The December 14 Gamma Ray Burst

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

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>Date:         Thu, 7 May 1998 10:29:08 -0500
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>From: Jeff Limmer <Jeffl@WAUSHOSP.ORG>
>Subject:      The December 14 Gamma Ray Burst
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>Greetings,
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>You may have heard about the mysterious gamma ray burst
>recorded last December 14 but just reported recently. In a
>report about it that I have just read is a reference which
>goes like this:
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>"The peak of the X-ray flux,...  ..., was about 1 Crab."
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>Is there anyone who knows what this unit is and its history.
>I looked through many old physics books and could not find
>this unit for X-ray flux.
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>The email address where I found this report is:
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>http://www.sdc.asi.it/first/grb971214.html
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>Regards,
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>Jeff Limmer M.S.Ed., M.Sc.
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