Batse observations of the large-scale isotropy of gamma-ray bursts

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 459, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 40-63

  Briggs, Michael S ^a   Paciesas, William S ^a   Pendleton, Geoffrey N ^a   Meegan, Charles A ^b   Fishman, Gerald J ^b   Horack, John M ^b   Brock, Martin N ^b   Kouveliotou, Chryssa ^c   Hartmann, Dieter H ^d   Hakkila, Jon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Gamma rays: bursts; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 16144366510     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/176867     Document Type: Article

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