I was wondering, since the goal is to make a worldwide 24/7 gamma detector network, will the sensors be powerful enough to detect gamma ray bursts, or is there no way to distinguish those from gamma radiation from terrestrial sources?
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Sensors detects gamma radiation without distinguishing of the source.
If you have an idea how we can do this just write.
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I was wondering, since the goal is to make a worldwide 24/7 gamma detector network, will the sensors be powerful enough to detect gamma ray bursts, or is there no way to distinguish those from gamma radiation from terrestrial sources?
The atmosphere is opaque to gamma rays, you must climb over 60 km to detect GRB. GRB and even the TGFs, was discovered by a satellite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-ray_burst
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_gamma-ray_flashes
so think that the sensors will detect only terrestrial sources.
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