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Gamma-Ray Burst Observations with BATSE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Gerald J. Fishman
Gerald J. Fishman*
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Laboratory, Code ES-81 NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL 35812 USA

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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) will be recorded as one of the outstanding new phenomena discovered in astronomy this century. About once per day, a burst of gamma rays appears from a random direction on the sky. Often, the burst outshines all other sources of gamma-rays in the sky, combined. This paper reviews some of the key observed phenomenon of bursts in the hard x-ray/gamma-ray region, as observed with the BATSE experiment on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The observed time profiles, spectral properties and durations of gamma-ray bursts cover a wide range. Recent breakthroughs in the observation of gamma-ray burst counterparts and afterglows in other wavelength regions have marked the beginning of a new era in gamma-ray burst research. Those observations are described in following papers in these proceedings.

Type
Session 3: Diagnostics of High Gravity Objects with X- and Gamma Rays
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 188: The Hot Universe , 1998 , pp. 159 - 162
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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