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GRB 120711A: an intense INTEGRAL burst with long-lasting soft<i>γ</i>-ray emission and a powerful optical flash

GRB 120711A: an intense INTEGRAL burst with long-lasting soft<i>γ</i>-ray emission and a powerful optical flash

A long and intense gamma-ray burst (GRB) was detected by INTEGRAL on July 11 2012 with a duration of ~115s and fluence of 2.8x10^-4 erg cm^-2 in the 20 keV-8 MeV energy range. GRB 120711A was at z~1.405 and produced soft gamma-ray emission (>20 keV) for at least ~10 ks …