TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40078 SUBJECT: GRB 250404B: AstroSat CZTI detection of a short burst DATE: 25/04/05 10:39:48 GMT FROM: Gaurav Waratkar at IIT Bombay gauravwaratkar@iitb.ac.in
S. Salunke (IUCAA), G. Waratkar (IITB), A. Vibhute (IUCAA), V. Bhalerao (IITB), D. Bhattacharya (Ashoka University/IUCAA), A. R. Rao (IUCAA/TIFR), and S. Vadawale (PRL) report on behalf of the AstroSat CZTI collaboration:
Analysis of AstroSat CZTI data with the CIFT framework (Sharma et al., 2021, JApA, 42, 73) showed the detection of a short duration GRB 250404B.
The source was clearly detected in the CZT detectors in the 20-200 keV energy range. The light curve showed multiple peaks of emission with the strongest peak at 2025-04-04 18:36:09.15 UTC. The measured peak count rate associated with the burst is 720 (+181, -101) counts/s above the background in the combined data of three quadrants (out of four), with a total of 375 (+52, -54) counts. The local mean background count rate was 292 (+10, -13) counts/s. Using cumulative rates, we measure a T90 of 0.79 (+0.04, -0.05) s.
The source was also clearly detected in the CsI anticoincidence (Veto) detector in the 100-500 keV energy range. The light curve peaked at 2025-04-04 18:36:08.40 UTC. The measured peak count rate associated with the burst is 665 (+73, -81) counts/s above the background in the combined data of all quadrants, with a total of 635 (+154, -167) counts. The local mean background count rate was 1266 (+14, -15) counts/s. Due to the intrinsic 1 s binning of veto data, we cannot reliably estimate a T90 from it.
CZTI is built by a TIFR-led consortium of institutes across India, including VSSC, URSC, IUCAA, SAC, and PRL. The Indian Space Research Organisation funded, managed, and facilitated the project.
CZTI GRB detections are reported regularly on the payload site at: http://astrosat.iucaa.in/czti/?q=grb
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