SVOM/GRM observation of a short burst from soft gamma repeater Kes 73
Abstract
During the commissioning phase, SVOM/GRM was triggered in-flight by a short burst (SVOM trigger reference: sb24112902) from Kes 73 at 2024-11-29T10:56:49.200 UTC (T0), which was also observed by Fermi/GBM and Swift/BAT (Atel #16927). With the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, the GRM light curve shows that this burst consists of single pulse with a duration of about 0.1 s. The SVOM/GRM light curve can be found here: https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/svgrb241129B.png The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA, China), National Center for Space Studies (CNES, France) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, China), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. GRM is developed by the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of CAS. The SVOM/GRM point of contact for this burst is: Wang-Chen Xue (IHEP)(xuewc@ihep.ac.cn)
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- November 2024
- Bibcode:
- 2024GCN.38390....1S