2009/05/06 by I. Horváth, I. Horvath · 2 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10509-009-0039-1
published as Astrophys.Space Sci.323:83-86,2009 · Accepted for publication in Astrophysics & Space Science
arxiv created 2009/05/06 · openalex publication_date 2009/05/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2020/11/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The BeppoSAX Catalog has been very recently published. In this paper we analyze - using the Maximum Likelihood (ML) method - the duration distribution of the 1003 GRBs listed in the catalog with duration. The ML method can identify the long and the intermediate duration groups. The short population of the bursts is identified only at a 96% significance level. MC simulation has been also applied and gives a similar significance level; 95%. However, the existence of the short bursts is not a scientific question after the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory's observation. Our minor result is this well-known fact that in the BeppoSAX data the short bursts are underrepresented, mainly caused by the different triggering system. Our major result is the identification of the intermediate group in the BeppoSAX data. Therefore, four different satellites (CGRO, Swift, RHESSI and BeppoSAX) observed the intermediate type Gamma-Ray Burst.