GCN Circular 42327
Subject
GRB 251016A: AstroSat CZTI detection of a short burst
Event
Date
2025-10-17T13:05:35Z (4 days ago)
From
Anuraag Arya at IIT Bombay <aryaanuraag910@gmail.com>
Via
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A. Goyal (IITB), A. Arya (IITB), S. Salunke (IUCAA), M. Tembhurnikar (IUCAA), Harsha K. H. (IUCAA), G. Waratkar (Caltech/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 251016A which was also detected by SVOM/ECLAIRs (Basa et al., GCN Circ. 42308), Fermi GBM (Fermi GBM Team, GCN Circ. 42309), Glowbug (Woolf et al., GCN Circ. 42313) and CALET GBM (Kawakubo et al., GCN Circ. 42321).
The source was clearly detected in the CZT detectors in the 20-200 keV energy range. The light curve peaks at 2025-10-16 14:59:16.90 UTC. The measured peak count rate associated with the burst is 1142 (+782, -64) counts/s above the background in the combined data of all four quadrants, with a total of 140 (+39, -30) counts. The local mean background count rate was 264 (+14, -45) counts/s. Using cumulative rates, we measure a T90 of 0.31 (+0.04, -0.08) s.
The source was also clearly detected in the CsI anticoincidence (Veto) detector in the 100-500 keV energy range. The light curve peaks at 2025-10-16 14:59:16.68 UTC. The measured peak count rate associated with the burst is 1099 (+76, -82) counts/s above the background in the combined data of all quadrants, with a total of 1056 (+117, -126) counts. The local mean background count rate was 1232 (+9, -10) counts/s. Due to the intrinsic 1 s binning of veto data, we cannot reliably estimate a T90 from it.
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