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Do gamma-ray burst sources repeat?The demonstration of repeated gamma-ray bursts from an individual source would severely constrain burst source models. Recent reports of evidence for repetition in the first BATSE burst catalog have generated renewed interest in this issue. Here, we analyze the angular distribution of 585 bursts of the second BATSE catalog (Meegan et al. 1994). We search for evidence of burst recurrence using the nearest and farthest neighbor statistic ad the two-point angular correlation function. We find the data to be consistent with the hypothesis that burst sources do not repeat; however, a repeater fraction of up to about 20% of the bursts cannot be excluded.
Document ID
19960002231
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Meegan, C. A.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Hartmann, D. H.
(Clemson Univ. SC., United States)
Brainerd, J. J.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL., United States)
Briggs, M.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL., United States)
Paciesas, W. S.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL., United States)
Pendleton, G.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL., United States)
Kouveliotou, C.
(Universities Space Research Association Huntsville, AL., United States)
Fishman, G.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Blumenthal, G.
(Lick Observatory Santa Cruz, CA., United States)
Brock, M.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1994
Subject Category
Space Radiation
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-110835
NAS 1.15:110835
Report Number: NASA-TM-110835
Report Number: NAS 1.15:110835
Accession Number
96N12239
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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