AN ESTIMATE OF THE MOTION-INDUCED DIPOLE-MOMENT IN THE SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION OF COSMOLOGICAL GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

Authors
BRAINERD JJ
Citation
Jj. Brainerd, AN ESTIMATE OF THE MOTION-INDUCED DIPOLE-MOMENT IN THE SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION OF COSMOLOGICAL GAMMA-RAY BURSTS, The Astrophysical journal, 456(2), 1996, pp. 449-450
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
456
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Part
1
Pages
449 - 450
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1996)456:2<449:AEOTMD>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
If gamma-ray bursts have a cosmological redshift of order unity, then their distribution on the sky has a motion-induced dipole moment of 0. 0019. One must have a sample on the order of 10(6) gamma-ray bursts to make this dipole moment larger than a 3 sigma statistical fluctuation .