Analysis methods and results of a search for weak gamma-ray bursts in the batse data

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 603, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 624-643

  Mitrofanov, I G ^a   Anfimov, D S ^a   Briggs, M S ^b,c   Fishman, G J ^c,d   Kippen, R M ^e   Kozyrev, A S ^a   Litvak, M L ^a   Meegan, C A ^c,d   Paciesas, W S ^b,c   Preece, R D ^b,c   Sanin, A B ^a  

^a Department of Satellite Monitoring Technologies   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c Natl Space Sci/Technology Center   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: bursts; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142756666     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380752     Document Type: Article

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