TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 38727
SUBJECT: Konus-Wind detection of GRB 241228A
DATE: 24/12/30 11:44:36 GMT
FROM: Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia(a)mail.ioffe.ru>
A. Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, A. Lysenko, D. Svinkin,
A. Tsvetkova, M. Ulanov, and T. Cline,
on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
The long-duration GRB 241228A
(Swift-BAT detection: D'Elia et al., GCN 38681;
Sadaula et al., GCN 38701;
Fermi-GBM detection: Scotton & Meegan, GCN 38695)
triggered Konus-Wind at T0=14233.924 s UT (03:57:13.924).
The burst light curve shows a two-peak structure
which starts at ~T0-0.2 s and has a total duration of ~5.1 s.
The emission is seen up to ~2 MeV.
The Konus-Wind light curve of this GRB is available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/GRBs/GRB241228_T14233/
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst
had a fluence of 3.35(-0.17,+0.18)x10^-6 erg/cm2,
and a 64-ms peak flux, measured from T0+1.760 s,
of 1.74(-0.01,+0.01)x10^-5 erg/cm2/s
(both in the 20 keV - 10 MeV energy range).
The time-averaged spectrum of the burst
(measured from T0 to T0+8.448 s)
is best fit in the 20 keV - 10 MeV range
by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep)
with alpha = -0.88(-0.24,+0.26)
and Ep = 75(-5,+5) keV (chi2 = 96/81 dof).
Fitting by a GRB (Band) model yields the same alpha and Ep,
and an upper limit on the high energy photon index: beta < -2.7
(chi2 = 96/80 dof).
All the quoted errors are at the 68% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 38726
SUBJECT: GRB 241229A: EP-FXT afterglow candidates
DATE: 24/12/30 11:41:58 GMT
FROM: EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta(a)bao.ac.cn>
S.Q. Jiang, J. W. Hu, W. J. Zhang, X.P. Xu (NAO, CAS), W.F. Wen (SZTU), J. H. Wu (GU), H.W. Pan, Z.X. Ling (NAO, CAS), B. Cordier (CEA) on behalf of Einstein Probe teams:
We performed a follow-up observation of GRB 241229A (SVOM/ECLAIRs, Liang et al., GCN 38697) with the Follow-up X-ray Telescope (FXT) on board the Einstein Probe (EP) mission. The observation started at 2024-12-29 14:11:35 (T-TGRB ~ 14.1 hr) for about 3 ks of exposure in total.
Three uncatalogued X-ray sources are detected by both FXT-A and FXT-B within the 7.6 arcmin error circle of SVOM/ECLAIRs (Liang et al., GCN 38697). We list the sources in the following table, with the seperations from the ECLAIRs source given. The observed 0.5-10 keV flux given in the table is a rough estimate assuming the same spectral paramters, and is not corrected for absorption.
| FXT source | R.A. (deg, J2000) | DEC (deg, J2000) | Sep. (arcmin) | Flux (erg/s/cm^2) |
| EPF_J125139.4+315311 | 192.9133 | 31.8867 | 2.06 | 6.82 x 10^(-14) |
| EPF_J125129.3+314453* | 192.8715 | 31.7484 | 6.61 | 7.73 x 10^(-13) |
| EPF_J125101.6+315007 | 192.7572 | 31.8356 | 7.04 | 9.25 x 10^(-14) |
* sources also detected by Swift/XRT (Evans et al., GCN 38711)
Further follow-up observation will be performed by the EP-FXT to confirm the afterglow of GRB 241229A.
The above observation was made with the EP-FXT instrument. Launched on January 9, 2024, EP is a space X-ray observatory to monitor the soft X-ray sky with X-ray follow-up capability (Yuan et al. 2022, Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics). EP is a mission of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with ESA, MPE and CNES.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 38725
SUBJECT: EP240702a: 7DT Optical upper limits
DATE: 24/12/30 10:47:28 GMT
FROM: Gregory Paek at Seoul National University <gregorypaek94(a)gmail.com>
Gregory S.H. Paek (SNU ARC/SNU), Myungshin Im (SNU ARC/SNU), Hyeonho Choi (SNU ARC/SNU), Seo-Won Chang (SNU ARC/SNU), and Ji Hoon Kim (SNU ARC/SNU) report on behalf of the 7-Dimensional Telescope collaboration
We searched for the optical counterpart of a fast X-ray transient, EP240702a (Chen et al., GCN #36801) using the 7-Dimensional Telescopes (7DT). Approximately 26 hours following the initial detection (2024-07-02T00:50:05 UTC), we targeted the localization center provided by the Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) on board the Einstein Probe (EP) mission at RA, Dec = 328.203 deg, -38.980 deg with an uncertainty of 3 arcmins. Observations were made with eleven 7DT units in twenty medium-band filters, denoted as m400, m425, then through m875, in which the numeric values indicate their central wavelengths in nanometers. Each medium-band filter has a bandwidth of 25nm.
