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Jan 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...348..485p&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 348, Jan. 10, 1990, p. 485-494.
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Astronomical Models, Gamma Ray Bursts, Milky Way Galaxy, Neutron Stars, Star Distribution, Accretion Disks, Galactic Structure, Interstellar Matter, Stellar Envelopes
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Models in which gamma-ray bursters are young neutron stars may be difficult to reconcile with the apparently isotropic distribution of observed bursts. To justify this statement, the distribution of old neutron stars in the Galaxy was calculated by integrating numerically some 90,000 orbits in the Galactic gravitational potential for up to 10 to the 10th yr. Other calculations included the dipole moment in the angular distribution of neutron stars as a convenient measure of their concentration toward the Galactic center, the quadrupole moment in their angular distribution as a convenient measure of their concentration toward the Galactic plane, and the average value of V/Vmax as a convenient measure of the radial distribution of neutron stars. Models that require accretion from a cold circumstellar disk or from a close companion are only marginally consistent with the isotropic distribution of the observed bursts. Models that require accretion of interstellar matter are ruled out due to a very strong dipole anisotropy. Models that suggest the Galactic halo origin of gamma-ray bursts are briefly discussed. The GRANAT and GRO missions should provide evidence for or against the association of gamma-ray bursts with the Galactic disk neutron stars.
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