2 papers
astro-ph2004
Towards a More Standardized Candle Using GRB Energetics and Spectra
Andrew S. Friedman, Joshua S. Bloom
The use of GRB energetics for cosmography has long been advanced as a means to probe out to high redshifts, to the epoch of deceleration. However, the prompt energy release in GRBs…
astro-ph2003
Is the Redshift Clustering of Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts Significant?
J. S. Bloom
The 26 long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with known redshifts form a distinct cosmological set, selected differently than other cosmological probes such as quasars and galaxies…