The intensity distribution of faint gamma-ray bursts detected with BATSE

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 533, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 696-709

  Kommers, Jefferson M ^a   Lewin, Walter H G ^a   Kouvelioxou, Chryssa ^b,c   Van Paradijs, Jan ^d,e   Pendleton, Geoffrey N ^d   Meegan, Charles A ^c   Fishman, Gerald J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034689746     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308674     Document Type: Article

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