A simple empirical redshift indicator for gamma-ray bursts
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v3
Abstract
We propose a new empirical redshift indicator for gamma-ray bursts. This indicator is easily computed from the gamma-ray burst spectral parameters, and its duration, and it provides ``pseudo-redshifts'' accurate to a factor two. Possible applications of this redshift indicator are briefly discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0304327,
title = {A simple empirical redshift indicator for gamma-ray bursts},
author = {J-L Atteia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0304327},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Final version, 4 pages, 3 figures, A&A, vol. 407, L1