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GRB 220421B

GCN Circular 31937

Subject
GRB 220421B: Detection by VZLUSAT-2
Date
2022-04-23T15:55:15Z (3 years ago)
From
Jakub Ripa at Masaryk University <ripa.jakub@mail.muni.cz>
J. Ripa (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory), M. Ohno (Eotvos 
U./Hiroshima U.),�� N. Werner�� (Masaryk U.),�� L. Meszaros (Konkoly 
Observatory), H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), B. Csak (Konkoly 
Observatory), M. Topinka, F. Munz, F. Hroch (Masaryk U.), J. Hudec, J. 
Kapus, M. Frajt, M. Rezenov (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo (Needronix), 
G. Galgoczi (Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), N. Uchida (ISAS/JAXA), 
T. Enoto (Kyoto U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K. Hirose, H. 
Matake (Hiroshima U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y. Ichinohe (Rikkyo U.), 
L. L. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory),�� T. Mizuno (Hiroshima U.), K. Nakazawa 
(Nagoya U.), H. Odaka (Univ of Tokyo), K. Torigoe (Hiroshima U.), P. 
Svoboda, V. Daniel, J. Dudas, M. Junas, J. Gromes (VZLU), I. Vertat (FEL 
ZCU)�� -- the VZLUSAT-2/GRB payload collaboration.

A GRB detected by GECAM (trigger at 2022-04-21 21:03:20.6 observation ID 
00035461090, https://www.swift.psu.edu/guano/) was also detected by both 
GRB detector units on board of the VZLUSAT-2 3U CubeSat 
(https://www.vzlusat2.cz/en/). Note that the reported GECAM trigger is 
~15s earlier than the onset of the GRB seen by VZLUSAT-2.

The data acquisition was performed by GRB detector units no. 0 and no. 
1. The 38 sigma detection significance was confirmed at 2022-04-21 
21:03:47 UTC. The long-duration GRB has the T90 duration of 62 s.

The light curve obtained by VZLUSAT-2 is available here:
https://vzlusat2.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB220421B_GCN_VZLUSAT2.pdf

GRB detectors on VZLUSAT-2 are a demonstration payload for a future 
CubeSats constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). Two GRB modules 
of VZLUSAT-2 are placed in a perpendicular manner and each consists of a 
75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the 
energy range from ~30 keV to ~1000 keV. VZLUSAT-2 was launched on 2022 
January 13 from Cape Canaveral.

GCN Circular 31949

Subject
Correction to 31937: GRB 220421B: Detection by VZLUSAT-2
Date
2022-04-25T16:52:18Z (3 years ago)
From
Jakub Ripa at Masaryk University <ripa.jakub@mail.muni.cz>
J. Ripa (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory), M. Ohno (Eotvos 
U./Hiroshima U.),�� N. Werner�� (Masaryk U.),�� L. Meszaros (Konkoly 
Observatory), H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), B. Csak (Konkoly 
Observatory), M. Topinka, F. Munz, F. Hroch (Masaryk U.), J. Hudec, J. 
Kapus, M. Frajt, M. Rezenov (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo (Needronix), 
G. Galgoczi (Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), N. Uchida (ISAS/JAXA), 
T. Enoto (Kyoto U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K. Hirose, H. 
Matake (Hiroshima U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y. Ichinohe (Rikkyo U.), 
L. L. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory),�� T. Mizuno (Hiroshima U.), K. Nakazawa 
(Nagoya U.), H. Odaka (Univ of Tokyo), K. Torigoe (Hiroshima U.), P. 
Svoboda, V. Daniel, J. Dudas, M. Junas, J. Gromes (VZLU), I. Vertat (FEL 
ZCU)�� -- the VZLUSAT-2/GRB payload collaboration.

In Ripa et al. GCN 31937 we reported a detection of the GRB 220421B. 
Based on the GOES-16 and GOES-17 X-ray data the reported burst is 
probably not a GRB but a solar flare. The GOES X-ray light curves show a 
peak at 2022-04-21 21:04:00 UT which coincides with the peak in the rate 
curves from the GRB detectors on board the VZLUSAT-2 nanosatellite. The 
Sun was in the field of view of the VZLUSAT-2/GRB detectors.

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