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A Review of Gamma-Ray Burst Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

W. Doyle Evans  and
John G. Laros
W. Doyle Evans
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Space Sciences Division, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545
John G. Laros
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Space Sciences Division, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545

Abstract

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Gamma-ray bursts are generally believed to originate in the vicinity of neutron stars, but the phenomenology is still not understood. In this paper we review the known characteristics of gamma bursts and give new observational results on temporal and spectral properties. We suggest that a class of repeating bursters exists that are spectrally harder than x-ray bursters but significantly softer than “classical” gamma bursts. The March 5, 1979, burst may be the prototype of this class of bursters.

Type
VI. Other Manifestations of Neutron Stars and Their Place in Neutron Star Evolution
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 125: The Origin and Evolution of Neutron Stars , 1987 , pp. 477 - 487
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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