NEUTRON-STARS AND THE DISTANCE TO GAMMA-RAY BURSTERS

被引:1
作者
DERMER, CD [1 ]
HURLEY, KC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,SPACE SCI LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
关键词
GAMMA-RAY BURST SOURCES; NEUTRON STARS;
D O I
10.1086/132879
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Assuming that gamma-ray bursts originate from galactic neutron stars, we outline an analytic method for studying their statistical properties. If a significant fraction of all neutron stars are born with space velocities less-than-or-similar-to km s-1, as suggested by studies of pulsar statistics, then the sampling distance to gamma-ray burst sources should be less than approximately several hundred pc. These results have important implications on theories of radio pulsar evolution and magnetic-field decay.
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页码:774 / 776
页数:3
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