Gamma Ray Bursts

Introduction to GRBs

• Astronomy Picture of the Day: Gamma-Ray Bursts Search (A.P.O.D. always includes helpful captions with their pics)
• Gamma-Ray Astronomy--a general intro from NASA
• Gamma-Ray Bursts-- a general-level page at Goddard Space Flight Ctr
• Gamma-Ray Bursts--an intro
• Deciphering GRB Physics with Radio Telescopes-- studying GRB afterglows; NRAO page
• Gamma-Ray Bursts: General Overview--Penn. State GRB Theory Group's page
• Review of Gamma-Ray Bursts -- a detailed overview
• A Brief History of the Discovery of Gamma-Ray Bursts -- On GRB detection. Written in 1995, before BeppoSAX.
• Distance Scale to Gamma-Ray Bursts--the 1995 debates (before BeppoSAX)
• Gamma-Ray Bursts: An Overview written in 1995 before BeppoSAX; technical

GRB experiments (detectors, results)

• Gamma Ray Bursts Imaged by BeppoSAX
           BeppoSAX Home Page
• BATSE: Burst and Transient Source Experiment -- a detector aboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Obs. satellite
• Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope
• Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Science Support Center
• Gamma Ray and Cosmic Ray Astrophysics Branch
• Gamma-Ray Bursts: Recent Developments--Penn State page; includes GRB Afterglows and Counterparts
• Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics-- The MOA group's observation of a recent GRB
• Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Bursts
• LOTIS Gamma Ray Burst Imaging System--search for GRB optical counterparts.
• Worldwide Observation of Gamma-Ray Bursts-- some GRB detection instruments