No new limit on size distribution of gamma-ray bursts

Details No new limit on size distribution of gamma-ray bursts No new limit on size distribution of gamma-ray bursts

Apr 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977natur.266..749c&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 266, Apr. 21, 1977, p. 749, 750; Reply, p. 750.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Balloon-Borne Instruments, Galactic Radiation, Gamma Rays, X Ray Astronomy, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Spectral Energy Distribution, X Ray Spectra

Scientific paper

It is argued that the results of Carter et al. (1976), who derived an upper limit to the balloon intensity of small gamma-ray bursts at about 100 below the extrapolated known size spectrum and therefore concluded that the gamma-ray bursts are of galactic origin, are entirely consistent with the -1.5 index power-law extrapolation, so that no conclusion regarding the origin of gamma-ray bursts can be drawn. A reply of Carter et al. is published. Points at issue include: (1) whether a selection criterion of three successive 0.6-sec increases in the gamma-ray count rate ignores a significant or only a small number of events, (2) whether the spectra of all bursts extend below 100 keV, the satellite energy threshold, and (3) the required correction for the distortion of a horizontal, flat detector.

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