GCN Circular 31074
Subject
GRB 211110A: GECAM detection
Date
2021-11-11T07:22:25Z (3 years ago)
From
Shenglun Xie at IHEP <xiesl@ihep.ac.cn>
S. L. Xie, S. L. Xiong, S. Xiao, C. Cai, X. Y. Zhao, Y. Huang, X. Y. Song,
J. C. Liu, Y. Q. Zhang, Y. Zhao, Z. W. Guo, C. Zheng, W. C. Xue, C. Y. Li,
C. W. Wang, Q. B. Yi, B. X. Zhang, P. Zhang, W. X. Peng, R. Qiao, D. Y. Guo,
X. B. Li, X. Ma, P. Wang, J. Wang, Z. Zhang, S. J. Zheng, W. Chen, J. J. He,
G. Y. Zhao, Y. Q. Du, H. Wu, J. Liang, Q. Luo, X. L. Zhang,
L. M. Song, F. J. Lu, S. N. Zhang (IHEP), report on behalf of GECAM team:
During the commissioning phase, GECAM-B was triggered in-flight by a long
burst, GRB 211110A, at 2021-11-10T03:26:29.600 UTC (denoted as T0).
GECAM alert data was downlinked to the ground through the short message
service of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) within ~60 s after T0.
According to the BDS alert data, this burst mainly consists of a broad pulse
with a duration of about 15 s.
The GECAM light curve could be found here:
http://twiki.ihep.ac.cn/pub/GECAM/GRBList/multiLCvsE_2021-11-10T033A263A28.450.png
Using the automatic on-ground localization pipeline with the BDS alert data,
GECAM-B localized this burst to the following position (J2000):
Ra: 324.19 deg
Dec: -3.15 deg
Err: 7.59 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/gecamb_skymap_bdm_90213989_V01.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).