Global Properties and Implications


3rd Huntsville Symposium on Gamma-Ray Bursts
Symposium Program

Oral

G-1
Charles A. Meegan (MSFC), Geoffrey N.Pendleton (UAH), Michael S. Briggs (UAH), Chryssa Kouveliotou (USRA), Thomas M. Koshut (UAH), John P. Lestrade (MSU), William S. Paciesas (UAH), Michael McCollough (Hughes STX), Jerome J. Brainerd (UAH), John M. Horack (MSFC), Jon Hakkila (Mankato State U.), William Henze (Teledyne Brown), Robert D. Preece (UAH), Robert S. Mallozzi (UAH), Gerald J. Fishman (MSFC)
The BATSE 3B Catalog

G-2
J. C. Higdon (Claremont McKenna College), R. E. Lingenfelter (University of California, San Diego)
BATSE DETECTION BIAS AGAINST SLOWLY RISING GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

G-3
Jefferson M. Kommers, Walter H. G. Lewin (MIT), Jan van Paradijs (UAH, U of A), Chryssa Kouveliotou (USRA, NASA/MSFC), Gerald J. Fishman (NASA/MSFC)
A Search For Untriggered Events in the BATSE Data Base

G-4
C. Alex Young, Jim M. Ryan, Martina B. Arndt (Univ. of New Hampshire), Douglas A. Biesecker (Univ. of Birmingham)
A Search for Micro Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts in the BATSE 1 Sec Continuous Data

G-5
R.E. Rutledge, W.H.G. Lewin (MIT), J. Hakkila, G. Pendleton (UAH), J.P. Lestrade (UMiss), C. Kouveliotou (USRA), C. Meegan, J. Fishman (NASA/MSFC)
Constraints on the Luminosity-Duration Relationship in the Galactic Scenario

G-6
Carlo Graziani (GSFC), D. Q. Lamb (U. Chicago)
Likelihood Analysis of the Systematic Errors in the Positions of Bursts in the BATSE 1B, 2B and 3B Catalogs

G-7
E. E. Fenimore Los Alamos National Laboratory
What Can We Learn from Log N-Log P

G-8
J. S. Bloom (Los Alamos National Lab., Harvard University), E. E. Fenimore (Los Alamos National Lab.)
THE CORRECTED LOG N-LOG FLUENCE DISTRIBUTION OF COSMOLOGICAL GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE BATSE 3B CATALOG

G-9
J-L. Atteia, C. Barat, M. Boer, J-P. Dezalay, M. Niel, R. Talon, G. Vedrenne (CESR, Toulouse), K. Hurley (SSL, Berkeley), M. Sommer (MPE, Garching), R. Sunyaev, A. Kuznetsov, and O. Terekhov (IKI, Moscow)
Gross Spectral Differences Between Bright and Very Bright Gamma-Ray Bursts

G-10
Jean M. Quashnock (U. Chicago)
Constraint on the Distance Scale to Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts Using a New Maximum Likelihood Method

G-11
Jon Hakkila (Mankato State Univ.), Charles A. Meegan, John Horack (NASA/MSFC), Geoffrey N. Pendleton, Michael S. Briggs, Robert S. Mallozzi, Thomas M. Koshut, Robert D. Preece, & William S. Paciesas (Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville)
Constraints on the Luminosities of Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts

G-12
G. Pizzichini TESRE/CNR, Bologna, Italy
On the luminosity function of gamma-ray bursts

G-13
Thomas Koshut (UAH), Robert Mallozzi (UAH), John Horack (MSFC), William Paciesas (UAH), Chryssa Kouveliotou (USRA), Robert Rutledge (MIT)
Investigation of Consistency of Burst Durations and Spectra With a Standard Cosmology

G-14
J. M. Horack (NASA/MSFC), R. S. Mallozzi (UAH), T. M. Koshut (UAH)
Recent GRB Time Dilation Measurements in the Context of Standard Cosmology

G-15
Dieter Hartmann (Clemson University)
Gamma Ray Burst Models and the Angular Distribution of 3B

G-16
D. Q. Lamb (U. Chicago)
Implications of the Observed Angular Distribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts for Galactic and Cosmological Models

