[vsnet-grb 278766] SNEWS Notice type added to GCN

Fri Dec 18 03:46:47 JST 2015

TO:  All GCN Notice recipients
RE:  SNEWS Notice type is available
DT:  17 Dec 2015

INTRODUCTION:
The GCN system has been modified to incorporate the distribution
of the SNEWS notices (SuperNova Early Warning System).
The SNEWS notice reports significant detections of bursts of neutrinos
from single detectors and neutrino coincidences from 2-or-more detectors
in the SNEWS network.

OCCURRENCE RATE:
There will be about 0.03 or fewer SNEWS Individual-detection Notices per year,
and about 0.03 or fewer SNEWS Coincident-detection Notices per year.

TIME DELAY:
The operations at each of the 7 SNEWS detectors and the SNEWS central computer
is automated resulting in a time delay minuets to hours (from when the neutrinos
pass through the respective detectors to when the Notice is available to the public).

LOCATION ERROR:
The location uncertainties, if location information is available, are in the
~5-10 deg range (radius, 68% containment).

TEST NOTICES:
There is a test version which gets issued by the SNEWS Team every 7 days
(12:00 US_Eastern timezone every Tuesday).

ACTION ITEM:
If, after reviewing the information below, you want to receive
these SNEWS notices, please send me a request to have them enabled.
You can do this by forwarding this email (which has your sitename identifier)
to sbarthel at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov .
Or you can go to  http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/config_builder.html
and select "#2 Modify an existing config".
You can also take this opportunity to make other changes to your configuration (appended below).

ARCHIVE STORAGE:
The GCN/SNEWS Notices are archived within the GCN website
in the table of SNEWS Notices:
    http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/snews_trans.html
This single archive page contains both types.

MORE INFORMATION:
Can be found at:  http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/snews.html

NOTICE EXAMPLE:
Here are examples of a full-format email SNEWS REAL & TEST / COINCIDENT & INDIVIDUAL Notices:
(Note: Even the one labeled "REAL" is constructed from bogus but typical data;
and the EXPT names have been replaced with generic names.  The real names are:
Super-K, LVD, IceCube, KamLAND, Borexino, Daya_Bay, and HALO.)

///////////////////////// SNEWS e-mail format //////////////////////////////
TITLE:         GCN/SNEWS EVENT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:   Sun 17 Nov 13 18:14:02 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:   REAL COINCIDENCE
TRIGGER_NUM:   1000001
EVENT_RA:        3.00d {+00h 12m 00s} (J2000),
                 3.18d {+00h 12m 43s} (current),
                 2.36d {+00h 09m 26s} (1950)
EVENT_DEC:      +6.00d {+06d 00' 00"} (J2000),
                +6.08d {+06d 04' 37"} (current),
                +5.72d {+05d 43' 19"} (1950)
EVENT_ERROR:   10.0 [deg radius, statistical plus systematic]
EVENT_FLUENCE: 10 [neutrinos]
EVENT_TIME:    68400.00 SOD {19:00:00.00} UT
EVENT_DATE:    16593 TJD;   301 DOY;   13/10/28
EVENT_DUR:     10.00 [sec]
EXPT:          Expt_A Good, Expt_B Good, Expt_C Good, Expt_D Good, Expt_E Good, Expt_F Good 
SUN_POSTN:     233.23d {+15h 32m 54s}  -19.15d {-19d 08' 55"}
SUN_DIST:      129.64 [deg]   Sun_angle= -8.7 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:     55.07d {+03h 40m 16s}  +17.71d {+17d 42' 25"}
MOON_DIST:      51.91 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:    100 [%]
GAL_COORDS:    105.42,-55.53 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the event
ECL_COORDS:      5.14,  4.31 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the event
COMMENTS:      SNEWS Event with RA,Dec coordinates.  
COMMENTS:      This is a REAL COINCIDENCE notice !!!
COMMENTS:
COMMENTS:      For more information see:
COMMENTS:      http://snews.bnl.gov/gcn/gcn_notice.html
///////////////////////// SNEWS e-mail format //////////////////////////////
TITLE:         GCN/SNEWS EVENT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:   Sun 17 Nov 13 15:12:31 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:   TEST COINCIDENCE
TRIGGER_NUM:   28
EVENT_RA:      Undefined (J2000),
               Undefined (current),
               Undefined (1950)
EVENT_DEC:     Undefined (J2000),
               Undefined (current),
               Undefined (1950)
EVENT_ERROR:   1000.0 [deg radius, statistical plus systematic]
EVENT_FLUENCE: 0 [neutrinos]
EVENT_TIME:    0.00 SOD {00:00:00.00} UT
EVENT_DATE:    16293 TJD;     1 DOY;   13/01/01
EVENT_DUR:     0.00 [sec]
EXPT:          SuperK Good, LVD Good
SUN_POSTN:     233.09d {+15h 32m 23s}  -19.12d {-19d 07' 06"}
SUN_DIST:      Undefined [deg]
MOON_POSTN:     53.44d {+03h 33m 46s}  +17.48d {+17d 28' 32"}
MOON_DIST:     Undefined [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:    100 [%]
GAL_COORDS:    Undefined,Undefined [deg] galactic lon,lat of the event
ECL_COORDS:    Undefined,Undefined [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the event
COMMENTS:      SNEWS Event without RA,Dec coordinates.  
COMMENTS:      This is a Test COINCIDENCE notice.
COMMENTS:
COMMENTS:      For more information see:
COMMENTS:      http://snews.bnl.gov/gcn/gcn_notice.html
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

The socket packets contents can be found at:
http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/sock_pkt_def_doc.html

REMINDER OF RECENT ADDITIONS TO GCN:
In case you have missed them, here is a brief list of the most recent additions
to the GCN system.  You might consider signing up for these Notice types as well.
The full announcements/descriptions for each of these can be found at:  http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/whats_new.html
FERMI_GBM LOCATION MAP (Apr 2014)      // URL added to notices that contain pointer to burst location sky map
FERMI_GBM_LIGHTCURVES (Apr 2014)       // URL added to notices that contain pointer to burst lightcurve
FERMI_LAT_OFFLINE (Feb 2014)           // Human-in-the-loop ground processing to get GRB positions
IPN_RAW resumes (Aug 2012)             // IPN Team resumes producing the IPN_RAW notices
SWIFT_BAT_SUB_SUB_THRESHOLD (May 2012) // Swift-BAT Triggers with very low significance; use for temporal coincidences
VOEvent Direct Server (Mar 2012)       // Added 3 VOEvent servers to allow for direct distribution of VOEvents (more added in 2015)
FERMI_LAT_MON/_TRANS (Aug 2011)        // Flare-ups from known sources monitored by Fermi-LAT & non-GRB transients
FERMI_LAT_GND (Aug 2011)               // Automated ground processing to get GRB positions
MOA  (Aug 2011)                        // Locations of up-coming gravitational lensing events
DOW_TOD  (Jun 2011)                    // Preprogrammed notices at specific days-of-week & time-of-day
FERMI_GBM FIN_POS  (Jun 2011)          // Human-in-the-loop ground-based analysis
MAXI_UNKNOWN/_KNOWN (Apr 2011)         // Unknown transients & Flare-ups from Known sources

Sincerely,
Scott

Scott Barthelmy                      NASA-GSFC, Code 661, Greenbelt, MD   20771
PHONE:  301-286-3106                 (office)       CELL:   301-346-3733
EMAIL:  scott at lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov
PAGER:  3013463733 at cingularme.com
WEB:    http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn

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