A long Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) was detected with the instruments on board the INTEGRAL satellite on January 31, 2003. Although most of the GRB, which lasted ∼150 s, occurred during a satellite slew, the automatic software of the INTEGRAL Burst Alert System was able to detect it in near-real time. Here we report the results obtained with the IBIS instrument. which detected GRB 030131 in the 15 keV-200 keV energy range, and ESO/VLT observations of its optical transient. The burst displays a complex time profile with numerous peaks. The peak spectrum can be described by a single power law with photon index Γ ≃ 1.7 and has a flux of ∼2 photons cm-2 s-1 in the 20-200 keV energy band. The high sensitivity of IBIS has made it possible for the first time to perform detailed time-resolved spectroscopy of a GRB with a fluence of 7 × 10-6 erg cm-2 (20-200 keV).
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Observation of GRB 030131 with the INTEGRAL satellite |
Autor: | Götz, D.; Mereghetti, S.; Hurley, K.; Deluit, S.; Feroci, M.; Frontera, F.; Fruchter, A.; Gorosabel, J.; Hartmann, D.H.; Hjorth, J.; Hudec, R.; Mirabel, I.F.; Pian, E.; Pizzichini, G.; Ubertini, P.; Winkler, C. |
Filiación: | Ist. Astrofis. Spaziale Fis. Cosmica, Sezione di Milano G. Occhialini, Via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, Univ. degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano, Italy UC Berkeley Space Science Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450, United States Integral Science Data Centre, Chemin d'Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland Ist. Astrofis. Spaziale Fis. Cosmica, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Ferrara, Via Paradiso 12, 44100 Ferrara, Italy Ist. Astrofis. Spaziale Fis. Cosmica, Sezione di Bologna, via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0978, United States Astronomical Observatory, University of Copenhagen, Juliance Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Astronomical Institute, Acad. of Sci. of the Czech Republic, 25165 Ondrejov, Czech Republic Service d'Astrophysique, CEA/Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, Bat. 709, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via GB Tiepolo 11, 34131 Trieste, Italy ESA-ESTEC, RSSD, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Nordwijk, Netherlands Inst. Astronomia Fis. del Espacio, CONICET, cc67, suc 28, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina Instituto Astrofisica de Andalucia, PO Box 03004, 18080 Granada, Spain |
Palabras clave: | Gamma rays: bursts; Gamma rays: observations; Gamma rays; Observability; Photons; Real time systems; Satellites; Sensitivity analysis; Spectroscopy; Spectrum analysis; Automatic software; Optical transient; Time resolved spectroscopy; Astrophysics |
Año: | 2003 |
Volumen: | 409 |
Número: | 3 |
Página de inicio: | 831 |
Página de fin: | 834 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031128 |
Título revista: | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Título revista abreviado: | Astron. Astrophys. |
ISSN: | 00046361 |
CODEN: | AAEJA |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00046361_v409_n3_p831_Gotz |