GCN Circular 43896
Subject
GRB 260208A: TERI Gamma-ray detection
Event
Date
2026-03-02T15:52:13Z (2 days ago)
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Nicholas Kirschner (a), Daniel Shy (b), C.C. Cheung (b), Bernard Phlips (b), Michael Streicher (c), James Mason (c), Douglas M. Groves (c), Feng Zhang (c), and Willy Kaye (c)
(a) National Research Council Research Associate resident at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave SW, Washington, DC 20375
(b) U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave SW, Washington, DC 20375
(c) H3D, Inc., 812 Avis Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA
The cadmium zinc TElluride Radiation Imager (TERI) gamma-ray telescope [1], operating on the International Space Station, reports the detection of GRB 260208A, which was also detected by Fermi/GBM (GCN 43635, 43673), Fermi/LAT (GCN 43645), GECAM-B (GCN 43658), NuSTAR (GCN 43674), and Glowbug (GCN 43675).
Using 1 Hz binning, we find a burst onset at T0 = 2026-02-08T05:07:28 and three emission peaks with excesses of 192, 165, and 130 counts per second (cps) above the 33.2 cps baseline rate observed in nearby off-source intervals, at ~T0+15.5s, 23.5s, and 35.5s, respectively. We use all counts between 40 keV and 3 MeV.
The analysis results presented here are preliminary and currently lack a detailed response function.
TERI is an Office of Naval Research funded technology demonstrator for large-volume pixelated CdZnTe detectors developed, built, and operated by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in conjunction with H3D, Inc. The pixelated CdZnTe detectors have an energy range of 40 keV to 3 MeV per pixel. It was launched on 2025 April 21 aboard the Department of Defense Space Test Program STP-H10 to the ISS. On the ISS, it is located on the SOX external payload facility on the Columbus module. Analysis of TERI data at NRL is supported by the Office of Naval Research 6.1.
[1] Shy, Daniel, et al. "Development of the cadmium zinc TElluride Radiation Imager." Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 10.4 (2024): 044009-044009 (arXiv:2408.04559).
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