GRB 231124A
GCN Circular 35193
Subject
GRB 231124A: GRBAlpha detection
Date
2023-11-26T16:56:42Z (2 years ago)
From
Marianna Dafčíková at Masaryk University <500025@mail.muni.cz>
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M. Dafcikova, J. Ripa (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory), N. Werner (Masaryk U.), M. Ohno, H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), L. Meszaros, B. Csak (Konkoly Observatory), N. Husarikova, F. Munz , M. Topinka, M. Kolar, L. Szakszonova, J.-P. Breuer, F. Hroch (Masaryk U.), T. Urbanec, M. Kasal, A. Povalac (Brno U. of Technology), J. Hudec, J. Kapus, M. Frajt (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo, M. Koleda (Needronix s.r.o), M. Smelko, P. Hanak, P. Lipovsky (Technical U. of Kosice), G. Galgoczi (Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), Y. Uchida, H. Poon, H. Matake (Hiroshima U.), N. Uchida (ISAS/JAXA), T. Bozoki (Eotvos U.), G. Dalya (Eotvos U.), yyT. Enoto (Kyoto U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), G. Friss (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K. Hirose (Hiroshima U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y. Ichinohe (Rikkyo U.), K. Kapas (Eotvos U.), L. L. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory), T. Mizuno (Hiroshima U.), K. Nakazawa (Nagoya U.), H. Odaka (Univ of Tokyo), J. Takatsy (Eotvos U.), K. Torigoe (Hiroshima U.), N. Kogiso, M. Yoneyama (Osaka Metropolitan U.), M. Moritaki (U. Tokyo), T. Kano (U. Michigan) -- the GRBAlpha collaboration.
The long-duration GRB 231124A (Fermi/GBM detection: GCN 35174; CALET/CGBM detection: GCN 35176; Glowbug detection: GCN 35183; INTEGRAL/SPI-ACS peak detection at 2023-11-24 ~08:38:25 UT) was observed by the GRBAlpha 1U CubeSat (Pal et al. 2023, A&A, 677, 40; arXiv:2302.10048).
The detection was confirmed at the peak time 2023-11-24 08:38:17 UTC. The T90 duration measured by GRBAlpha is 20 s and the overall significance during T90 reaches 12 sigma.
The light curve obtained by GRBAlpha is available here: https://grbalpha.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB231124A_GCN.pdf
All GRBAlpha detections are listed at: https://monoceros.physics.muni.cz/hea/GRBAlpha/
GRBAlpha, launched on 2021 March 22, is a demonstration mission for a future CubeSat constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). The detector of GRBAlpha consists of a 75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the energy range from ~50 keV to ~1000 keV. To increase the duty cycle and the downlink rate, the upgrade of the on-board data acquisition software stack is in progress. The ground segment is also supported by the radio amateur community and it takes advantage of the SatNOGS network for increased data downlink volume.
GCN Circular 35183
Subject
GRB 231124A: Glowbug gamma-ray detection
Date
2023-11-24T22:31:50Z (2 years ago)
From
C.C. Cheung at Naval Research Lab <Teddy.Cheung@nrl.navy.mil>
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C.C. Cheung, M. Kerr, J. E. Grove, R. Woolf (NRL), A. Goldstein (USRA), C.A. Wilson-Hodge (MSFC), and M.S. Briggs (UAH) report:
The Glowbug gamma-ray telescope [1,2], operating on the International Space Station, reports the detection of GRB 231124A, which was also detected by Fermi/GBM and CALET (GCN 35174, 35176).
Using an adaptive window with a resolution of 32-ms, the burst onset is determined to be 2023-11-24 08:38:09.832 with a duration of 21.0 s and a total significance of about 44.7 sigma. The light curve comprises a multi-peaked structure with maximum rates at ~T0+13s and ~T0+19s.
Using a standard power-law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff [3] to model the emission over this duration results in a photon index dN/dE~E^x of x=0.9 and a cutoff energy ("Epeak") of 254 keV. The modeled 10-10000 keV fluence is 4.9e-06 erg/cm^2.
The analysis results presented here are preliminary and use a response function that lacks a detailed characterization of the surrounding passive structure of the ISS.
Glowbug is a NASA-funded technology demonstrator for sensitive, low-cost gamma-ray transient telescopes developed, built, and operated by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) with support from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, USRA, and NASA MSFC. It was launched on 2023 March 15 aboard the Department of Defense Space Test Program’s STP-H9 to the ISS. The detector comprises 12 large-area (15 cm x 15 cm) CsI:Tl panels covering the surface of a half cube, and two hexagonal (5-cm diameter, 10-cm length) CLLB scintillators, giving it a large field of view (instantaneous FoV ~2/3 sky) over a wide energy band of 50 keV to >2 MeV.
[1] Grove, J.E. et al. 2020, Proc. Yamada Conf. LXXI, arXiv:2009.11959
[2] Woolf, R.S. et al. 2022, Proc. SPIE, 12181, id. 121811O
[3] Goldstein, A. et al. 2020, ApJ 895, 40, arXiv :1909.03006
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GCN Circular 35176
Subject
GRB 231124A: CALET Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor detection
Date
2023-11-24T14:01:20Z (2 years ago)
From
Yuta Kawakubo at Louisiana State University <kawakubo1@lsu.edu>
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S. Torii (Waseda U), A. Yoshida, T. Sakamoto, S. Sugita (AGU),
Y. Kawakubo (LSU), K. Yamaoka (Nagoya U), S. Nakahira (JAXA),
Y. Asaoka (ICRR), Y. Akaike, K. Kobayashi (Waseda U),
Y. Shimizu, T. Tamura (Kanagawa U), N. Cannady (GSFC/UMBC),
M. L. Cherry (LSU), S. Ricciarini (U of Florence),
P. S. Marrocchesi (U of Siena),
and the CALET collaboration:
The long GRB 231124A (Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization:
Fermi GBM team, GCN Circ. 35174) triggered the CALET Gamma-ray
Burst Monitor (CGBM) at 08:38:12.68 UTC on 24 November 2023
(http://cgbm.calet.jp/cgbm_trigger/flight/1384850206/).
The burst signal was seen by all CGBM detectors.
The burst light curve shows a multi-peaked structure that starts
at T-0.2 sec, peaks at T+10.9 sec, and ends at T+17.9 sec.
The T90 and T50 durations measured by the SGM data are
16.7 +/- 1.0 sec and 7.1 +/- 1.1 sec (40-1000 keV), respectively.
The ground-processed light curve is available at
http://cgbm.calet.jp/cgbm_trigger/ground/1384850206/
The CALET data used in this analysis are provided by
the Waseda CALET Operation Center located at Waseda University.
GCN Circular 35174
Subject
GRB 231124A: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
Date
2023-11-24T08:48:40Z (2 years ago)
From
Fermi GBM Team at MSFC/Fermi-GBM <do_not_reply@GIOC.nsstc.nasa.gov>
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The Fermi GBM team reports the detection of a likely LONG GRB
At 08:38:11 UT on 24 Nov 2023, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 231124A (trigger 722507896.88707 / 231124360).
The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 237.5, Dec = 10.9 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 15h 50m, 10d 54'), with a statistical uncertainty of 2.1 degrees.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 79.0 degrees.
The skymap can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2023/bn231124360/quicklook/glg_skymap_all_bn231124360.png
The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2023/bn231124360/quicklook/glg_healpix_all_bn231124360.fit
The GBM light curve can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2023/bn231124360/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn231124360.gif