Gamma-Ray Bursts from Radio-Quiet Quasars

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dc.creatorSchartel, N.
dc.creatorAndernach, H.
dc.creatorGreiner, J.
dc.date1996-12-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:22:34Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:22:34Z
dc.descriptionWe study positional coincidences between gamma-ray bursts in the BATSE 3B catalogue and quasars/AGN taken from the Veron-Cetty & Veron compilation. For most classes of AGN, for BL Lac objects and for radio-loud quasars, we find no excess coincidences above random expectation, and we give upper limits for their burst emission rate. However, surprising evidence is found for a positional correlation between gamma-ray bursts and radio-quiet quasars. A total of 134 selected bursts with a position error radius <1.8d and the nearest and intrinsically brightest radio-quiet quasars (M_v<-24.2 and z<1.0) have a probability of >99.7% to be associated with each other. An analysis of a smaller sample of well-localized interplanetary network gamma-ray burst positions supports this result. This correlation strongly favours the cosmological origin of gamma-ray bursts and enables to estimate its distance scale. The average luminosity of those gamma-ray bursts which we associate directly with radio-quiet quasars is of the order of 4*10^52 erg (assuming isotropic emission).
dc.descriptionaccepted for publ. in A&A; 16 pages incl. 6 ps-figs.; LATEX with l-aa.sty
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9612150
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9612150
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/10926
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleGamma-Ray Bursts from Radio-Quiet Quasars
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