TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 41626
SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S250830m: Updated Sky localization
DATE: 25/09/01 08:29:41 GMT
FROM: alexandresebastien.goettel(a)LIGO.org
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 S250830m (GCN Circular 41601). Parameter estimation has been performed using Bilby [1] and a new sky map, Bilby.multiorder.fits,0, distributed via GCN and SCiMMA notices, is available for retrieval from the GraceDB event page:
https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S250830m
For the Bilby.multiorder.fits,0 sky map, the 90% credible region is 3194 deg2. Marginalized over the whole sky, the a posteriori luminosity distance estimate is 3731 +/- 1474 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. PRD 108, 123040 (2023) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.123040
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 41625
SUBJECT: EP250831a: EP-FXT follow-up observation
DATE: 25/09/01 07:35:09 GMT
FROM: EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta(a)bao.ac.cn>
J. Yang (ZZU), X. Tian (GXU), D. Y. Li, Y. Liu (NAO, CAS) report on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team:
EP-FXT performed a follow-up observation of EP250831a (GCN 41619) at 2025-08-31T15:30:41 (UTC), about 6 hours after the WXT detection, with an exposure time of 2.9 ks. The source was also followed by Swift-XRT (GCN 41624). FXT detected an uncatalogued source within the WXT error circle at R.A. = 42.9816, DEC = -36.1872 (J2000) with an uncertainty of 10 arcsec (radius, 90% C.L. statistical and systematic). The FXT X-ray spectrum of this uncatalogued source can be fitted with an absorbed powerlaw with the absorption fixed at the Galactic value of 1.9x10^20 cm^-2, and a photon index of 1.4(-0.8, +0.8). The derived unabsorbed 0.5-10 keV flux is approximately 1.84x10^-13 erg/s/cm2. The uncertainties are at the 90% confidence level for the above parameters.
We noted that EP-FXT also detected the uncatalogued X-ray source outside the WXT error circle detected by Swift-XRT.
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).
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 41624
SUBJECT: EP250831a: Swift-XRT observations
DATE: 25/09/01 04:39:35 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9(a)star.le.ac.uk>
P.A. Evans (U. Leicester), J.A. Kennea (PSU), E. Ambrosi (INAF-IASFPA) , A.P.
Beardmore (U. Leicester), M.G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB), R. Brivio (INAF-OAB), D.N.
Burrows (PSU), S. Campana (INAF-OAB), M. Capalbi (INAF-OAR), A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA),
P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), V. D'Elia (SSDC & INAF-OAR), S. Dichiara (PSU), M. Ferro
(INAF-OAB), A. Melandri (INAF-OAR), J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester), K.L. Page (U.
Leicester), M. Perri (SSDC & INAF-OAR), C. Salvaggio (INAF-OAB), T. Sbarrato
(INAF-OAB), B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB), M.A. Williams (PSU) report on behalf of the
Swift-XRT team:
Swift-XRT has performed follow-up observations of the Einstein Probe/WXT-detected
source EP250831a, collecting 1.8 ks of Photon Counting (PC) mode data between T0+24
ks and T0+30 ks after the trigger. We have detected 1 source 4.6 arcmin from the WXT
position, somewhat outside the 90% error region of 2.9 arcmin (GCN 41619). This has
been automatically classified as an uncatalogued X-ray source.
Uncatalogued X-ray sources
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Source 1 (SWIFT J025130.9-360728):
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RA (J2000.0): 42.8789 = 02 51 30.94
Dec (J2000.0): -36.1245 = -36 07 28.2
Error: 5.0 (arcsec, radius, 90% confidence).
Detect flag: GOOD
Distance: 4.6 arcmin from the Einstein Probe/WXT position.
Mean rate: (7.6 [+2.8, -2.3])e-3 ct s^-1
Mean flux: (1.97 [+0.73, -0.59])e-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1
Peak rate: (7.6 [+2.8, -2.3])e-3 ct s^-1
Peak flux: (1.97 [+0.73, -0.59])e-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1
ECF: 2.58e-11 erg cm^-2 ct^-1
assuming NH=3.05e+20 cm^-2, gamma=2.54
determined from a spectral fit.
LSXPS UL: 1.7e-02 ct/sec, (0.3-10 keV)
so the source is not above this 3-sigma upper limit.
There is no evidence for fading.
All fluxes are 0.3-10 keV, observed. For all flux conversions and comparisons with
catalogues and upper limits from other missions, we assumed a power-law spectrum
with NH=3x10^20 cm^-2 and photon index (Gamma)=1.7 unless otherwise stated.
The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis of the XRT observations, including a
position-specific upper limit calculator, are available at
https://www.swift.ac.uk/EP/EP_FIELD00066.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 41623
SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S250831cc: Coverage and upper limits from MAXI/GSC observations
DATE: 25/09/01 03:03:21 GMT
FROM: Hitoshi Negoro at Nihon University/MAXI team <negoro.hitoshi(a)nihon-u.ac.jp>
H. Negoro, M. Nakajima, K. Takagi (Nihon U.),
N. Kawai, T. Mihara, (RIKEN),
S. Sugita, M. Serino, Y. Kawakubo, H. Hiramatsu, Y. Kondo (AGU)
report on behalf of the MAXI team:
We examined MAXI/GSC all-sky X-ray images (2-20 keV)
after compact binary merger candidate S250831cc at 2025-08-31 12:30:48.228 UTC.
At the trigger time of S250831cc, the high-voltage of MAXI/GSC was on,
but the FOV was out of the 90% credible region of the bayestar skymap.
The first one-orbit (92 min) scan observation with GSC after the event covered 48%
of the 90% credible region of the bayestar skymap from 13:12:46 to 13:24:01 UTC
(T0+2518 to T0+3193 sec).
No significant new source was found in the region in the one-orbit scan observation.
A typical 1-sigma averaged upper limit obtained in one scan observation
is 20 mCrab at 2-20 keV.
If you require information about X-ray flux by MAXI/GSC at specific coordinates,
please contact the submitter of this circular by email.
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