Cosmic gamma-ray bursts

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Part of book or chapter of book 01 Jan 1983 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Space Science Reviews, volume 36 (issn: 0038-6308, eissn: 1572-9672,

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Authors: G. Vedrenne; G. Chambon;

doi: 10.1007/bf00247096 , 10.1007/978-94-009-7208-7_22

Cosmic gamma-ray bursts

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The observational characteristics of gamma-ray bursts are reviewed, concerning their spectra as well as their temporal structure and spatial distribution. From this data, it is suggested that the sources belong to a thick halo population (scale height > 3 kpc), and that the mean recurrence time for one source is greater than 5 yr. The implications of these results are discussed, concerning the future experimental perspectives of detection of gamma-ray bursts, and also the constraints on theoretical models.

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