[vsnet-grb-info 26945] GRB 201214A: Swift-XRT observations

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  29048
SUBJECT: GRB 201214A: Swift-XRT observations
DATE:    20/12/15 07:17:06 GMT
FROM:    Aaron Tohuvavohu at U Toronto  <aaron.tohu at gmail.com>

J.A. Kennea (PSU), A. Tohuvavohu (U. Toronto), J.P. Osborne (U.
Leicester), K.L. Page (U. Leicester), T. Sbarrato (INAF-OAB), P.
D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), M.G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB), B. Sbarufatti (PSU)
and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:

Swift-XRT has performed follow-up observations of the INTEGRAL-detected
burst GRB 201214A (Mereghetti et al. GCN Circ. 29037), collecting 4.1
ks of Photon Counting (PC) mode data between T0+5.2 ks and T0+23.6 ks. 

One uncatalogued X-ray source has been detected consistent with being
within 246 arcsec of the INTEGRAL position, it is below the RASS limit
and shows no definitive signs of fading. Therefore, at the present time
we cannot confirm this as the afterglow. Details of this source are
given below:

Source 2:
  RA (J2000.0):  170.92446  =  11:23:41.87
  Dec (J2000.0): +33.86930  =  +33:52:09.5
  Error: 2.2 arcsec (radius, 90% conf. [Enhanced position])
  Count-rate: 0.0182 +/- 0.0024 ct s^-1   
  Distance: 36 arcsec from INTEGRAL position.
  Flux: (4.48 +/- 0.60)e-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (observed, 0.3-10 keV)

Three uncatalogued sources were also detected too far from the GRB
position to be likely afterglow candidates.

The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis of the XRT observations,
including a position-specific upper limit calculator, are available at
https://www.swift.ac.uk/ToO_GRBs/00021406.

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