G-17
Thomas J. Loredo and Ira M. Wasserman (Cornell University)
Inferring the Spatial and Energy Distribution of GRB Sources: Bayesian Method and Results

G-18
R. E. Lingenfelter (University of California, San Diego) V. C. Wang (Claremont-McKenna College)
GAMMA-RAY BURST REPETITION AND BATSE 3B POSITION UNCERTAINTIES

G-19
David P. Bennett (CfPA, UC Berkeley; LLNL), Sun Hong Rhie (IGPP, LLNL)
A Test of Gamma Ray Burst Recurrence in the BATSE 3B Data Set Using the Pair-Matching Statistic

G-20
Tomasz Bulik, D. Q. Lamb (U. Chicago), Paolo S. Coppi (Yale)
Constraints on Galactic Corona Models of Gamma-Ray Bursts Imposed by Andromeda and the BATSE 3B Catalog

G-21
T. L. Cline (NASA GSFC), K. C. Hurley (UCB), M. Boer and M. Niel (CESR), M. Sommer (MPE), G. J. Fishman, C. Kouveliotou and C. A. Meegan (NASA MSFC)
Search for Repeating Classical Bursts with the Interplanetary Network

G-22
R.M. Kippen, J. Ryan, A. Connors, M. McConnell (University of New Hampshire), D.H. Hartmann (Clemson University), C. Winkler, L.O. Hanlon (Astrophysics Division, ESTEC), V. Schonfelder, J. Greiner, M. Varendorff, W. Collmar (Max-Planck Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik), W. Hermsen and L. Kuiper (SRON-Utrecht)
The Angular Distribution of COMPTEL Gamma-Ray Bursts

G-23
J. G. Laros (Univ. of Arizona)
GRB Brightness Ratio Distribution Analysis

G-24
Hui Li (LANL) & Edison Liang (Rice)
Detectability of GRBs from M31


Poster

G-P1
Walid J. Azzam, Vahe Petrosian (Stanford University)
Evolution of Gamma-Ray Bursts

G-P2
David L. Band (CASS/UC San Diego)
Repeater Models and Sky Coverage

G-P3
Majid Borumand, W. Kluzniak, (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison),
On the distribution of Batse Gamma Ray Bursts

G-P4
J. J. Brainerd (Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville)
Comparison of Two Burst Repetition Tests

G-P5
Michael S. Briggs, William S. Paciesas, Geoffrey N. Pendleton (UAH), Charles A. Meegan, Gerald J. Fishman, John M. Horack (MSFC), Chryssa Kouveliotou (USRA), Dieter H. Hartmann (Clemson Univ.) and Jon Hakkila (Mankato State)
Testing the Dipole and Quadrupole Moments of Galactic Models

G-P6
Paolo S. Coppi (Yale), Tomasz Bulik, D. Q. Lamb (U. Chicago)
Detection of Gamma-Ray Bursts from Andromeda

G-P7
Tomasz Bulik, D. Q. Lamb (U. Chicago)
Constraints on Galactic Corona Models of Gamma-Ray Bursts Imposed by the BATSE 3B Catalog

G-P8
P. Butterworth, T. L. Cline, D. E. Stilwell (NASA GSFC) R. L. Aptekar, D. D. Fredericks, S. V. Golenetskii, V. N. Ilynskii, E. P. Mazets, V. N. Panov, Z. J. Sokolova and M. M. Terekhov (Ioffe PTI)
Progress with the Konus-W Gamma-Ray Burst Spectrometer on GGS-Wind

G-P9
Igor Mitrofanov, Anton Chernenko, et al.
Statistical analysis of spectral evolution of GRBs.

