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A Plasma Instability Theory of Gamma-Ray Burst Emission
J. J. Brainerd
A plasma instability theory is presented for the prompt radiation from gamma-ray bursts. In the theory, a highly relativistic shell interacts with the interstellar medium through t…
The Role of the BATSE Instrument Response in Creating the Gamma-Ray Burst E-Peak Distribution
J. J. Brainerd, G. Pendleton, R. Mallozzi +2
All gamma-ray bursts are observed to have approximately the same characteristic gamma-ray energy. We show in this article that for bursts in the BATSE data set, this property as me…
A Plasma Instability Theory of Gamma-Ray Burst Emission
J. J. Brainerd
A new theory for gamma-ray burst radiation is presented. In this theory, magnetic fields and relativistic electrons are created through plasma processes arising as a relativistic s…
The Fourth BATSE Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog (Revised)
W. S. Paciesas, C. A. Meegan, G. N. Pendleton +15
The Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) has triggered on 1637 cosmic gamma-ray bursts between 1991 April 19 and 1996 August 29…
The Error Distribution of BATSE GRB Locations
Michael S. Briggs, Geoffrey N. Pendleton, R. Marc Kippen +4
Empirical probability models for BATSE GRB location errors are developed via a Bayesian analysis of the separations between BATSE GRB locations and locations obtained with the Inte…
BATSE GRB Location Errors
M. S. Briggs, G. N. Pendleton, J. J. Brainerd +4
We characterize the error distribution of BATSE GRB locations by modeling the distribution of separations between BATSE locations and IPN annuli. We determine error model parameter…
The Cosmological Signatures and Flux Distribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts with a Broad Luminosity Distribution
J. J. Brainerd
The cosmological expansion cannot produce the reported correlations of the gamma-ray burst timescale and spectral energy with peak flux if the burst model reproduces the BATSE 3B p…
Do Gamma-Ray Burst Sources Repeat?
Charles A. Meegan, Dieter H. Hartmann, J. J. Brainerd +7
The demonstration of repeated gamma-ray bursts from an individual source would severely constrain burst source models. Recent reports (Quashnock and Lamb 1993; Wang and Lingenfelte…
Time Dependent Clustering Analysis of the Second BATSE Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog
J. J. Brainerd, C. A. Meegan, Michael S. Briggs +2
A time dependent two-point correlation-function analysis of the BATSE 2B catalog finds no evidence of burst repetition. As part of this analysis, we discuss the effects of sky expo…