GRB 230510B: GRBAlpha detection
Abstract
The long-duration GRB 230510B (Fermi/GBM detection: GCN 33759; CALET/CGBM detection: GCN 33763; AstroSat detection: GCN 33772; Wind/Konus detection at 2023-05-10 21:21:35.995 UT; INTEGRAL/SPI-ACS detection at 2023-05-10 21:21:45 UT; GECAM-B trig. no. 178) was observed by the GRBAlpha 1U CubeSat (Pal et al. 2023; arXiv:2302.10048). The detection was confirmed at the peak time 2023-05-10 21:20:55 UTC. The T90 duration measured by GRBAlpha is 198 s and the overall significance during T90 reaches 14 sigma in the 80-400 keV band. The light curve obtained by GRBAlpha is available here: https://grbalpha.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB230510B_GCN.pdf All GRBAlpha detections are listed at: https://monoceros.physics.muni.cz/hea/GRBAlpha/ GRBAlpha, launched on 2021 March 22, is a demonstration mission for a future CubeSat constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). The detector of GRBAlpha consists of a 75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the energy range from ~50 keV to ~1000 keV. To increase the duty cycle and the downlink rate, the upgrade of the on-board data acquisition software stack is in progress. The ground segment is also supported by the radio amateur community and it takes advantage of the SatNOGS network for increased data downlink volume.
- Publication:
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- May 2023
- Bibcode:
- 2023GCN.33811....1D