The Multi-INstrument Burst ARchive (MINBAR)

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We present the largest sample of type-I (thermonuclear) X-ray bursts yet assembled, comprising 7083 bursts from 85 bursting sources.

• The sample is drawn from observations with Xenon-filled proportional counters on the long-duration satellites RXTE, BeppoSAX and INTEGRAL, between 1996 February 8, and 2012 May 3.
• The burst sources were drawn from a comprehensive catalog of 115 burst sources, assembled from earlier catalogs and the literature.
• We carried out a consistent analysis for each burst lightcurve (normalised to the relative instrumental effective area), and provide measurements of rise time, peak intensity, burst timescale, and fluence.