[vsnet-grb-info 20190] GRB 171223A: Insight-HXMT/HE detection

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  22286
SUBJECT: GRB 171223A: Insight-HXMT/HE detection
DATE:    17/12/26 07:36:17 GMT
FROM:    Xufang Li at IHEP  <lixufang at ihep.ac.cn>

X.F. Li, S. L. Xiong, X. B. Li, C. K. Li, C. Z. Liu,

Z. W. Li, Z. Chang, X. F. Lu, J. L. Zhao, A. M. Zhang, Y. F. Zhang,
C. L. Zou (IHEP), Y. J. Jin, Z. Zhang (THU), T. P. Li (IHEP/THU),
F. J. Lu, L. M. Song, H. Y. Wang, M. Wu, Y. P. Xu, S. N. Zhang (IHEP),
report on behalf of the Insight-HXMT team:



At 2017-12-23T19:38:15.000 (T0), Insight-HXMT/HE detected GRB 171223A 

(trigger ID: HEB171223818) in a routine search of the data, which was

also observed by Fermi/GBM(M. stanbro and C. Meegan, GCN Circ.22278)


The Insight-HXMT light curve mainly consists of multiple pulses
with a duration (T90) of 0.17 s measured from T0+0.0735 s.
The 0.01s peak rate, measured from T0+0.109 s, is 38390.0 cnts/sec.
The total counts from this burst is 3198 counts.

URL_LC: http://www.hxmt.org/images/GRB/HEB171223818_lc.jpg

All measurements above are made with the CsI detectors operating in the
regular mode with the energy range of about 80-800 keV (record energy).
Only gamma-rays with energy greater than about 200 keV can penetrate
the spacecraft and leave signals in the CsI detectors installed inside
of the telescope.

The analysis results presented above are preliminary;
final results will be published elsewhere.

Insight-HXMT is the first Chinese space X-ray telescope, which was funded
jointly by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Chinese
Academy of Sciences (CAS). More information about it could be found at:
http://www.hxmt.org/index.php/enhome .