GCN Circular 44680
Subject
GRB 251118A: TERI Gamma-ray detection
Event
Date
2026-05-21T14:05:27Z (8 days ago)
From
nicholasjkirschner@gmail.com
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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 251118A, which was also detected
by Glowbug (GCN 42784), Fermi GBM (GCN 42743, 42745, 42783), Fermi LAT (GCN
42752), NuSTAR (GCN 42774), and GECAM-B (GCN 42779).
Using 1 Hz binning, and adopting T0 = 2025-11-18T20:31:43.57Z, we observe two peaks at
T0+4.5s and 40.5s.
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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