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The implications of the Compton (GRO) observations for cosmological gamma-ray bursts
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The BATSE observations (Fishman et al.; Meegan et al.) show that the angular distribution of gamma-ray sources in the sky is isotropic. These observations are shown to be consistent with a cosmological distribution of sources. In fact, the observed distribution of V/Vmax values is the one toward which a cosmological distribution converges. If there is even a weak cosmological time dependence of the event rate, then the bursts originate at modest z values. For flat cosmological models, this requires 10 exp 50 ergs or less. The energy and the observed event rate are in full agreement with the binary neutron star merger model.
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- Authors
- Piran, T.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 1992-04
- Volume
- 389
- Pages
- L45
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
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- en
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