A statistical treatment of the gamma-ray burst "no host galaxy" problem. I. Methodology

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 493, Issue 2 PART I, 1998, Pages 555-562

  Band, David L ^a   Hartmann, Dieter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: general; Gamma rays: bursts; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444455211     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/305165     Document Type: Article

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