A BATSE-based search for repeaters in the sample of gamma-ray bursts detected by the WATCH experiment

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dc.creatorGorosabel, J.
dc.creatorCastro-Tirado, A. J.
dc.creatorBrandt, S.
dc.creatorLund, N.
dc.date1998-04-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:38:57Z
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dc.descriptionThis study is the first known attempt to search for gamma-ray burst repeaters combining data from gamma-ray experiments flying on board different satellites and making use of information derived from the bursts detected simultaneously by all the experiments. The proposed method is suitable to correlate GRB data provided by experiments that overlap partially or totally in time. As an application of this method we have correlated the positions of 57 gamma-ray bursts observed by WATCH/GRANAT and WATCH/EURECA with 1905 bursts detected by BATSE. Comparing the so-called ``added correlation'' between the WATCH and BATSE bursts with that obtained with simulated WATCH catalogues, we conclude that there is no indication of recurrent activity of WATCH bursts in the BATSE sample. We derive an upper limit of 15.8%, with a confidence level of 94%, for the number of WATCH gamma-ray bursts that could represent a population of repeaters in the BATSE sample.
dc.description6 pages with 4 encapsulated PostScript figures included, gzipped tar format. Uses Astronomy & Astrophysics LaTeX macros. Accepted for publication in A&A
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9804239
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9804239
dc.identifierAstron.Astrophys. 336 (1998) 57-62
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/121282
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleA BATSE-based search for repeaters in the sample of gamma-ray bursts detected by the WATCH experiment
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