[vsnet-grb-info 28380] GRB 210722A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  30483
SUBJECT: GRB 210722A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
DATE:    21/07/23 14:27:18 GMT
FROM:    Phil Evans at U of Leicester  <pae9 at leicester.ac.uk>

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

We have analysed 6.3 ks of XRT data for GRB 210722A (D'Avanzo et al.
GCN Circ. 30475), from 91 s to 47.1 ks after the  BAT trigger. The data
comprise 294 s in Windowed Timing (WT) mode with the remainder in
Photon Counting (PC) mode. Using 3301 s of PC mode data and 8 UVOT
images, we find an enhanced XRT position (using the XRT-UVOT alignment
and matching UVOT field sources to the USNO-B1 catalogue): RA, Dec =
27.03023, -6.34758 which is equivalent to:

RA (J2000): 01h 48m 07.26s
Dec(J2000): -06d 20' 51.3"

with an uncertainty of 2.0 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence).

The late-time light curve (from T0+4.5 ks) can be modelled with a
power-law decay with a decay index of alpha=1.31 (+0.10, -0.09).

A spectrum formed from the WT mode data can be fitted with an absorbed
power-law with a photon spectral index	of 2.20 (+/-0.05). The
best-fitting absorption column is  4.2 (+1.0, -0.9) x 10^20 cm^-2, in
excess of the Galactic value of 2.2 x 10^20 cm^-2 (Willingale et al.
2013). The PC mode spectrum has a photon index of 1.84 (+0.11, -0.10)
and a best-fitting absorption column of 3.5 (+2.4, -1.2) x 10^20 cm^-2.
The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor
deduced from this spectrum  is 3.5 x 10^-11 (3.8 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2
count^-1. 

A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
Total column:	     3.5 (+2.4, -1.2) x 10^20 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 2.2 x 10^20 cm^-2
Excess significance: <1.6 sigma
Photon index:	     1.84 (+0.11, -0.10)

If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of
1.31, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 0.013 count s^-1,
corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 4.4 x
10^-13 (4.8 x 10^-13) erg cm^-2 s^-1.

The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at
http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/01061223.

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