GRB 241212A: VZLUSAT-2 detection
Abstract
The long-duration GRB 241212A (Fermi/GBM detection: GCN 38540; AstroSat/CZTI detection: GCN 38544; SVOM detection: GCN 38541; INTEGRAL/SPI-ACS peak detection at 2024-12-12 09:21:47 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 GRB detector unit no. 1. The detection was confirmed at the peak time 2024-12-12 09:21:48 UTC. The T90 duration measured by VZLUSAT-2 is 25 s and the significance during T90 reaches 7.1 sigma. The light curve obtained by VZLUSAT-2 is available here: https://vzlusat2.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB241212A_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.
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- December 2024
- Bibcode:
- 2024GCN.38677....1R