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Jefferson M. Kommers
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 32
Citations - 1691
Jefferson M. Kommers is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pulsar & Gamma-ray burst. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 32 publications receiving 1631 citations.
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An X-ray pulsar with a superstrong magnetic field in the soft γ-ray repeater SGR1806 − 20
Chryssa Kouveliotou,Chryssa Kouveliotou,S. Dieters,S. Dieters,Tod E. Strohmayer,Tod E. Strohmayer,J. van Paradijs,Gerald J. Fishman,Charles A. Meegan,Kevin Hurley,Jefferson M. Kommers,Ian Smith,Dale A. Frail,Toshio Murakami +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the discovery of pulsations in the persistent X-ray flux of SGR1806-20, with a period of 7.47 s and a spindown rate of 2.6 x 10(exp -3) s/yr.
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A new type of transient high-energy source in the direction of the Galactic Centre
Chryssa Kouveliotou,Chryssa Kouveliotou,J. van Paradijs,Gerald J. Fishman,Michael S. Briggs,Jefferson M. Kommers,B. A. Harmon,Charles A. Meegan,Walter H. G. Lewin +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, Pannekoek et al. reported the detection of a new type of transient high-energy source, referred to as hard X-ray bursts from adirection close to that of the Galactic Centre.
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A Comparison between the Rapid Burster and GRO J1744–28
Walter H. G. Lewin,Robert E. Rutledge,Jefferson M. Kommers,Jan van Paradijs,Chryssa Kouveliotou +4 more
TL;DR: The Rapid Burster (MXB 1730-335) is the only system known to produce X-ray bursts as mentioned in this paper, which is almost certainly due to an accretion disk instability whose origin is still unknown.
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On the Association of Gamma-Ray Bursts with Supernovae
R. M. Kippen,R. M. Kippen,Michael S. Briggs,Michael S. Briggs,Jefferson M. Kommers,Chryssa Kouveliotou,Chryssa Kouveliotou,Kevin Hurley,C. R. Robinson,C. R. Robinson,J. van Paradijs,J. van Paradijs,Dieter H. Hartmann,Titus Galama,P. M. Vreeswijk +14 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed a systematic search for temporal/angular correlations using catalogs of BATSE and BATSE/Ulysses burst locations, and found no associations with any of the precise BATSE or Ulysses locations, which allows them to conclude that the fraction of high-fluence gamma-ray bursts associated with known supernovae is small (<0.2%).
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The intensity distribution of faint gamma-ray bursts detected with BATSE
Jefferson M. Kommers,Walter H. G. Lewin,Chryssa Kouveliotou,Chryssa Kouveliotou,Jan van Paradijs,Jan van Paradijs,Geoffrey N. Pendleton,Charles A. Meegan,Gerald J. Fishman +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the peak flux distribution to derive a limit of 10% (99% confidence) on the fraction of the total burst rate that could be contributed by a spatially homogeneous subpopulation of burst sources, such as type Ib/c supernovae.