The locations of gamma-ray bursts measured by comptel

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 492, Issue 1 PART I, 1998, Pages 246-262

  Marc Kippen, R ^a   Ryan, James M ^b   Connors, Alanna ^a   Hartmann, Dieter H ^b   Winkler, Christoph ^c   Kuiper, Lucien ^d   Varendorff, Martin ^e   Mcconnell, Mark L ^f   Hurley, Kevin ^e   Hermsen, Wim ^g   Schönfelder, Volker ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944438154     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/305033     Document Type: Article

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