[vsnet-grb-info 15453] GRB 140821A: Fermi GBM Detection
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Aug 26 01:45:54 JST 2014
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 16742
SUBJECT: GRB 140821A: Fermi GBM Detection
DATE: 14/08/25 16:44:54 GMT
FROM: Binbin Zhang at UAH <binbin.zhang at uah.edu>
Bin-Bin Zhang (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:
"At 23:56:02.84 Â UT on the 21st of August 2014, the Fermi Gamma-Ray BurstÂ
Monitor triggered and located GRB 140821A (trigger 430358165 / 140821997).Â
The trigger resulted in an Autonomous Repoint Request (ARR) that wasÂ
accepted. The GBM on-ground location is consistent with the Fermi flightÂ
software position.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 93 degrees.
The GBM light curve consists of single peak with a duration (T90) of about
32 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum from T0+11 s to T0+43 s is
well fit by Band function parameterized as Ep=483+/-22 keV,Â
alpha=-0.82+/-0.03 and beta=-2.4+/-0.1.Â
The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is
(6.314+/-0.067)E-05 erg/cm^2. The 1.024-sec peak photon flux measured
starting from T0+29 s in the 10-1000 keV band is  19.5+/-0.6 ph/s/cm^2.
The burst spectrum may be contaminated by solar flare activity that isÂ
detected at energies below ~20 keV in many of the same GBM detectors.Â
Although the solar emission has several peaks, the first of which is Â
around T0+130 s, it may have significant overlap with the time of the
burst.
The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary;
final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog.â
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