The WATCH solar X-ray burst catalogue

N. Crosby (1, 2) , N. Lund (3) , N. Vilmer (2) , R. Sunyaev

1 LPCE - Laboratoire de physique et chimie de l'environnement
2 DASOP - Departement D'Astronomie Solaire de l'Observatoire de Paris
3 DSRI - Danish Space Research Institute

The WATCH experiment aboard the GRANAT satellite provides observations of the Sun in the deka-keV range covering the years 1990 through mid-1992. An introduction to the experiment is given followed by an explanation of how the WATCH solar burst catalogue was created. The different parameters listed for each burst is given and are furthermore explained.

Keywords: catalogs - sun: activity; flares; X-rays; gamma rays

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

N. Crosby, N. Lund, N. Vilmer, R. Sunyaev. The WATCH solar X-ray burst catalogue. Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 1998, 130 (2), pp.233-234. ⟨10.1051/aas:1998222⟩. ⟨insu-02985635⟩