# On the interpretation of the Fermi GBM transient observed in coincidence with LIGO Gravitational Wave Event GW150914

@article{Connaughton2018OnTI,
title={On the interpretation of the Fermi GBM transient observed in coincidence with LIGO Gravitational Wave Event GW150914},
author={Valerie Connaughton and Eric Burns and Adam Goldstein and Lindy Blackburn and M S Briggs and Nelson Christensen and C. M. Hui and D. Kocevski and Tyson B. Littenberg and J. Mcenery and Judith L. Racusin and Peter Shawhan and John Veitch and Colleen A. Wilson-Hodge and P. N. Bhat and Elisabetta Bissaldi and William H. Cleveland and Misty M. Giles and Melissa Gibby and A. von Kienlin and R. Marc Kippen and Sheila McBreen and Charles A. Meegan and W. S. Paciesas and R. D. Preece and Oliver J. Roberts and Matthew Stanbro and P{\'e}ter Veres},
journal={arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena},
year={2018}
}
• Published 8 January 2018
• Physics
• arXiv: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
The weak transient detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) 0.4 s after GW150914 has generated much speculation regarding its possible association with the black-hole binary merger. Investigation of the GBM data by Connaughton et al. (2016) revealed a source location consistent with GW150914 and a spectrum consistent with a weak, short Gamma-Ray Burst. Greiner et al. (2016) present an alternative technique for fitting background-limited data in the low-count regime, and call into…

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