POSSIBLE STELLAR FLARE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BATSE GAMMA-RAY BURST DATABASE

Authors
LIANG EP LI H
Citation
Ep. Liang et H. Li, POSSIBLE STELLAR FLARE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BATSE GAMMA-RAY BURST DATABASE, Astronomy and astrophysics, 273(2), 1993, pp. 53-55
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy and astrophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
273
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
53 - 55
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1993)273:2<53:PSFCTT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We examine the possibility that strong gamma ray flares from nearby fl are stars may contribute to the faint BATSE (Burst and Transient Sourc es Experiment on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory) triggers. BATSE lo gN - logC distribution limits the fraction of events that can be due t o flares and the flare luminosity function and space density. New anis otropy limits on the residual nonflare events are obtained and several concrete steps to test this hypothesis are discussed.