GRBCAT: Bursts from Vela to Swift
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Gamma ray burst (GRB) astronomy started when the first event was recorded on July 2, 1967, by Vela 4a and 4b. Since then many missions have flown experiments capable of detecting GRBs. The events collected by these older experiments are mostly available in paper copy, each containing a few ten to a few hundreds bursts. No systematic effort in cataloging of these bursts has been available. In some cases the information is unpublished and in others difficult to retrieve. The first major GRB catalog was obtained by GRO with the BATSE experiment. It contains more than 2000 bursts and includes homogeneous information for each of the burst. With the launch of Swift, the first Gamma X-ray mission dedicated to the study of the GRBs and their afterglows, a wealthy of information is collecting by the Swift instruments as well as from ground based telescopes. This talked will describe the effort to create a comprehensive GRBCAT, its current status and future prospects.