No significant transient event was identified in the preliminary result. Photometric flux calibration was performed using synthetic photometries derived from the Gaia DR3 XP catalog (Gaia Collaboration et al. 2022) within the AB magnitude system. The 5-sigma upper limits (AB) range from 16.3 to 19.6 mag in the medium-band filters. To improve the depth for detection, we combined all images taken with the medium-band filters from m400 to m875. The combined image was treated as an r-band equivalent, and photometric measurements were performed. This approach yielded a 5-sigma upper limit of 20.2 AB magnitudes. Despite the increased depth, no significant transient detection was identified. Observations were conducted under suboptimal conditions, potentially limiting our search sensitivity.
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Filter Date-obs[UT] Exp.time[s] Depth(5sigma)
m400 2024-07-03T03:01:13.000 300 19.181
m425 2024-07-03T03:06:51.000 300 19.510
m450 2024-07-03T03:01:15.000 300 19.643
m475 2024-07-03T03:06:45.000 300 18.943
m500 2024-07-03T03:01:13.000 300 19.643
m525 2024-07-03T03:06:42.000 300 19.497
m550 2024-07-03T03:01:13.000 300 18.947
m575 2024-07-03T03:06:41.000 300 19.092
m600 2024-07-03T03:01:19.000 300 19.009
m625 2024-07-03T03:06:53.000 300 18.688
m650 2024-07-03T03:01:14.000 300 18.777
m675 2024-07-03T03:06:42.000 300 18.853
m700 2024-07-03T03:01:08.000 300 18.502
m725 2024-07-03T03:06:34.000 300 18.062
m750 2024-07-03T03:01:15.000 300 17.998
m775 2024-07-03T03:06:43.000 300 17.450
m800 2024-07-03T03:01:19.000 300 17.131
m825 2024-07-03T03:06:44.000 300 16.989
m850 2024-07-03T03:01:15.000 300 16.692
m875 2024-07-03T03:06:42.000 300 16.306
The 7-Dimensional Telescope (7DT), located in Chile and comprising 20 wide-field telescopes equipped with 40 medium-bandwidth (~25nm) filters, aims to detect optical counterparts of GW sources and conduct the 7-Dimensional Sky Survey (7DS) of the Southern Hemisphere. Further information about the 7DT is available at http://gwuniverse.snu.ac.kr/.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 38724
SUBJECT: GRB 240606B: 7DT Optical upper limits
DATE: 24/12/30 10:45:36 GMT
FROM: Gregory Paek at Seoul National University <gregorypaek94(a)gmail.com>
Gregory S.H. Paek (SNU ARC/SNU), Myungshin Im (SNU ARC/SNU), Hyeonho Choi (SNU ARC/SNU), Seo-Won Chang (SNU ARC/SNU), and Ji Hoon Kim (SNU ARC/SNU) report on behalf of the 7-Dimensional Telescope collaboration
We searched for the optical counterpart of the GRB, GRB 240606B (DeLaunay et al., GCN #36628) using the 7-Dimensional Telescopes (7DT). Approximately 20.2 hours following the initial detection (2024-06-06T13:33:06.5 UTC), we targeted the localization center provided by the Swift XRT at RA, Dec = 40.29507 deg, -60.61201 deg with an uncertainty of 2.4 arcsecs (Osborne et al., GCN #36631). Observations were made with eleven 7DT units in eight medium-band filters, denoted as m450, m500, m550, m650, m700, m750, m800, and m850, in which the numeric values indicate their central wavelengths in nanometers. Each medium-band filter has a bandwidth of 25nm.
