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GCN Circular 38284

Subject
GRB 241114B: Insight-HXMT/HE detection
Date
2024-11-20T17:34:01Z (14 days ago)
From
Chenwei Wang at IHEP <cwwang@ihep.ac.cn>
Via
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Chen-Wei Wang, Shao-Lin Xiong, Shi-Jie Zheng and Yan-Ting Zhang report on behalf of the Insight-HXMT team:

At 2024-11-14T11:05:03 (T0), Insight-HXMT/HE detected a long burst, GRB 241114B.

The Insight-HXMT/HE light curve mainly consists of three
episodes with a T90 of 25.0 +0.3/-0.5 s. 
The 1s peak rate, measured from T0+30.5 s, is 7255 cnts/sec. 
The total counts from this burst is 33848 counts.

The HXMT/HE light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/hxmtgrb241114B.png

All measurements above are made with the CsI detectors operating in the regular mode with the energy range of about 80-800 keV (deposited energy). Only gamma-rays with energy greater than about 200 keV can penetrate the spacecraft and leave signals in the CsI detectors installed inside of the telescope. 

Insight-HXMT is the first Chinese space X-ray telescope, which was 
funded jointly by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and 
the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). 
More information about it could be found at: 
http://www.hxmt.org.

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