COMPTEL measurements of MeV gamma-ray burst spectra

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Aug 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996aipc..384..197k&link_type=abstract

Gamma-ray bursts: 3rd Huntsville symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 384, pp. 197-201 (1996).

Computer Science

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Gamma-Ray Sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Gamma-Ray, Radiation Mechanisms, Polarization, Spectroscopy And Spectrophotometry

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We present results from the on-going spectral analysis of gamma-ray bursts measured by the COMPTEL instrument in its main Compton ``Telescope'' observing mode (0.75-30 MeV). Thus far, 18 bursts have been analyzed from three years (April 1991-April 1994) of observations. The time-averaged spectra of these events above 1 MeV are all consistent with a simple power law model with spectral index in the range 1.5-3.5. Exponential, thermal bremsstrahlung and thermal synchrotron models are statistically inconsistent with the burst sample, although they can adequately describe some of the individual burst spectra. We find good agreement between burst spectra measured simultaneously by BATSE, COMPTEL and EGRET, which typically show a spectral transition or ``break'' in the BATSE energy range around a few hundred keV followed by simple power law emission extending to hundreds of MeV. However, the temporal relation between MeV and GeV (e.g., as measured by EGRET) burst emission is still unclear. Measurement of rapid variability at MeV energies in the stronger bursts provides evidence that either the sources are nearby (within the Galaxy) or the gamma-ray emission is relativistically beamed.

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