GCN Circular 21773
Subject
GRB 170830A: Astrosat CZTI detection
Date
2017-08-31T13:22:08Z (8 years ago)
From
Vidushi Sharma at IUCAA <vidushi@iucaa.in>
V. Bhalerao (IITB), V. Sharma and D. Bhattacharya (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 GRB 170830A (MAXI/GSC detection: Yoneyama T. et al., GCN Circ. 21761) in the 40-200 keV energy range. The light curve shows multiple peaks of emission with the strongest peak at 03:14:00 UT, ~89 s before the MAXI/GSC trigger. The measured peak count rate is 66.3 counts/sec above the background in combined data of four quadrants, with a total of 91.4 counts. The local mean background count rate was 395.1 counts/sec. Using cumulative rates, we measure a T90 of 57.6 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.