BATSE repeaters in the context of the WATCH/EURECA and WATCH/GRANAT catalogues

Journal Article · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.55428· OSTI ID:641440

Gorosabel, J; Castro-Tirado, A J ^[1]; Brandt, S ^[2]; Lund, N ^[3]

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1. Laboratorio de Astrofisica Espacial y Fisica Fundamental (LAEFF-INTA) P.O. Box 50727, E-28080, Madrid (Spain)
2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D436, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
3. Danish Space Research Institute, Julianne Maries Vej 30 DK-2100 Copenhagen O/ (Denmark)

We have correlated the positions of 57 GRBs observed by WATCH-GRANAT and WATCH-EURECA with 1905 bursts detected by BATSE. Comparing the so called {open_quotes}added correlation{close_quotes} 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 a 94{percent} confidence level upper limit of 15.8{percent} for the number of WATCH GRBs that could represent a population of repeaters in the BATSE sample. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 641440
• Report Number(s): CONF-9709153--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 428; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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