V/Vmax test applied to SMM gamma-ray bursts.
Abstract
The authors have applied the V/Vmax test to candidate gamma-ray bursts detected by the Gamma-Ray Spectrometer aboard the Solar Maximum Mission 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 the authors find >V/Vmax< = 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.
- Publication:
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Gamma-Ray Bursts - Observations, Analyses and Theories
- Pub Date:
- 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992grbo.book..175M
- Keywords:
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- Gamma Ray Astronomy;
- Gamma Ray Bursts;
- Gamma Ray Spectrometers;
- Solar Maximum Mission;
- Radiation Sources;
- Spatial Distribution;
- Astrophysics