Selection biases on the spectral and temporal distribution of BATSE gamma-ray bursts

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May 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998aipc..428...40h&link_type=abstract

Fourth Huntsville gamma-ray burst symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 428, pp. 40-44 (1998).

Computer Science

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Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Gamma-Ray

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Gamma-ray bursts have been observed to have a very broad range of spectral and temporal shapes, with characteristic energies ranging from roughly 10 keV to at least a few MeV and characteristic durations ranging from about 0.01 s to a few 100 s. These wide ranges result in very strong selection biases that greatly distort the observed distributions compared to the unbiased, intrinsic distributions. We show, as an example, how to correct for the effects of BATSE spectral selection bias to determine the intrinsic spectral distribution from the observed burst sample. Such corrections are essential for a better understanding of the intrinsic properties of gamma-ray bursts and the implications for their origins.

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