COMPTEL Measurements of MeV Gamma-Ray Burst Spectra 
			    (poster paper)

R.M. Kippen, J. Ryan, A. Connors, M. McConnell (University of New 
Hampshire), C. Winkler, L.O. Hanlon (Astrophysics Division, ESTEC), 
V. Sch\"onfelder, J. Greiner, M. Varendorff, W. Collmar (Max-Planck 
Institut f\"ur Extraterrestrische Physik), W. Hermsen and L. Kuiper 
(SRON-Utrecht)

We present results from the on-going spectral analysis of gamma-ray bursts
measured by the COMPTEL instrument in its main Compton ``Telescope'' 
observing mode (0.75--30 MeV).  Thusfar, 18 bursts have been analyzed from 
three years (April 1991 -- April 1994) of observations.  The time-averaged 
spectra of these events above 1 MeV are all consistent with a simple power 
law model with spectral index in the range 1.5--3.5.  Exponential, thermal
bremsstrahlung and thermal synchrotron models are statistically inconsistent
with the burst sample, although they can adequately describe some of the
individual burst spectra.  We find good agreement between burst spectra 
measured simultaneously by BATSE, COMPTEL and EGRET, which typically show a 
spectral transition or ``break'' in the BATSE energy range around a few 
hundred keV followed by simple power law emission extending to hundreds of 
MeV.  However, the temporal relation between MeV and GeV (e.g., as measured 
by EGRET) burst emission is still unclear.  Measurement of rapid variability 
at MeV energies in the stronger bursts provides evidence that either the 
sources are nearby (within the Galaxy) or the gamma-ray emission is 
relativistically beamed.  


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