Skip to main content
Testing. You are viewing the public testing version of GCN. For the production version, go to https://gcn.nasa.gov.
End of INTEGRAL Operations. See news and announcements

GCN Circular 20241

Subject
GRB 161203A: Astrosat CZTI (Veto) detection
Date
2016-12-07T13:29:30Z (8 years ago)
From
Vidushi Sharma at IUCAA <vidushi@iucaa.in>
V. Sharma, D. Bhattacharya and V. Bhalerao (IUCAA), A. R. Rao (TIFR) and S. Vadawale (PRL) report on behalf of the AstroSat CZTI collaboration:

Analysis of AstroSat CZTI data showed clear detection of GRB161203A (CALET detection: T. Sakamoto et al., GCN Circ. 20240) in the 40-200 keV 
energy range. The light curve shows a single peak structure with main peak at 18:41:10.32 UT, ~3 secs after the CALET trigger at 18:41:07.71 
UT. The measured peak count rate is 334.36 counts/sec above the background in combined data of four quadrants, with a total of 942.45 counts. 
The local mean background count rate was 322.63 counts/sec. Using cumulative rates, we measure a T90 of 8.6 secs.

CZTI GRB detections are reported regularly on the payload site at http://astrosat.iucaa.in/czti/?q=grb. CZTI is built by a TIFR-led consortium
of institutes across India, including VSSC, ISAC, IUCAA, SAC and PRL. The Indian Space Research Organisation funded, managed and facilitated 
the project.
Looking for U.S. government information and services? Visit USA.gov