No significant transient event was identified in the preliminary result. Photometric flux calibration was performed using synthetic photometries derived from the Gaia DR3 XP catalog (Gaia Collaboration et al. 2022) within the AB magnitude system. The 5-sigma upper limits (AB) range from 17.8 to 21.0 mag in the medium-band filters. To improve the depth for detection, we combined all images taken with the medium-band filters from m400 to m875. The combined image was treated as an r-band equivalent, and photometric measurements were performed. This approach yielded a 5-sigma upper limit of 20.9 AB magnitudes. Despite the increased depth, no significant transient detection was identified. Observations were conducted under suboptimal conditions, potentially limiting our search sensitivity.
Filter Date-obs[UT] Exp.time[s] Depth(5sigma)
m450 2024-06-07T09:47:55 1200 20.7
m500 2024-06-07T09:47:23 1200 21.0
m550 2024-06-07T09:47:22 1200 20.1
m650 2024-06-07T09:46:09 1200 20.1
m700 2024-06-07T09:47:20 1200 19.6
m750 2024-06-07T09:47:16 1200 19.2
m800 2024-06-07T09:47:21 1200 18.0
m850 2024-06-07T09:47:18 1200 17.8
The 7-Dimensional Telescope (7DT), located in Chile and comprising 20 wide-field telescopes equipped with 40 medium-bandwidth (~25nm) filters, aims to detect optical counterparts of GW sources and conduct the 7-Dimensional Sky Survey (7DS) of the Southern Hemisphere. Further information about the 7DT is available at http://gwuniverse.snu.ac.kr/.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 38722
SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S241230bd: Identification of a GW compact binary merger candidate
DATE: 24/12/30 09:32:45 GMT
FROM: martina.delaurentis(a)ligo.org
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration report:
We identified the compact binary merger candidate S241230bd during real-time processing of data from LIGO Livingston Observatory (L1) and Virgo Observatory (V1) at 2024-12-30 08:45:04.540 UTC (GPS time: 1419583522.540). The candidate was found by the GstLAL [1] analysis pipeline.
S241230bd is an event of interest because its false alarm rate, as estimated by the online analysis, is 6.2e-14 Hz, or about one in 1e6 years. The event's properties can be found at this URL:
https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S241230bd
The classification of the GW signal, in order of descending probability, is BBH (>99%), Terrestrial (<1%), NSBH (<1%), or BNS (<1%).
Assuming the candidate is astrophysical in origin, the probability that the lighter compact object is consistent with a neutron star mass (HasNS) is <1%. [2] Using the masses and spins inferred from the signal, the probability of matter outside the final compact object (HasRemnant) is <1%. [2] Both HasNS and HasRemnant consider the support of several neutron star equations of state. The probability that either of the binary components lies between 3 and 5 solar masses (HasMassGap) is <1%.
Two sky maps are available at this time and can be retrieved from the GraceDB event page:
* bayestar.multiorder.fits,0, an initial localization generated by BAYESTAR [3], distributed via GCN notice about 25 seconds after the candidate event time.
* bayestar.multiorder.fits,1, an initial localization generated by BAYESTAR [3], distributed via GCN notice about 5 minutes after the candidate event time.
The preferred sky map at this time is bayestar.multiorder.fits,1. For the bayestar.multiorder.fits,1 sky map, the 90% credible region is 10806 deg2. Marginalized over the whole sky, the a posteriori luminosity distance estimate is 2719 +/- 776 Mpc (a posteriori mean +/- standard deviation).
For further information about analysis methodology and the contents of this alert, refer to the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Public Alerts User Guide https://emfollow.docs.ligo.org/.
[1] Tsukada et al. PRD 108, 043004 (2023) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.043004 and Ewing et al. (2023) arXiv:2305.05625
[2] Chatterjee et al. ApJ 896, 54 (2020) doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab8dbe
[3] Singer & Price PRD 93, 024013 (2016) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.024013
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 38721
SUBJECT: GRB 241229B: Swift-BAT refined analysis
DATE: 24/12/30 05:50:24 GMT
FROM: Amy <yarleen(a)gmail.com>
S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA), R. Gupta (GSFC), H. A. Krimm
(NSF), S. Laha (GSFC/UMBC), A. Y. Lien (U Tampa), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC),
M. J. Moss (GSFC), D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Parsotan (GSFC), D. Sadaula
(GSFC/UMBC), T. Sakamoto (AGU) (i.e. the Swift-BAT team):
Using the data set from T-240 to T+962 sec from the recent telemetry
downlink, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 241229B (trigger #1277428)
(D'Ai et al., GCN Circ. 38699). The BAT ground-calculated position is
RA, Dec = 274.140, 74.694 deg which is
RA(J2000) = 18h 16m 33.5s
Dec(J2000) = +74d 41' 39.5"
with an uncertainty of 1.2 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment).
