GCN Circular 40489
Subject
GRB 250516B: Insight-HXMT detection
Event
Date
2025-05-19T12:37:22Z (2 months ago)
From
Chenwei Wang at IHEP <cwwang@ihep.ac.cn>
Via
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Chen-Wei Wang, Shao-Lin Xiong, and Jin-Peng Zhang report on behalf of the Insight-HXMT team:
At 2025-05-16T06:31:34.7 (T0), Insight-HXMT/HE detected the bright long burst GRB 250516B, which is also detected by GECAM-B (Wang et al., GCN #40469), NuSTAR (B. Grefenstette et al., GCN #40484) and Konus-Wind.
The Insight-HXMT/HE light curve mainly consists of multiple pulses with a T90 of 39.6 +0.3/-0.2 s.
The 1s peak rate, measured from T0+13.1 s, is 27175 cnts/sec.
The total counts from this burst is 423316 counts.
The HXMT/HE light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/hxmtgrb250516B.png
All measurements above are made with the CsI detectors operating in the regular mode with the energy range of about 30-1000 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.