[vsnet-grb-info 3187] GRB 060428A: Refined analysis of the Swift-BAT burst

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TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  5022
SUBJECT: GRB 060428A:  Refined analysis of the Swift-BAT burst
DATE:    06/04/28 13:34:17 GMT
FROM:    Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC  <Scott at lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov>

C. Markwardt (GSFC/UMD), L. Barbier (GSFC), S. Barthelmy (GSFC),
J. Cummings (GSFC/NRC), E. Fenimore (LANL), N. Gehrels (GSFC),
D. Hullinger (BYU-Idaho), H. Krimm (GSFC/USRA), V. Mangano (INAF-IASFPA),
D. Palmer (LANL), A. Parsons (GSFC), T. Sakamoto (GSFC/NRC),
G. Sato (ISAS), J. Tueller (GSFC)
on behalf of the Swift-BAT team:

Using the data set from T-239 to T+963 sec from recent telemetry downlinks,
we report further analysis of BAT GRB 060428A (trigger #207364)
(Mangano, et al., GCN 5014).  The BAT ground-calculated position is RA,Dec =
123.535,-37.169 deg {8h 14m 8.5s, -37d 10' 8.6"} (J2000) +- 1.0 arcmin,
(radius, sys+stat, 90% containment).  The partial coding was 65%.
 
The mask-weighted lightcurve shows a bright peak (starting at T-8 sec until
T+20 sec with the peak at T+5 sec) and a weaker peak (T+22 sec until T+42 sec).
T90 (15-350 keV) is 39.4 +- 2 sec (estimated error including systematics).
 
The time-averaged spectrum from T-6.8 to T+43.0 is best fit by a simple
power-law model.  The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is
2.04 +- 0.11.  The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is
1.4 +- 0.1 x 10^-6 erg/cm2.  The 1-sec peak photon flux measured
from T+4.41 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 2.4 +- 0.2 ph/cm2/sec.
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.