G-P11
Ehud Cohen and Tsvi Piran
A Simultaneous Spectral Invariant Analysis of the GRB Count Distribution and Time Dilation

G-P12
Samuel E. Dyson (Yale), Bradley E. Schaefer (Yale)
A Wide Ranging Search For Correlations Among Burst Properties

G-P13
C. E. Fichtel, D. L. Bertsch, B. L. Dingus, J. A. Esposito, R. C. Hartman, S. D. Hunter, L. McDonald, C. von Montigny, P. Sreekumar, D. J. Thompson (Goddard Space Flight Center), G. Kanbach, H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander (Max-Planck Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik), D. A. Kniffen (Hampden-Sydney), Y. C. Lin, P. F. Michelson, P. L. Nolan, (Stanford University), E. J. Schneid (Northrop-Grumman)
CONTINUING SEARCH OF THE EGRET DATA FOR HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAY MICROSECOND BURSTS

G-P14
Burkhardt Funk (Wuppertal University, FRG), Karl Mannheim (Gottingen Observatory, FRG), Dieter Hartmann (Clemson University, U.S.A.)
The Expected GRB Rate at High Photon Energies

G-P15
J. Gorosabel, A. J. Castro-Tirado (LAEFF-INTA, Madrid) S. Brandt (ESTEC, Noordwijk), N. Lund (DSRI, Lyngby) O. Therekov, R. Sunyaev (IKI, Moscow)
WATCH GRBS AND THE BATSE CATALOGUE

G-P16
Jon Hakkila (Mankato State Univ.), Charles A. Meegan, John Horack (NASA/MSFC), Geoffrey N. Pendleton, Michael S. Briggs (Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville) Dieter Hartmann (Clemson Univ.)
Repetition/Clustering in the BATSE 3B Catalog

G-P17
Dieter Hartmann (Clemson University), Max Tegmark (University of Munich), Michael Briggs (University of Alabama), C. Meegan (NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville)
Spherical Harmonic Analysis of the Angular Distribution of GRBs

G-P18
Dieter Hartmann (Clemson University), Michael Briggs (University of Alabama), Karl Mannheim (Gottingen Observatory)
Search for Super-Galactic Anisotropies of Gamma-Ray Bursts

G-P19
J. M. Horack (NASA/MSFC), J. Hakkila (Mankato State), A. G. Emslie (UAH) C. A. Meegan (NASA/MSFC)
Analytic Constraints on Gamma-Ray Burst Luminosity Functions

G-P20
J. M. Horack (NASA/MSFC), R. S. Mallozzi (UAH), T. M. Koshut (UAH), J. Hakkila (Mankato State), A. G. Emslie (UAH)
A High Value for the Hubble Constant and Cosmological Gamma Ray Bursts

G-P21
K. Hurley (UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory) T. Cline (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) G. Fishman, C. Kouveliotou, C. Meegan (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center) M. Sommer (Max-Planck Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik) M. Boer, M. Niel (CESR Toulouse)
The Ulysses Supplement to the BATSE 3B Catalog

G-P22
J. J. M. in't Zand and E. E. Fenimore Los Alamos National Laboratory
Trigger Efficiencies for BATSE and PVO: II

G-P23
Alexander Kuznetsov (Space Research Institute,Moscow)
The gamma-ray burst cluster as a manifestation of the heliospherical source

G-P24
D. Q. Lamb, Jean M. Quashnock (U. Chicago), Carlo Graziani (GSFC)
Repeating in Light of the BATSE 3B Catalog

G-P25
J. G. Laros and W. V. Boynton (U of Arizona), K. C. Hurley (UCB), C. Kouveliotou (USRA, at NASA/MSFC), G.J. Fishman and C. A. Meegan (NASA/MSFC), T. L. Cline, D. M. Palmer, R. D. Starr, and J. I. Trombka (GSFC), M. Boer and M. Niel (CESR), M. Sommer (MPI), A. E. Metzger (JPL)
GRB Localizations from BATSE, Mars Observer, and Ulysses Observations

G-P26
Theodore T. Lee & Vahe Petrosian (Stanford University)
Threshold Effects on Gamma-Ray Burst Distributions

G-P27
Hui Li (LANL) & Rob Duncan (UT-Austin)
A Comprison of the Halo Beaming Model for GRBs with the 3B catalog

G-P28
Shan Luo, Tom Loredo, Ira Wasserman (Cornell University)
Likelihood Analysis of GRB Repetition

G-P30
Claudine D. Madras (Harvard University, Los Alamos National Laboratory) Edward E. Fenimore (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
A Reconsideration of Log N-Log P: A Valid Standard Candle?

