The error distribution of BATSE gamma-ray burst locations

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 503-518

  Briggs, Michael S ^a   Pendleton, Geoffrey N ^a   Kippen, R Marc ^b   Brainerd, J J ^a   Hurley, Kevin ^c   Connaughton, Valerie ^d   Meegan, Charles A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: Bursts; Gamma rays: Observations; Methods: Statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033466725     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313221     Document Type: Article

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