TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 39997
SUBJECT: GRB 250331C: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
DATE: 25/04/01 07:45:44 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9(a)star.le.ac.uk>
M. A. Williams (PSU), S. Dichiara (PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), J.P.
Osborne (U. Leicester), K.L. Page (U. Leicester), A.P. Beardmore (U.
Leicester), M.G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB), E. Ambrosi (INAF-IASFPA) , M.
Capalbi (INAF-IASFPA) and P.A. Evans report on behalf of the Swift-XRT
team:
We have analysed 3.9 ks of XRT data for GRB 250331C, from 137 s to 62.7
ks after the BAT trigger. The data comprise 95 s in Windowed Timing
(WT) mode with the remainder in Photon Counting (PC) mode.
The light curve can be modelled with a power-law decay with a decay
index of alpha=2.81 (+0.11, -0.10).
A spectrum formed from the WT mode data can be fitted with an absorbed
power-law with a photon spectral index of 2.11 (+0.11, -0.08). The
best-fitting absorption column is consistent with the Galactic value
of 6.5 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The PC mode spectrum has
a photon index of 1.65 (+0.32, -0.30) and a best-fitting absorption
column of 9.0 (+3.4, -2.5) x 10^21 cm^-2. The counts to observed
(unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this
spectrum is 5.9 x 10^-11 (8.6 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2 count^-1.
A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
Total column: 9.0 (+3.4, -2.5) x 10^21 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 6.5 x 10^21 cm^-2
Excess significance: <1.6 sigma
Photon index: 1.65 (+0.32, -0.30)
If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of
2.81, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 3.2 x 10^-7 count s^-1,
corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 1.9 x
10^-17 (2.8 x 10^-17) erg cm^-2 s^-1.
The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at
http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/01299967.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 39996
SUBJECT: GRB 250331B: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
DATE: 25/04/01 07:45:13 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9(a)star.le.ac.uk>
P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), D.N. Burrows (PSU), M. A. Williams (PSU), S.
Dichiara (PSU), J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester), K.L. Page (U. Leicester),
M.G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB), E. Ambrosi (INAF-IASFPA) and P.A. Evans
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:
We have analysed 5.5 ks of XRT data for GRB 250331B, from 321 s to 35.1
ks after the BAT trigger. The data are entirely in Photon Counting
(PC) mode.
The light curve can be modelled with a power-law decay with a decay
index of alpha=1.11 (+0.17, -0.14).
A spectrum formed from the PC mode data can be fitted with an absorbed
power-law with a photon spectral index of 2.2 (+0.9, -0.8). The
best-fitting absorption column is 2.1 (+1.5, -1.1) x 10^22 cm^-2, in
excess of the Galactic value of 6.6 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al.
2013). The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion
factor deduced from this spectrum is 5.7 x 10^-11 (1.6 x 10^-10) erg
cm^-2 count^-1.
A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
Total column: 2.1 (+1.5, -1.1) x 10^22 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 6.6 x 10^21 cm^-2
Excess significance: 2.2 sigma
Photon index: 2.2 (+0.9, -0.8)
If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of
1.11, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 7.9 x 10^-4 count s^-1,
corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 4.5 x
10^-14 (1.2 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/01299965.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 39995
SUBJECT: GRB 250331B: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
DATE: 25/04/01 07:45:10 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9(a)star.le.ac.uk>
T. Sbarrato (INAF-OAB), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), J.A. Kennea (PSU), D.N.
Burrows (PSU), M. A. Williams (PSU), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester),
J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester), M.G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB) and P.A. Evans
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:
We have analysed 5.5 ks of XRT data for GRB 250331B, from 321 s to 35.1
ks after the BAT trigger. The data are entirely in Photon Counting
(PC) mode.
The light curve can be modelled with a power-law decay with a decay
index of alpha=1.11 (+0.17, -0.14).
A spectrum formed from the PC mode data can be fitted with an absorbed
power-law with a photon spectral index of 2.2 (+0.9, -0.8). The
best-fitting absorption column is 2.1 (+1.5, -1.1) x 10^22 cm^-2, in
excess of the Galactic value of 6.6 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al.
2013). The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion
factor deduced from this spectrum is 5.7 x 10^-11 (1.6 x 10^-10) erg
cm^-2 count^-1.
A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
Total column: 2.1 (+1.5, -1.1) x 10^22 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 6.6 x 10^21 cm^-2
Excess significance: 2.2 sigma
Photon index: 2.2 (+0.9, -0.8)
If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of
1.11, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 7.9 x 10^-4 count s^-1,
corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 4.5 x
10^-14 (1.2 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/01299965.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 39994
SUBJECT: GRB 250322B possible detection by the AstroSat Satellite
DATE: 25/04/01 05:55:08 GMT
FROM: Tilak Katoch at TIFR <tilak(a)tifr.res.in>
Tilak Katoch, H. M. Antia and Parag Shah from TIFR, Mumbai, India report for the LAXPC onboard AstroSat.
AstroSat LAXPC data analysis revealed the presence of a strong long duration multiple peaks complex GRB 250322B. The GRB burst profile shows that it was triggered at T0 = 20h 08m 05s UT on 22 Mar 2025, when the satellite was in a normal operating mode and well before and after the SAA region.
