Publication of Improved GRB Localizations from FERMI-GBM

Adam Goldstein (USRA) and Joshua Wood (ST12) published improved localizations for gamma-ray bursts (GRB) identified with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM). They cover the time range spanning the first detection of GRBs by GBM in July 2008 through July 2019, the date when the Fermi GBM Team first implemented its improvements to automated GRB localizations. The improved localizations are more accurate with a lower systematic uncertainty, resulting in a >2x reduction in the 90% localization area for most GRBs. This benefits both multimessenger and time-domain astrophysics analyses, including current searches by the IceCube collaboration for neutrinos from GRB events. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6727152

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