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GCN Circular 44148

Subject
GRB 260327A: Insight-HXMT/HE detection
Date
2026-03-29T15:18:30Z (6 days ago)
From
xueyuan zao <zaoxueyuan@gmail.com>
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Xue-Yuan Zao, Chen-Wei Wang, Cheng-Kui Li, Shao-Lin Xiong, and Chao Zheng (IHEP) report on behalf of the Insight-HXMT team:

At 2026-03-27T02:28:50.350 (T0), Insight-HXMT/HE detected a long burst, GRB 260327A, which is also detected by AstroSat CZTI (A. Arya et. al., GCN #44130) and Konus-Wind (IPN notice).

The Insight-HXMT/HE light curve mainly consists of two emission episodes with a total duration (T90) of 98 +14/-6 s. The 1s peak rate, measured from T0-1 s, is 2435 cnts/sec. Insight-HXMT/HE detected a total of 22378 counts from this burst.  

The Insight-HXMT /HE light curve can be found here: 
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/hxmtgrb260327A.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://hxmten.ihep.ac.cn/

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