The partial coding was 39%.
The mask-weighted light curve shows several overlapping pulses that start
at ~T-3 s and end at ~T+3 s. The main peak occurs at ~T+0.5 s, T90 (15-350
keV) is 5.05 +- 0.65 sec (estimated error including systematics).
The time-averaged spectrum from T-2.62 to T+3.38 sec is best fit by a power
law with an exponential cutoff. This fit gives a photon index 0.93 +-
0.50, and Epeak of 68.3 +- 22.6 keV (chi squared 47.78 for 56 d.o.f.). For
this model the total fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 7.0 +- 0.6 x 10^-07
erg/cm2 and the 1-sec peak flux measured from T-0.06 sec in the 15-150 keV
band is 4.0 +- 0.3 ph/cm2/sec. A fit to a simple power law gives a photon
index of 1.70 +- 0.11 (chi squared 55.86 for 57 d.o.f.). All the quoted
errors are at the 90% confidence level.
The results of the batgrbproduct analysis are available at
https://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/results/batgrbcat/BAT_refined_circular/1277428
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 38720
SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S241225v: Updated Sky localization
DATE: 24/12/30 05:09:07 GMT
FROM: jgolomb(a)caltech.edu
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration report:
We have conducted further analysis of the LIGO Hanford Observatory (H1) and LIGO Livingston Observatory (L1) data around the time of the compact binary merger (CBC) candidate S241225v (GCN Circular 38670). Parameter estimation has been performed using Bilby [1] and a new sky map, Bilby.multiorder.fits,0, distributed via GCN Notice, is available for retrieval from the GraceDB event page:
https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S241225v
For the Bilby.multiorder.fits,0 sky map, the 90% credible region is 1192 deg2. Marginalized over the whole sky, the a posteriori luminosity distance estimate is 2008 +/- 695 Mpc (a posteriori mean +/- standard deviation).
For further information about analysis methodology and the contents of this alert, refer to the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Public Alerts User Guide https://emfollow.docs.ligo.org/.
[1] Ashton et al. ApJS 241, 27 (2019) doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab06fc and Morisaki et al. (2023) arXiv:2307.13380
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 38719
SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S241225c: Updated Sky localization and EM Bright Classification
DATE: 24/12/30 04:44:48 GMT
FROM: jgolomb(a)caltech.edu
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration report:
We have conducted further analysis of the LIGO Livingston Observatory (L1) and Virgo Observatory (V1) data around the time of the compact binary merger (CBC) candidate S241225c (GCN Circular 38666). Parameter estimation has been performed using Bilby [1] and a new sky map, Bilby.multiorder.fits,0, distributed via GCN Notice, is available for retrieval from the GraceDB event page:
https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S241225c
Based on posterior support from parameter estimation [1], under the assumption that the candidate S241225c is astrophysical in origin, the probability that the lighter compact object is consistent with a neutron star mass (HasNS) is <1%. [2] Using the masses and spins inferred from the signal, the probability of matter outside the final compact object (HasRemnant) is <1%. [2] Both HasNS and HasRemnant consider the support of several neutron star equations of state. The probability that either of the binary components lies between 3 and 5 solar masses (HasMassGap) is <1%.
For the Bilby.multiorder.fits,0 sky map, the 90% credible region is 2264 deg2. Marginalized over the whole sky, the a posteriori luminosity distance estimate is 666 +/- 137 Mpc (a posteriori mean +/- standard deviation).
For further information about analysis methodology and the contents of this alert, refer to the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Public Alerts User Guide https://emfollow.docs.ligo.org/.
[1] Ashton et al. ApJS 241, 27 (2019) doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab06fc and Morisaki et al. (2023) arXiv:2307.13380
[2] Chatterjee et al. ApJ 896, 54 (2020) doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab8dbe
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 38718
SUBJECT: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 757207662/241229978 (GRB 241229C) is not a GRB
DATE: 24/12/30 00:22:47 GMT
FROM: Ava Myers at NASA GSFC <ava.myers(a)nasa.gov>
A. Myers (NPP/GSFC) reports on behalf of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:
"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 757207662/241229978 at 23:27:37.34 UT
on 29 December 2024, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in fact not due
to a GRB. This trigger is likely due to a solar flare."
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