GRB 231104A: VZLUSAT-2 detection
Abstract
The long-duration GRB 231104A (Fermi/GBM detection: GCN 34937; Fermi/LAT detection: GCN 34943; Swift/BAT detection: GCN 34938; AstroSat detection: GCN 34945; NuSTAR detection: GCN 34957; Konus/WIND trigger at 2023-11-04 01:47:39.141 UT, INTEGRAL/SPI-ACS peak detection at 2023-11-04 ~01:47:40 UT) was detected by the GRB detector on board of the VZLUSAT-2 3U CubeSat (https://www.vzlusat2.cz/en/). The data acquisition was performed by the GRB detector unit no. 1. The detection was confirmed at the peak time 2023-11-04 01:47:39 UTC. The T90 duration is 26 s and the significance during T90 reaches 21 sigma. The light curve obtained by VZLUSAT-2 is available here: https://vzlusat2.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB231104A_GCN_VZLUSAT2.pdf All VZLUSAT-2 detections are listed at: https://monoceros.physics.muni.cz/hea/VZLUSAT-2/ The GRB detectors on VZLUSAT-2 are a demonstration payload for a future CubeSat constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). Two GRB modules of VZLUSAT-2 are placed in a perpendicular manner and each consists of a 75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the energy range from ~30 keV to ~1000 keV. VZLUSAT-2 was launched on 2022 January 13 from Cape Canaveral.
- Publication:
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- November 2023
- Bibcode:
- 2023GCN.35008....1D