Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1992
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American Astronomical Society, 181st AAS Meeting, #85.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 24, p.1259
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
As of 1992 October 21, we have examined 72 gamma-ray bursts using the BATSE Spectroscopy Detectors (SDs) on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (GRO) and have found no convincing evidence for cyclotron absorption lines. This contrasts with the results of the Ginga spacecraft, which found lines in 3 out of 23 examined GRBs. These results are not necessarily in conflict, however, as most of the examined SD bursts were too weak to allow the detection of the lines of the strength found by Ginga. We present the results of simulations and calculations to determine the sensitivity of the SDs to the Ginga cyclotron line spectra. These allow us to estimate the number of bursts in which the SDs would have detected lines of the strength found by Ginga, had they occurred during the bursts observed by GRO. From this we can determine the degree of agreement between the results of Ginga and GRO. This work was done while D.Palmer held a National Research Council-GSFC Research Associateship.
Band David
Briggs Matthew
Cline Thomas
Ford Lyle
Matteson James
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