Soft gamma-ray repeaters in nearby galaxies: Rate, luminosity function, and fraction among short gamma-ray bursts

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 659, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 339-346

  Ofek, Eran O ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (M74, NGC 7331); Gamma rays: bursts; Stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248204654     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511147     Document Type: Article

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