[vsnet-grb-info 15414] GRB 140818A Tiled Swift observations
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Aug 18 17:38:34 JST 2014
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 16703
SUBJECT: GRB 140818A Tiled Swift observations
DATE: 14/08/18 08:38:26 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9 at leicester.ac.uk>
P. A. Evans (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift team:
Swift has initiated a series of observations, tiled on the sky, of the
MAXI GRB 140818A. Automated analysis of the XRT data will
be presented online at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/TILED_GRB00029
Any uncatalogued X-ray sources detected in this analysis will be
reported on this website and via GCN COUNTERPART notices. The probability of finding
serendipitous sources, unrelated to the MAXI event is high: any X-ray source
considered to be a probable afterglow candidate will be reported via a GCN Circular
after manual consideration.
Details of the XRT automated analysis methods are detailed in Evans et
al. (2007, A&A, 469, 379; and 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177).
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
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