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GCN Circular 43503

Subject
GRB 260114A: Insight-HXMT/HE detection
Date
2026-01-23T11:58:54Z (3 days ago)
From
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Yang-Zhao Ren, Chen-Wei Wang, Cheng-Kui Li, Shao-Lin Xiong, and Chao Zheng (IHEP) report on behalf of the Insight-HXMT team:

At 2026-01-14T11:40:26.300 (T0), Insight-HXMT/HE detected a short burst, GRB 260114A, which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM team, GCN #43395), Swift/BAT (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN #43396), GECAM-B (Ren et al., GCN #43402), SVOM/GRM (Wang et al., GCN #43404), and Konus-Wind (Ridnaia et al., GCN #43413). 

The Insight-HXMT/HE light curve mainly consists of multi-pulses with T90 of 0.28 +0.02/-0.02 s. The 1s peak rate, measured from T0-0.09 s, is 3104 cnts/sec. Insight-HXMT/HE detected a total of 3038 counts from this burst.  

The Insight-HXMT /HE light curve can be found here: 
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/hxmtgrb260114A.png  

All measurements above are made with the CsI detectors of Insight-HXMT/HE operating in the regular mode with the energy range of about 60-900 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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