GCN Circular 35589
Subject
GRB 240119A: AstroSat CZTI detection of a short burst
Date
2024-01-21T06:57:24Z (4 months ago)
From
Gaurav Waratkar at IIT Bombay <gauravwaratkar@iitb.ac.in>
Via
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J. Joshi (IUCAA), G. Waratkar (IITB), A. Vibhute (IUCAA), V. Bhalerao (IITB), D. Bhattacharya (Ashoka University/IUCAA), A. R. Rao (IUCAA/TIFR), and S. Vadawale (PRL) report on behalf of the AstroSat CZTI collaboration:
Analysis of AstroSat CZTI data with the CIFT framework (Sharma et al., 2021, JApA, 42, 73) showed the detection of a short-duration GRB 240119A which was also detected by Fermi-GBM (Fermi GBM team, GCN Circ. 35583).
The source was detected in the CZT detectors in the 20-200 keV energy range. The light curve peaks at 2024-01-19 17:29:07.67 UTC. The measured peak count rate associated with the burst is 1304 (+583, -314) counts/s above the background in the combined data of three quadrants (out of four), with a total of 53 (+17, -18) counts. The local mean background count rate was 250 (+25, -36) counts/s. Using cumulative rates, we measure a T90 of 0.06 (+0.02, -0.03) s.
The source was also faintly detected in the CsI anticoincidence (Veto) detector in the 100-500 keV energy range but we cannot make quantitative inferences due to the intrinsic 1 s binning of Veto data.
CZTI is built by a TIFR-led consortium of institutes across India, including VSSC, URSC, IUCAA, SAC, and PRL. The Indian Space Research Organisation funded, managed, and facilitated the project.
CZTI GRB detections are reported regularly on the payload site at:
http://astrosat.iucaa.in/czti/?q=grb