[vsnet-grb-info 4647] Swift-BAT trigger 278987 is not a GRB

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  6402
SUBJECT: Swift-BAT trigger 278987 is not a GRB
DATE:    07/05/10 13:46:45 GMT
FROM:    Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC  <scott at lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov>

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

The Swift-BAT trigger (trigger=278987) at 05:56:40 UT on 10 May 2007,
tentatively labelled GRB 070510 (GCN 6401, Schady et al.),
is not due to a GRB or any other astrophysical source.  This trigger 
is due to a chance coincidence of a small noise fluctuation sitting
on top of a rising background (while entering the SAA).