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GCN Circular 24768

Subject
GRB 190606A: Insight-HXMT/HE detection
Date
2019-06-07T11:05:14Z (5 years ago)
From
QiBin Yi at IHEP, HXMT <yiqb@ihep.ac.cn>
Q. B. Yi, S. Xiao, Q. Luo, C. Cai, C. K. Li,
X. B. Li, G. Li, J. Y. Liao, S. L. Xiong,
C. Z. Liu, X. F. Li, Z. W. Li, Z. Chang, X. F. Lu,
A. M. Zhang, Y. F. Zhang, C. L. Zou (IHEP), Y. J. Jin, 
Z. Zhang (THU), T. P. Li (IHEP/THU), F. J. Lu, L. M. Song, 
M. Wu, Y. P. Xu, S. N. Zhang (IHEP),
report on behalf of the Insight-HXMT team:

At 2019-06-06T01:55:07.00 (T0), Insight-HXMT/HE detected 
GRB 190606A (trigger ID: HEB190606079) in a routine search of the data, 
which was also triggered by Fermi/GBM (trigger #581478912) and
AGILE/MCAL (GCN #24759).  

The Insight-HXMT/HE light curve mainly consists of multiple
pulses with a duration (T90) of 0.12 s measured from T0+0.84 s. 
The 1-ms peak rate, measured from T0+0.89 s, is 49197 cnts/sec. 
The total counts from this burst is 2833 counts. 
Some part of the Insight-HXMT/HE light curve suffers data saturation 
due to the extreme brightness of this burst.
URL_LC: http://www.hxmt.org/images/GRB/HEB190606079_lc.jpg

All measurements above are made with the CsI detectors operating in the 
regular mode with the energy range of about 80-800 keV (deposited energy). 
Only gamma-rays with energy greater than about 200 keV can penetrate 
the spacecraft and leave signals in the CsI detectors installed inside 
of the telescope. 

Insight-HXMT is the first Chinese space X-ray telescope, which was 
funded jointly by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and 
the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). 
More information about it could be found at: 
http://www.hxmt.org.
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