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GCN Circular 28289

Subject
GRB 200826A: AGILE detection
Date
2020-08-26T20:30:44Z (4 years ago)
From
Francesco Verrecchia at SSDC,INAF-OAR <francesco.verrecchia@ssdc.asi.it>
C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia (SSDC, and INAF/OAR), A. Ursi (INAF/IAPS), M.
Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), F. Longo (Univ. Trieste
and INFN Trieste), N. Parmiggiani (INAF/OAS-Bologna), F. Lucarelli,�� (SSDC,
and INAF/OAR), A. Argan, M. Cardillo, C. Casentini, Y. Evangelista, G. 
Piano
(INAF/IAPS), A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti, F. Fuschino (INAF/OAS-Bologna), M.
Marisaldi (INAF/OAS-Bologna, and Bergen University), M. Pilia, A. Trois
(INAF/OA-Cagliari), I. Donnarumma (ASI), A. Giuliani (INAF/IASF-Mi), report
on behalf of the AGILE Team:

The AGILE satellite detected the short burst GRB 200826A at T0=2020-08-26
04:29:52 (UTC), reported by Fermi-GBM (GCN #28284, trigger 620108997.570644
/ 200826187).

The event was detected by the scientific ratemeters of the Super-AGILE (SA;
18-60 keV) detector. The light curve shows a single peak profile, 
lasting 0.5
s and releasing ~84 counts above an average background rate of about 40
counts/s. The short burst was observed at an off-axis angle of about 54
degrees. The Super-AGILE light curve can be found here:
https://tools.ssdc.asi.it/ImgView/Agile/SA-TOT_GRB200826A_lcr28

Additional analysis of AGILE data is in progress.
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