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Observational Features of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts: Evidence for Galactic Versus Extragalactic Origin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Kevin Hurley
Kevin Hurley*
Affiliation:
University of California, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720

Abstract

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The recent observational data on gamma-ray bursts are reviewed. Burst time histories display features at the millisecond level which suggest a compact object origin. Lines in the energy spectra and spectral evolution point toward a Galactic neutron star origin, even though line features have not yet been confirmed in recent data. The Galactic distribution of burst sources, however, is both isotropic and sampled to its characteristic distance, making it unlikely that the sources are related to populations of Galactic neutrons stars we are familiar with. Counterpart searches, previously carried out years after the gamma-ray bursts, are now proceeding days after the events. Based on the current data, it is impossible to conclude whether bursters are Galactic, extragalactic, or both. Data being returned from current experiments, as well as data from new experiments to be launched in the next few years, may yet provide the answer.

Subject heading: gamma rays: bursts

Type
Gamma-Ray Bursts and UHE Sources
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 142: Particle Acceleration Phenomena in Astrophysical Plasmas , 1994 , pp. 857 - 861
Copyright
Copyright © The American Astronomical Society 1994

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