GCN Circular 44724
Subject
GRB 260527A: GECAM-B detection of a short burst probably associated with EP260527a
Event
Date
2026-05-28T14:41:34Z (a day ago)
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Zheng-Hang Yu, Chen-Wei Wang, Shao-Lin Xiong, Chao Zheng, Cheng-Kui Li (IHEP) report on behalf of GECAM team:
GECAM-B was triggered in-flight by a short burst GRB 260527A at 2026-05-27T06:16:10.050 UTC (denoted as T0), which is also detected by Konus-Wind (D. Svinkin et al., GCN#44722). According to the GECAM-B light curves in about 70-6000 keV, this burst mainly consists of multi-pulses with a duration (T90) of 0.40 +0.02/-0.04 s.
The on-ground localization of GECAM-B is:
Ra: 206.1 deg
Dec: 6.7 deg
Err: 4.9 deg (1-sigma, statistical only)
Considering possible systematic uncertainties, this localization is consistent with the EP/WXT localization of EP260257a (Yang et al., GCN#44718). The time coincidence and localization coincidence between GRB 260527A and EP260527a strongly support the association of these two events.
The GECAM-B light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/gecambgrb260527A.png
Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission originally consists of two micro-satellites (GECAM-A and GECAM-B) launched in Dec. 2020. As the third member of GECAM constellation, GECAM-C was launched onboard SATech-01 experimental satellite in July 2022. GECAM mission is funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).