RHESSI and Gamma Ray Bursts
The satellite RHESSI was designed to study hard X-rays and gamma-rays
from solar flares.
With its high-resolution germanium detectors it can also see photons from
high-energy sources
throughout the Universe, such as Gamma Ray Bursts
or Soft Gamma Repeaters.
You can find here a list of Gamma Ray Burst observed by RHESSI.
Also included are some major bursts, that were not observed by RHESSI,
the reason often beeing earth occultation or no data available (e.g.
during passage
through South Atlantic Anomaly).
Lists of Gamma Ray Bursts
Links to data archives
The GRBs from the list are mainly collected from GCN messages:
- GCN home page
- GCN circulars
- Fermi (formerly Glast) GRB Trigger Information
- Wind-KONUS Notices
- Swift GRB Trigger Information
- SPI ACS Monitor Trigger Summary (INTEGRAL)
- Suzaku GRB Trigger Information
- HETE GRB Trigger Information
More links:
- List of localized GRBs by J. Greiner
- HETE Burst page
Talks and Articles
Talks
Talk given by C. Wigger at the 4th Workshop about
Gamma-Ray Burst in the Afterglow Era,
October 18-22, 2004, in Rome:
PDF
Proceedings: C. Wigger et al. 2005,
Il Nuovo Cimento C, 28, p.\ 265;
accepted version:
PDF
Talk given by C. Wigger at the meeting 'Swift and GRBs:
Unveiling the Relativistic Universe',
San Servolo, Venice, June 5-9, 2006 :
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article about non-polarization of GRB 021206
"Gamma-Ray Burst Polarization: Limits from RHESSI Measurements",
by C. Wigger, W. Hajdas, K. Arzner, M. Güdel, A. Zehnder,
Astrophysical Journal , 613:1088-1100, 2004 October 1.
Download of accepted version:
PS,
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