The Role of the BATSE Instrument Response in Creating the Gamma-Ray Burst E-Peak Distribution
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All gamma-ray bursts are observed to have approximately the same characteristic gamma-ray energy. We show in this article that for bursts in the BATSE data set, this property as measured by the E-peak value is not an instrumental effect, but a physical property of gamma-ray bursts.
Presented at the 20 Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, December 1998, Paris, France. To appear on the proceedings compact disk
Presented at the 20 Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, December 1998, Paris, France. To appear on the proceedings compact disk