) made from NaI (Tl) Crystal Pieces

Group of Seven Detectors for Balloon Flight Observations of GRBs.

Three Detectors Viewing the Same Direction Detectors Viewing Different Directions on a Balloon Flight Gondola  Deficiency of Weak GRBs was Observed

GRO Announcement of Opportunity (AO) - Proposed Transient Event Monitor (TEM) - Twelve Detectors (Dodecahedron) - Partial Selection – 6 Det (only on bottom of spacecraft) (six on top & six on bottom of spacecraft)

After Approval : - TEM Name changed to BATSE - Requested Eight Detectors (Octahedron - Four on top & bottom)

During Negotiation Later Removed

- GRSE Experiment Removed from GRO - Spectroscopy Detectors added to BATSE, one in each detector module

Gamma-Ray Observatory (GRO)

BATSE Detector Development & Balloon Flights

BATSE LAD NaI Detector Element: 50 cm dia; 2025 cm 2

Preparing Four BATSE LAD NaI Prototype Detectors on a Gondola for Balloon Flight

BATSE Prototype Balloon-flight Gondola Ready for Launch

BATSE Detector Modules: BATSE Design, Fabrication, Testing & Calibration at NASA-MSFC

Integration of Experiments on GRO Spacecraft in California 1989

1990 Radioactive Source Survey of BATSE on the GRO Spacecraft

1990 GRO P.I.s at the GRO Instruments TRW Facility, Redondo Beach CA

April 4, 1991 Shuttle launch, STS-37 Gamma-Ray Observatory (GRO) (Operational: re-named CGRO) c

GRO Spacecraft – Still Attached to Shuttle Arm, Just Prior to Deployment

GRO Spacecraft Drifting Away (Note reflection of Linda Godwin’s hands holding camera)

STS-37 Flight Crew After GRO Deployment In Orbit c

BATSE - Unique First Large Experiment Designed for GRB Studies: Full-sky Large Area Good Sensitivity for E peak of Most GRBs Moderate Spectral Capabilities (good enough for most time/spectral correlations and time resolved spectral studies)

BATSE (cont.) Largest sample (2704 GRBs); full-sky, 9+ years in operation Well- characterized, full-sky instrument Likely will not be exceeded for several decades Led to GCN Network  Many Hundreds of Papers Based on BATSE Observations; >60 Ph.D. theses

A Few Major BATSE GRB Results

 Global properties of GRB Distributions: Intensity Distribution & Sky Distribution Not consistent with any Galactic Distribution, nearby extra- gal objects, incl. large clusters Strong Indications that GRBs were at cosmological distances (Although BeppoSAX nailed it)  Comprehensive Temporal/Spectral Studies  Two Populations of GRBs  Rapid GRB Response: beginning of Bacodine/GCN - led to breakthrough quick, wide-field observations

CGRO on Cover of Nature, Jan. 9, 1992

Diversity of GRB Profiles & Coupled Spectral / Temporal Properties

Two Distinct subclasses of  –ray bursts: short/hard long/soft Hard Spectra Softer Spectra 0.3 s30 s

Duration of Gamma-ray Bursts (sec) Hardness Ratio

R S - Galactic, Nearby R D - Galactic, Far away

Observed Frequency of GRBs -3/2 Power-law

Galactic Coordinates Apr – May 2000

R S - Galactic, Nearby R D - Galactic, Far away Observed Distribution i.e. Not Galactic

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