HEAO-1 Observations of Gamma-ray BurstsUniversity of California, San Diego, Department of Physics, 1987 - 608 pages |
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absorption features absorption line accretion annihilation APERTURE SHIELD Astrophysical Journal B-word blocking crystal break fluence bremsstrahlung burst detection burst emission burst positions burst sources burst spectra bursters calculated cesium iodide Chapter components Compton scattering counting rates decay density Detector and Shield detector rates distance distribution of burst duration electrons emission line Energy Detectors energy emission ENERGY keV energy range Equation ergs/cm² error box exponential field of view fireball fluence galactic gamma gamma-ray bursts gauss high energy Hueter instrument intensity keV rates Klebesadel limit Lingenfelter luminosity magnetic field March 25 Mazets measured MEDs MPHA neutron star number of bursts optical depth pair pair production particle monitors photon plasma plotted in Figure power law predicted profiles pulse height radiation radio pulsars rays RPHA scale height scan Section Shield Rates shown in Figure spectral variability spectrum temperature thermal bremsstrahlung thermal synchrotron timescales UNIVERSAL TIME Figure x-ray pulsars