GCN Circular 35075
Subject
GRB 231117A: AGILE detection of a bright short burst
Date
2023-11-17T11:45:06Z (5 months ago)
From
Paolo Walter Cattaneo at INFN Pavia <paolo.cattaneo@pv.infn.it>
Via
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P.W. Cattaneo (INFN Pavia), F. Verrecchia (SSDC, and INAF/OAR),
F. Longo (Univ. Trieste, and INFN Trieste), C. Pittori (SSDC, and INAF/OAR),
C. Casentini (INAF/IAPS), M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata),
A. Argan, M. Cardillo, Y. Evangelista, L. Foffano, G. Piano (INAF/IAPS),
A. Addis, L. Baroncelli, A. Bulgarelli, A. Ciabattoni, A. Di Piano, V. Fioretti
(INAF/OAS-Bologna), G. Panebianco (Univ. Bologna - INAF/OAS Bologna),
N. Parmiggiani (INAF/OAS-Bologna), F. Lucarelli (SSDC, and INAF/OAR),
M. Marisaldi (INAF/OAS-Bologna, and Bergen University), M. Pilia, A. Trois
(INAF/OA-Cagliari), A. Ursi (ASI and INAF/IAPS), I. Donnarumma, E. Menegoni
(ASI), A. Giuliani (INAF/IASF-Mi), F. Cutrona (Univ. Milano Bicocca) and P.
Tempesta (TeleSpazio) report on behalf of the AGILE Team:
The AGILE satellite detected the short GRB 231117A at T0 = 2023-11-17
03:03:20.50 (UT) , reported by Swift (GCN #35071) and AstroSat (GCN #35072).
A preliminary analysis of the AGILE minicalorimeter (MCAL) triggered data
found a burst at T_mcal = 2023-11-17 03:03:20 +/- 0.01 s (UTC).
The event lasted about 0.16 s and released a total number of 222 counts
in the detector (in the 0.4-100 MeV energy range), above an average
background rate of 364 counts/s.
The light curve can be found at:
http://www.agilescienceapp.it/notices/086277-086279_GRB_MCAL_627274999.673711.png.
The AGILE-MCAL detector is a CsI detector with a 4 pi FoV, sensitive in
the energy range 0.4-100 MeV. Additional analysis of AGILE data is in progress.
