Title:  The Distribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts at MeV Energies
        Measured by COMPTEL

Authors:  A Connors, M McConnell, J M Ryan, UNH;
          R M Kippen, UAH;
          F Pelaez, C Winkler, SSD;
          J Greiner, V Sch\"onfelder, M Varendorff, W Collmar, MPE;
          W Hermsen, L Kuiper, SRON

Abstract:

 Five and a half years after launch, the imaging COMPTEL telescope 
on board the COMPTON Gamma-Ray Observatory has measured the positions 
and 0.75--30 MeV spectra of roughly thirty gamma--ray bursts that 
occured within its 1 sr field of view.  This is a large enough sample
to investigate the properties of the distribution.  For example 
Kippen etal (COSPAR) reported that in the COMPTEL energy range, the
bursts are best fit by a simple power--law.  This is in contrast to
results in the BATSE energy range, where typically a spectral break
is needed around a few hundred keV. We provide an update on results
from recent spectral and spatial analyses, and report on the ongoing
campaign to provide COMPTEL positions, with 1 degree accuracy, in near
real time (15 minutes) to a network of multiwavelength observers.

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