[vsnet-grb-info 25585] GRB 200503A: AGILE observations

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  27685
SUBJECT: GRB 200503A: AGILE observations
DATE:    20/05/03 19:41:20 GMT
FROM:    Alessandro Ursi at INAF/IAPS  <alessandro.ursi at gmail.com>

A. Ursi (INAF/IAPS), F. Verrecchia (SSDC, and INAF/OAR), M. Tavani
(INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), C. Casentini (INAF/IAPS), M. Pilia
(INAF/OA-Cagliari), C. Pittori (SSDC, and INAF/OAR),  A. Argan, M.
Cardillo, Y. Evangelista, G. Piano (INAF/IAPS), F. Lucarelli (SSDC, and
INAF/OAR), A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti, F. Fuschino, N. Parmiggiani
(INAF/OAS-Bologna), M. Marisaldi (INAF/OAS-Bologna, and Bergen University),
A. Trois (INAF/OA-Cagliari), I. Donnarumma (ASI), F. Longo (Univ. Trieste
and INFN Trieste), A. Giuliani (INAF/IASF-Mi), report on behalf of the
AGILE Team:

The AGILE satellite detected the long burst GRB 200503A at T0 = 2020-05-03
05:01:44 (UT), reported by AstroSat CZTI (GCN #27680, Gupta et al.).

The event is visible in the scientific ratemeters of the SuperAGILE (SA;
20-60 keV), Anti-Coincidence (AC, 50-200 keV), and MiniCALorimeter (MCAL;
0.4-100 MeV) detectors. The burst light curve shows a multi-peaked time
profile that lasted ~25 s. The event released 3700 counts in the AC
ratemeters (above a background of ~3500 Hz), 1800 counts in the MCAL
ratemeters (above a background of ~2600 Hz), and 560 counts in the SA
ratemeters (above a background of 40 Hz). The ratemeters light curves can
be found at http://www.agilescienceapp.it/notices/RM_GRB200503A.png .

Additional analysis of AGILE data is in progress.