| Event type | Gamma-ray burst  |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Leo |
| Other designations | GRB 830801B, GRB 830801 |
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GRB 830801 is a gamma-ray burst that occurred on 1983 August 1. It is one of the brightest GRB events known.
It had a peak flux of 3.0 photons·cm·s·keV averaged from 50 to 300 keV, a dead time correction by a factor of 1.9, and a smooth light curve for the peak 256 ms time interval. The peak flux P256 was around 1400 photons·s−1·cm−2.
This was also the first detection of the influence of a gamma burst on the upper atmosphere.
Sources
- Time structure of the powerful event GRB 830801 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1987SvAL...13..444K
References
- Schaefer, Bradley E.; Deng, Ming; Band, David L. (2001). "Redshifts and Luminosities for 112 Gamma-Ray Bursts". The Astrophysical Journal. 563 (2): L123–L127. arXiv:astro-ph/0101461. Bibcode:2001ApJ...563L.123S. doi:10.1086/338651. S2CID 17381345.