GCN Circular 40457
Subject
GRB 250511A: GECAM-A detection of a short burst
Date
2025-05-14T04:36:21Z (8 days ago)
From
Chenwei Wang at IHEP <cwwang@ihep.ac.cn>
Via
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Chen-Wei Wang, Shao-Lin Xiong, Yue Huang (IHEP) report on behalf of GECAM team:
GECAM-A detected a short burst GRB 250511A at 2025-05-11T00:52:17 UTC (denoted as T0).
According to the GECAM-A light curves in about 40-6000 keV, this burst mainly consists of a single pulse with a duration (T90) of 1.9 +0.7/-0.7 s.
The GECAM-A light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/gecamgrb250511A.png
Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission originally consists of two micro-satellites (GECAM-A and GECAM-B) launched in Dec. 2020. As the third member of GECAM constellation, GECAM-C was launched onboard SATech-01 experimental satellite in July 2022. GECAM mission is funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).