GCN Circular 31035
Subject
GRB 211102B: GECAM detection
Date
2021-11-03T14:06:08Z (3 years ago)
From
Chao Zheng at IHEP <zhengchao97@ihep.ac.cn>
J. C. Liu, S. Xiao, Yi Zhao, S. L. Xiong, C. Cai, J. J. He, Y. Huang, Z. W. Guo,
C. Y. Li, X. B. Li, J. C. Liu, X. Y. Song, P. Wang, S. L. Xie, W. C. Xue,
Q. B. Yi, Y. Q. Zhang, G. Y. Zhao, X. Y. Zhao, C. Zheng, Y. Q. Du, D. Y. Guo,
J. Liang, F. J. Lu, Q. Luo, X. Ma, W. X. Peng, R. Qiao, L. M. Song, J. Wang, H. Wu,
C. W. Wang, P. Zhang, S. N. Zhang, X. L. Zhang, Z. Zhang, S. J. Zheng (IHEP),
report on behalf of GECAM team:
During the commissioning phase, GECAM-B was triggered in-flight by a
long bright burst, GRB 211102B, at 2021-11-02T14:05:35.350 UTC (denoted as T0),
which is also observed by Fermi/GBM (GCN #31033).
Its alert data was promptly downlinked to the ground through the short
message service of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS). The time
latency of the first BeiDou message relative to the trigger time is about 1 minute.
According to the BDS alert data, this burst mainly consists of multiple
pulses with duration of about 20 s.
The GECAM light curve could be found here:
http://twiki.ihep.ac.cn/pub/GECAM/GRBList/211102BLC.png
GECAM-B localized this burst to the following position (J2000):
Ra: 298.1 deg
Dec: -2.9 deg
Err: 2.4 deg (1-sigma,statistical only)
The current systematic error of location is estimated to be several degrees
which could be minimized by the ongoing calibration.
The GECAM preliminary location could be found here:
http://twiki.ihep.ac.cn/pub/GECAM/GRBList/20211102Bloc.png
Please note that all GECAM results here are preliminary. The final analysis
will be published in journal papers or GECAM online catalog.
Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor
(GECAM) mission consists of two small satellites (GECAM-A and GECAM-B) in
Low Earth Orbit (600 km, 29 deg), launched on Dec 10, 2020 (Beijing Time),
which was funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).