V/V(max) test applied to SMM gamma-ray burstsWe have applied the V/V(max) test to candidate gamma-ray bursts detected by the Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (GRS) aboard the SMM satellite to examine quantitatively the uniformity of the burst source population. For a sample of 132 candidate bursts identified in the GRS data by an automated search using a single uniform trigger criterion we find average V/V(max) = 0.40 +/- 0.025. This value is significantly different from 0.5, the average for a uniform distribution in space of the parent population of burst sources; however, the shape of the observed distribution of V/V(max) is unusual and our result conflicts with previous measurements. For these reasons we can currently draw no firm conclusion about the distribution of burst sources.
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19930036231
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Legacy CDMS
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Conference Proceedings
Authors
Matz, S. M. (Northwestern Univ. Evanston, IL, United States)
Higdon, J. C. (Claremont Colleges CA, United States)
Share, G. H. (U.S. Navy, Naval Research Lab. Washington, United States)
Messina, D. C. (U.S. Navy, Naval Research Lab.; SFA, Inc. Washington, United States)
Iadicicco, A. (U.S. Navy, Naval Research Lab. Washington, United States)