GCN Circular 31552
Subject
GRB 220203A: GECAM detection
Date
2022-02-05T14:58:40Z (2 years ago)
From
Zhao Yi at POLAR <yizhao@ihep.ac.cn>
Z. W. Guo, Y. Zhao, S. L. Xiong, J. C. Liu, Y. Q. Zhang, C. Y. Li, S. L. Xie,
S. Xiao, C. Cai, P. Zhang, X. Y. Zhao, Y. Huang, X. Y. Song,
C. Zheng, Y. Zhao, W. C. Xue, C. W. Wang,
Q. B. Yi, B. X. Zhang, W. X. Peng, R. Qiao, D. Y. Guo, X. B. Li,
X. Ma, L. M. Song, 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,
H. M. Zhang, Z. H. An, M. Gao, K. Gong, B. Li, C. Li, J. H. Li,
X. Q. Li, Y. G. Li, X. H. Liang, X. J. Liu, Y. Q. Liu, X. L. Sun,
Y. L. Tuo, J. Z. Wang, X. Y. Wen, Y. B. Xu, Y. P. Xu, S. Yang,
C. Y. Zhang, D. L. Zhang, Fan Zhang, Fei Zhang,
X. Zhou, F. J. Lu, S. N. Zhang (IHEP)
report on behalf of GECAM team:
During the commissioning phase, GECAM-B was triggered on ground by a short burst,
GRB 220203A, at 2022-02-03T21:15:39.750 UTC (denoted as T0), which has been
detected by Konus-Wind, INTEGRAL/SPI-ACS, and Swift/BAT.
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 multiple pulses
with a duration of about 0.3 s.
The GECAM light curve could be found here:
http://twiki.ihep.ac.cn/pub/GECAM/GRBList/GRB220203A_lc.png
Using the automatic on-ground localization pipeline with the BDS alert data,
GECAM-B localized this burst to the following position (J2000):
Ra: 316.4 deg
Dec: 11.9 deg
Err: 13.3 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.
This position is consistent with the IPN localization (GCN 31549) within the error.
The GECAM preliminary location could be found here:
http://twiki.ihep.ac.cn/pub/GECAM/GRBList/GRB220203A_loc.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).
