The decline of the source population of gamma-ray bursts and their luminosity function

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 573, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 75-84

  Stern, B E ^a,b,c   Tikhomirova, Ya ^b,c   Svensson, R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c STOCKHOLM OBSERVATORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Galaxies: high redshift; Gamma rays: bursts; Methods: data analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041909314     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339317     Document Type: Article

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