G-P31
Robert S. Mallozzi (UAH), William S. Paciesas (UAH), Geoffrey N. Pendleton (UAH)
Gamma--Ray Burst Redshift Constraints from BATSE Spectral Data

G-P32
G.F. Marani (George Mason Univ.), R.J. Nemiroff (NASA GSFC, George Mason Univ.), J.P. Norris (NASA GSFC), J.T. Bonnell (NASA GSFC, USRA)
A Search of the 3B Catalog for Gravitational Lens Echoes

G-P33
M. L. McCollough (Hughes STX, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL 35812) C. A. Meegan (NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL 35812) G. N. Pendleton (University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899)
GEOCENTER ANGLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 3B CATALOG

G-P34
Lucia Munoz-Franco, D. Q. Lamb (U. Chicago)
Constraints on the Distribution of Neutron Star Birth Velocities from the Properties of Rotation-Powered Pulsars

G-P35
R.J. Nemiroff (GMU), J.P. Norris (NASA/GSFC), and J.T. Bonnell (USRA/GMU)
Cosmological Fits to GRB Data

G-P36
J.P. Norris (NASA/GSFC), R.J. Nemrioff (GMU), J.T. Bonnell (USRA/GSFC), and J.D. Scargle (NASA/Ames)
Calibration of Tests for Time-Dilation in GRB Pulse Structures

G-P37
J.P. Norris (NASA/GSFC), J.T. Bonnell (USRA/GSFC), R.J. Nemiroff (GMU), and J.D. Scargle (NASA/Ames)
Test for Time Dilation of Intervals between Pulse Structures in Gamma-Ray Bursts

G-P38
Steven E. Persh, Bradley E. Schaefer (Yale Univ.)
Searching for faint bursts in archival BATSE data

G-P39
Alexei Pozanenko (Space Research Institut, Moscow), et al.
A search for sky anisotropy of gamma-ray burst using averaged time profile

G-P40
R.E. Rutledge, W.H.G. Lewin (MIT), J. Hakkila, T. Koshut, G. Pendleton (UAH), J.P. Lestrade (UMiss), C. Kouveliotou (USRA), C. Meegan, J. Fishman (NASA/MSFC)
Search for Constraints on the Peak Flux-Distance Relation in the Cosmological Scenario

G-P41
R.E. Rutledge, W.H.G. Lewin (MIT), G. Pendleton (UAH), J.P. Lestrade (UMiss), C. Kouveliotou (USRA), C. Meegan, J. Fishman (NASA/MSFC)
The Correlation Bewteen Burst Duration and Peak Flux

G-P42
Bradley E. Schaefer (Yale)
A NEW DISTANCE SCALE FOR GRBs: THE LOCAL GROUP HALO

G-P43
Ian Smith (Rice University)
Allowed Fraction of Galactic Arm Sources in the 3B Catalog

G-P44
J. Terrell, P. Lee, and R. W. Klebesadel (Los Alamos National Laboratory) J. W. Griffee (Sandia National Laboratory)
DMSP Satellite Detections of Gamma-Ray Bursts

G-P45
Hans-Ulrich Wolter
GRB: The most important piece of the larger puzzle

G-P46
Atsumasa Yoshida, Fuyuki Tokanai (RIKEN), Toshio Murakami, Yasushi Ogasaka (ISAS), Yoshitaka Saito (Univ. of Tokyo)
Search for Bursts from M31 with ASCA

G-P47
Richard Barrett (UAH)
Reduction of the Cosmological GRB Brightness Problem to Euclidean Form

G-P48
B. M. Belli (Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale, Frascati)
Analysis of the Space Distribution of the BATSE 3B Catalogue GRBs

G-P49
O. Terekhov, R. Sunyaev, D. Denisenko, A. Tkachenko, S. Sazonov, A. Kuznetsov (IKI), C. Barat, J.-P. Dezalay, G. Vedrenne (CESR), N. Lund, A. J. Castro-Tirado (DRSI)
Granat Observations of Gamma-ray Bursts


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