{
  "submittedHow": "web",
  "subject": "GRB 231117A: AGILE detection of a bright short burst",
  "circularId": 35075,
  "eventId": "GRB 231117A",
  "bibcode": "2023GCN.35075....1C",
  "createdOn": 1700221506355,
  "body": "P.W. Cattaneo (INFN Pavia), F. Verrecchia (SSDC, and INAF/OAR), \nF. Longo (Univ. Trieste, and INFN Trieste), C. Pittori (SSDC, and INAF/OAR), \nC. Casentini (INAF/IAPS), M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata),\nA. Argan, M. Cardillo, Y. Evangelista, L. Foffano, G. Piano (INAF/IAPS),\nA. Addis, L. Baroncelli, A. Bulgarelli, A. Ciabattoni, A. Di Piano, V. Fioretti \n(INAF/OAS-Bologna), G. Panebianco (Univ. Bologna - INAF/OAS Bologna), \nN. Parmiggiani (INAF/OAS-Bologna), F. Lucarelli (SSDC, and INAF/OAR),\nM. Marisaldi (INAF/OAS-Bologna, and Bergen University), M. Pilia, A. Trois\n(INAF/OA-Cagliari), A. Ursi (ASI and INAF/IAPS), I. Donnarumma, E. Menegoni \n(ASI), A. Giuliani (INAF/IASF-Mi), F. Cutrona (Univ. Milano Bicocca) and P. \nTempesta (TeleSpazio) report on behalf of the AGILE Team:\n\nThe AGILE satellite detected the short GRB 231117A at T0 = 2023-11-17\n03:03:20.50 (UT) , reported by Swift (GCN #35071) and AstroSat (GCN #35072).\n\nA preliminary analysis of the AGILE minicalorimeter (MCAL) triggered data\nfound a  burst at T_mcal = 2023-11-17 03:03:20 +/- 0.01 s (UTC).\n\nThe event lasted about 0.16 s and released a total number of 222 counts\nin the detector (in the 0.4-100 MeV energy range), above an average\nbackground rate of 364 counts/s.\n\nThe light curve can be found at:\nhttp://www.agilescienceapp.it/notices/086277-086279_GRB_MCAL_627274999.673711.png.\n\nThe AGILE-MCAL detector is a CsI detector with a 4 pi FoV, sensitive in\nthe energy range 0.4-100 MeV. Additional analysis of AGILE data is in progress.",
  "submitter": "Paolo Walter Cattaneo at INFN Pavia <paolo.cattaneo@pv.infn.it>"
}