BATSE Scientists and Data Top 1996 Citations
December 10, 1996
Three SSL scientists working on the Burst and Transient Source Experiment
(BATSE), a gamma-ray burst
detector aboard NASA's orbiting Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, are among
the top 26 cited astrophysicists in the prestigious journal Astrophysical Journal Letters for the
period January through October 1996. The ApJ Letters is a primary
peer-reviewed source for important and timely results in astrophysics. In
addition to the presence of three scientsts from the Space Sciences Laboratory
at NASA/Marshall, six additonal scientists on the list are actively using
data from the BATSE experiment in their research.
The presence of these SSL scientists, and the extensive use of BATSE data
among the most cited scientists, is one measure of the significant impact
that the Space Sciences Laboratory's experiment has had on the entire astrophysics
community. These data were compiled by D.
A. Verner at the University of Kentucky, and can be found on the Internet
at the address http://www.pa.uky.edu/~verner/apj.html.
For more information on the Burst
and Transient Source Experiment, please contact:
Mail Code ES-81
NASA/MSFC
Huntsville, Alabama 35812
fishman@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov
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HeadlinesAuthor: John
Horack
Curator: Bryan Walls
NASA Official: John M. Horack