[vsnet-grb-info 22280] LIGO/Virgo S190503bf: AGILE MCAL observations

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  24379
SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo S190503bf: AGILE MCAL observations
DATE:    19/05/03 21:03:47 GMT
FROM:    Alessandro Ursi at INAF/IAPS  <alessandro.ursi at gmail.com>

A. Ursi, G. Piano (INAF/IAPS), M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor
Vergata), M. Cardillo, C. Casentini (INAF/IAPS), F. Lucarelli, C. Pittori,
F. Verrecchia (SSDC, and INAF/OAR), A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti, N.
Parmiggiani (INAF/OAS-Bologna), M. Pilia (INAF/OA-Cagliari), F. Longo
(Univ. Trieste, and INFN Trieste), report on behalf of the AGILE Team:

In response to the LIGO-Virgo GW event S190503bf at T0 = 2019-05-03
18:54:04 (UT), a preliminary analysis of the AGILE minicalorimeter (MCAL)
data found no data acquisitions related to the event, due to a complete
Earth occultation of the S190503bf 90% c.l. localization region.

The AGILE-MCAL detector is a CsI detector with a 4 pi FoV, sensitive in the
energy range 0.4-100 MeV. Additional analysis of AGILE data is in progress.