GRB 210818A: AGILE detection
Abstract
The AGILE satellite detected the long GRB 210818A at T0 = 2021-08-18 01:02:08.19 s (UTC), reported by Swift (GCNs #30652, #30653). The burst is clearly visible in the AGILE scientific ratemeters of the SuperAGILE (SA; 20-60 keV), MiniCALorimeter (MCAL; 0.4-100 MeV), and AntiCoincidence (AC; 50-200 keV) detectors. The event lasted about 35 s and it released a total number of 3020 counts in the SA detector (above a background rate of 70 Hz), 48170 counts in the MCAL detector (above a background rate of 1250 Hz), and 130730 counts in the AC detector (above a background rate of 3650 Hz). The AGILE ratemeter light curves can be found at http://www.agilescienceapp.it/notices/GRB210818A_AGILE_RM.png . The event also triggered a partial high time resolution MCAL data acquisition, from T1 = 2021-08-18 01:02:07.81 s +/- 0.01 (UTC) to T2 =2021-08-18 01:02:21.18 +/- 0.01 s (UTC), and released 21640 counts in the detector, above a background rate of 625 Hz. The MCAL light curve can be found at: http://www.agilescienceapp.it/notices/074408_GRB_556333328.188243.png . Additional analysis of AGILE data is in progress. Automatic MCAL GRB alert Notices can be found at: https://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/agile_mcal.html.
- Publication:
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- August 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021GCN.30654....1U