1997/04/01 by J. Greiner, Greiner, J.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9704010
Invited talk at the workshop on "All-sky X-ray observations in the next decade", held at RIKEN, Tokyo, March 3-5, 1997; 6 pages incl. 3 ps-figures, plus workshop style files
arxiv created 1997/04/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
I review the use of ROSAT over the last years for the investigation of well localized gamma-ray burst (GRB) error boxes. In particular, I cover (i) the systematic study of several dozens of IPN locations using the ROSAT All-Sky-Survey data, (ii) results of deep ROSAT pointings of selected small GRB error boxes, (iii) the attempts for and results of quick follow-up observations after GRB events including the three GRBs localized with BeppoSAX, (iv) the correlation of GRB locations with serendipitous ROSAT pointings and (v) the search for X-ray flashes in the database of pointed ROSAT observations.