Neural network classification of gamma-ray bursts

From a cluster analysis it appeared that a three-class classification of GRBs could be preferable to just the classic separation of short/hard and long/soft GRBs (Balastegui A., Ruiz-Lapuente, P. and Canal, R. MNRAS 328 (2001) 283). A new classification of GRBs obtained via a neural network is presented, with a short/hard class, an intermediate-duration/soft class, and a long/soft class, the latter being a brighter and more inhomogeneous class than the intermediate duration one. A possible physical meaning of this new classification is also outlined