This multiple peak complex burst profile has been recorded by both LAXPC instruments (LAXPC10 and LAXPC20) in their respective lightcurves. The burst profile observed in these lightcurves lasted for T90 ~ 97 sec. The strongest peak measured has a count rate 526 +/- 28 count/sec in LAXPC10 above the background and 1110 +/- 36 count/sec in LAXPC20 at T0+12 sec. A precursor peak is observed by both LAXPC10 and LAXPC20 at T0-50 sec.
LAXPC20 has a nominal energy range of 3-100 keV, but due to the lower gain in LAXPC10, the energy range is approximately 15-400 keV. The background subtracted lightcurves of the LAXPC instruments with 1 sec time bin is available at the website:
https://www.tifr.res.in/~astrosat_laxpc/grb250322b.jpg
LAXPC was built by TIFR in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation. The Indian Space Research Organisation funded, managed and facilitated the project.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 39993
SUBJECT: GRB 250330B: SVOM/GRM observation of a short burst
DATE: 25/04/01 04:33:43 GMT
FROM: Yue Wang <m18509381757(a)163.com>
SVOM/GRM team: Yue Wang, Chen-Wei Wang, Jia-Cong Liu, Shi-Jie Zheng, Yue Huang, Shao-Lin Xiong, Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP)
SVOM/ECLAIRs team: O. Godet, Jean-Luc Atteia (IRAP), Frédéric Piron (LUPM), Stéphane Schanne (CEA)
Report on behalf of the SVOM team:
SVOM/GRM was triggered in-flight by GRB 250330B (SVOM trigger reference: sb25033007) at 2025-03-30T21:52:22.100 (T0). This burst was also detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM Team, GCN 39951).
With the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, the GRM light curve shows that this burst consists of single main pulse with a T90 of 0.48 +0.32/-0.11 s in the 15-5000 keV band.
In addition, ECLAlRs was taking data and did not trigger, since the position of this burst, as determined by Fermi/GBM (GCN 39951, RA: 114.1 deg, DEC: 13.3 deg, Error: 3.1 deg), is located at about 96.2 degrees from the SVOM optical axis, and outside the ECLAIRs field of view.
The SVOM/GRM light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/svgrb250330B.png
The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA, China), National Center for Space Studies (CNES, France) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, China), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. GRM is developed by the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of CAS.
The SVOM/GRM point of contact for this burst is: Yue Wang (IHEP) (yuewang(a)ihep.ac.cn)
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 39990
SUBJECT: Fermi GRB 250331D: Global MASTER-Net observations report
DATE: 25/04/01 00:03:05 GMT
FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs <lipunov(a)xray.sai.msu.ru>
V.Lipunov, E.Gorbovskoy, N.Tiurina, P.Balanutsa, , D.Vlasenko, I.Panchenko,
A.Kuznetsov, G.Antipov, A.Sankovich, A.Sosnovskij, Yu.Tselik, M.Gulyaev, Ya.Kechin,
V.Senik, A.Chasovnikov, K.Labsina, I. Gorbunov (Lomonosov MSU),
O.Gress, N.Budnev (ISU),
C.Francile, F. Podesta, R.Podesta, E. Gonzalez (Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar (OAFA),
A. Tlatov, D. Dormidontov (Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory),
A. Gabovich, V.Yurkov (Blagoveschensk Educational StateUniversity)
D.Buckley (SAAO),
R.Rebolo (The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias),
L.Carrasco, J.R.Valdes, V.Chavushyan, V.M.Patino Alvarez, J.Martinez,
A.R.Corella, L.H.Rodriguez (INAOE, Guillermo Haro Astrophysics Observatory)
MASTER-Kislovodsk robotic telescope (Global MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru, Lipunov et al., 2010, Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2010, 30L) located in Russia (Lomonosov MSU, Kislovodsk Solar Station of Pulkovo observatory) started inspect of the Fermi GRB 250331D ( Fermi GBM team, GCN 39961) errorbox 62486 sec after notice time and 62523 sec after trigger time at 2025-03-31 23:11:20 UT, with upper limit up to 17.9 mag. The observations began at zenith distance = 71 deg. The sun altitude is -35.8 deg.
The galactic latitude b = -7 deg., longitude l = 128 deg.
Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here:
https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=2829033
We obtain a following upper limits.
Tmid-T0 | Date Time | Site | Coord (J2000) |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment
_________|_____________________|_____________________|____________________________________|_____|_______|_______|________
62554 | 2025-03-31 23:11:20 | MASTER-Kislovodsk | (02h 54m 34.96s , +65d 33m 33.8s) | C | 60 | 17.7 |
63431 | 2025-03-31 23:25:58 | MASTER-Kislovodsk | (02h 54m 36.68s , +65d 33m 23.8s) | C | 60 | 17.9 |
64508 | 2025-03-31 23:43:54 | MASTER-Kislovodsk | (02h 53m 45.13s , +65d 44m 21.5s) | C | 60 | 17.7 |
Filter C is a clear (unfiltred) band.
The observation and reduction will continue.
The message may be cited.
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