Gamma-Ray Bursts: an Overview

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Dec 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995pasp..107.1145f&link_type=abstract

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, v.107, p.1145

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Gamma Rays: Bursts

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A history and overview of the observed properties of gamma-ray bursts are presented. The phenomenon of gamma-ray bursts is without precedence in astronomy, having no observed property that would be a direct indicator of their distance and no counterpart object in another wavelength region. Their brief, random appearance only in the gamma-ray region has made their study difficult. The observed time profiles, spectral properties and durations of gamma-ray bursts cover a wide range. All proposed models for their origin must be considered speculative. It is humbling to think that even after 25 years since their discovery, the distance scale of gamma-ray bursts is still very much debatable. (SECTION: 75th Anniversary Astronomical Debate)

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