[vsnet-grb-info 13596] GRB 130625A: Swift detection of a burst

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  14923
SUBJECT: GRB 130625A: Swift detection of a burst
DATE:    13/06/25 07:15:01 GMT
FROM:    Dirk Grupe at PSU/Swift-XRT  <dxg35 at psu.edu>

D. Grupe (PSU), V. D'Elia (ASDC), P. A. Evans (U Leicester),
A. Y. Lien (NASA/GSFC/ORAU) and K. L. Page (U Leicester) report on
behalf of the Swift Team:

At 07:00:39 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 130625A (trigger=558982).  Swift slewed immediately to the burst. 
The BAT on-board calculated location is 
RA, Dec 343.268, +82.178 which is 
   RA(J2000) = 22h 53m 04s
   Dec(J2000) = +82d 10' 42"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including 
systematic uncertainty).  The BAT light curve showed a multi-peak
structure with a duration of about 30 sec.  The peak count rate
was ~1648 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~1 sec after the trigger. 

The XRT began observing the field at 07:02:16.7 UT, 97.2 seconds after
the BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find a fading,
uncatalogued X-ray source with an enhanced position: RA, Dec 343.2798,
82.1734 which is equivalent to:
   RA(J2000)  = 22h 53m 07.15s
   Dec(J2000) = +82d 10' 24.1"
with an uncertainty of 2.6 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This
location is 17 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the BAT
error circle. This position may be improved as more data are received;
the latest position is available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/sper. 

A power-law fit to a spectrum formed from promptly downlinked event
data gives a column density in excess of the Galactic value (1.06 x
10^21 cm^-2, Kalberla et al. 2005), with an excess column of 2.8
(+2.84/-2.37) x 10^21 cm^-2 (90% confidence). 

UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter
starting 102 seconds after the BAT trigger. No credible afterglow candidate has
been found in the initial data products. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers 100% of
the XRT error circle. The typical 3-sigma upper limit has been about 19.6 mag. 
The 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the
XRT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No
correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of
0.22. 

Burst Advocate for this burst is D. Grupe (dxg35 AT psu.edu). 
Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information
regarding Swift followup of this burst. In extremely urgent cases, after
trying the Burst Advocate, you can contact the Swift PI by phone (see
Swift TOO web site for information: http://www.swift.psu.edu/too.html.)