NASA NTRS · 19780058409
New limits on gamma-ray bursts
Abstract
Two balloon flights of large-area scintillation crystal detector arrays indicate that the rate of weak gamma-ray bursts is significantly below that expected from a uniform distribution of burst sources. This result, combined with the data from stronger bursts, gives strong evidence for a galactic confinement of burst sources. Reasonable models of confinement limit the intrinsic radiated energy per burst to the order of 10 to the (39th to 41st power) ergs.
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Fishman, G. J., Meegan, C. A., Watts, J. W., Jr., Derrickson, J. H.. 1978-07-01. New limits on gamma-ray bursts. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19780058409
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