Fig. 2: Light curves from INTEGRAL satellite observations. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Light curves from INTEGRAL satellite observations.

From: Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst

Fig. 2: Light curves from INTEGRAL satellite observations.The alt text for this image may have been generated using AI.

Time profile of GRB221009A detected by INTEGRAL, scaled for background. The red curve shows the SPI/ACS count rate on 1s time-bin plotted in erg/cm2/s in the energy range 75-1000 keV; the black curve shows the IBIS/PICsIT data in the energy range 0.25–2.60 MeV. The differences between the two light curves are due to: i) difference in computing the two energy bands, ii) statistical fluctuations (IBIS/PICSiT is less sensitive in this case because of the partial shield absorption to low energy photons), iii) instrument saturation and/or telemetry loss due to the exceptionally strong photon flux from GRB221009A.

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