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Gamma-ray burst classes found in the Rhessi data sample

Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2009

Abstract

A sample of 427 gamma-ray bursts (GRB), measured by the RHESSI satellite, is studied statistically to determine the number of GRB groups. The maximum likelihood ratio test, one-dimensional as well as two-dimensional in hardness vs.

T90 plane, reveal an intermediate group.