[vsnet-grb-info 27874] GRB 210509A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  29977
SUBJECT: GRB 210509A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
DATE:    21/05/10 08:38:51 GMT
FROM:    Phil Evans at U of Leicester  <pae9 at leicester.ac.uk>

J.A. Kennea (PSU), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), P.A. Evans (U.
Leicester), J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), M.G.
Bernardini (INAF-OAB), E. Ambrosi  (INAF-IASFPA) , A. Tohuvavohu (U.
Toronto), B. Sbarufatti (PSU) and K.L. Page report on behalf of the
Swift-XRT team:

We have analysed 7.2 ks of XRT data for GRB 210509A (Page et al. GCN
Circ. 29970), from 3.2 ks to 56.6 ks after the	BAT trigger. The data
are entirely in Photon Counting (PC) mode. The enhanced XRT position
for this burst was given by Goad et al. (GCN Circ. 29973).

The light curve can be modelled with a power-law decay with a decay
index of alpha=1.11 (+0.20, -0.17).

A spectrum formed from the PC mode data can be fitted with an absorbed
power-law with a photon spectral index of 1.63 (+0.36, -0.16). The
best-fitting absorption column is  consistent with the Galactic value
of 7.1 x 10^20 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The counts to observed
(unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this
spectrum  is 4.0 x 10^-11 (4.4 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2 count^-1. 

A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
Total column:	     7.1 (+/-8.9) x 10^20 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 7.1 x 10^20 cm^-2
Excess significance: <1.6 sigma
Photon index:	     1.63 (+0.36, -0.16)

If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of
1.11, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 2.2 x 10^-3 count s^-1,
corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 8.7 x
10^-14 (9.6 x 10^-14) erg cm^-2 s^-1.

The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at
http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/01047531.

This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.