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[vsnet-grb-info 42600] Konus-Wind detection of GRB 260504B (short/hard)
by GCN Circulars 05 May '26

05 May '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44474 SUBJECT: Konus-Wind detection of GRB 260504B (short/hard) DATE: 26/05/05 14:25:39 GMT FROM: Dmitry Frederiks at Ioffe Institute <fred(a)mail.ioffe.ru> D. Frederiks, A.Lysenko, A. Ridnaia, D. Svinkin, A. Tsvetkova, M. Ulanov, and T. Cline, on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report: The short GRB 260504B (SVOM/ECLAIRs detection: Saccardi et al., GCN 44454; SVOM/GRM detection: Wang et al., GCN 44470; GECAM-B detection: Wang et al., GCN 44473) triggered Konus-Wind (KW) at T0=34281.198 s UT (09:31:21.198). The burst light curve shows a single pulse, which starts at ~T0-0.05 s and has a duration of ~0.21 s. The emission is seen up to ~6 MeV. The Konus-Wind light curve of this GRB is available at http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/GRBs/GRB260504_T34281/ As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst had the total fluence of (2.39 ± 0.52)x10^-6 erg/cm^2 and a 16-ms peak energy flux, measured from T0-0.032, of (2.06 ± 0.45)x10^-5 erg/cm^2/s (both in the 20 keV - 10 MeV energy range). The time-integrated spectrum of the burst (measured from T0 to T0+0.192 s) is best fitted in the 20 keV - 15 MeV range by a power law with exponential cutoff (CPL) model dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep) with alpha = -1.00 (-0.12, + 0.14) and Ep = 1461(-398,+584) keV, chi^2 = 34/32 dof. Fitting this spectrum by a Band GRB function yields the same values of alpha and Ep, and only an upper limit on the high energy photon index beta of -2.1 All the quoted errors are estimated at the 68% confidence level. All the presented results are preliminary. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44474. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42599] GRB 260504B: GECAM-B detection
by GCN Circulars 05 May '26

05 May '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44473 SUBJECT: GRB 260504B: GECAM-B detection DATE: 26/05/05 13:41:13 GMT FROM: Chenwei Wang at IHEP <cwwang(a)ihep.ac.cn> Chen-Wei Wang, Shao-Lin Xiong, Chao Zheng (IHEP) report on behalf of GECAM team: GECAM-B was triggered in-flight by a hard burst GRB 260504B at 2026-05-04T09:31:19.450 UTC (denoted as T0). According to the GECAM-B light curves in about 70-6000 keV, this burst mainly consists of a single pulse with a duration (T90) of 0.20 +0.02/-0.06 s, which is also detected by SVOM/ECLAIRs and SVOM/GRM (A. Saccardi et al., GCN # 44454). The GECAM-B light curve can be found here: https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/gecambgrb260504B.png The time-averaged spectrum from T0-0.07 s to T0+0.1 s is best fitted by a power law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff. The power law index is -1.07 +0.29/-0.27 and the cutoff energy, parameterized as Epeak, is 1240 +730/-400 keV. The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is (1.06 +0.13/-0.10)E-06 erg/cm^2. Thus GRB 260504B is consistent with Type I GRBs in the 'Amati' relation diagram, as shown at: https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/gecambgrb260504B_amati.png Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission originally consists of two micro-satellites (GECAM-A and GECAM-B) launched in Dec. 2020. As the third member of GECAM constellation, GECAM-C was launched onboard SATech-01 experimental satellite in July 2022. GECAM mission is funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44473. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42598] Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Observations of IceCube-260504A
by GCN Circulars 05 May '26

05 May '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44472 SUBJECT: Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Observations of IceCube-260504A DATE: 26/05/05 12:53:40 GMT FROM: Leo Pfeiffer at University of Würzburg <pfeiffer.leo(a)gmail.com> L. Pfeiffer (Univ. of Wuerzburg), S. Buson (DESY, Univ. of Wuerzburg) and S. Garrappa (Weizmann Institute of Science) on behalf of the Fermi-LAT collaboration: We report an analysis of observations of the vicinity of the high-energy IC260504A neutrino event (GCN 44464) with all-sky survey data from the Large Area Telescope (LAT), on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The IceCube event was detected on 2026-05-04 21:11:20.90 UTC (T0) with J2000 position RA = 246.99 (+0.86, -0.80) deg, Decl. = 54.87 (+0.46, -0.47) deg 90% PSF containment. One cataloged >100 MeV gamma-ray source is located within the 90% IC260504A localization error, at a distance of roughly 0.38 deg (4FGL-DR4; The Fourth Fermi-LAT catalog Data Release 4, The Fermi-LAT collaboration 2023, arXiv:2307.12546). This is the object 4FGL J1626.0+5436 associated with 87GB 162528.4+544848. Based on a preliminary analysis of the LAT data over the timescale of 1-day and 1-month prior to T0, this object is not significantly detected at gamma-rays. We searched for the existence of intermediate (days to years) timescale emission from a new gamma-ray transient source. Preliminary analysis indicates no significant (>5sigma) new excess emission (> 100 MeV) within the IC260504A 90% confidence localization. Assuming a power-law spectrum (photon index = 2.0 fixed) for a point source at the IC260504A best-fit position, the >100 MeV flux upper limit (95% confidence) is < 1.3e-10 ph cm^-2 s^-1 for ~17-years (2008-08-04 / T0), <4.6e-09 (<4.7e-08) ph cm^-2 s^-1 for a 1-month (1-day) integration time before T0. Since Fermi normally operates in an all-sky scanning mode, regular monitoring of this source will continue. For this source the Fermi-LAT contact person is Leonard Pfeiffer (leonard.pfeiffer at uni-wuerzburg.de). The Fermi LAT is a pair conversion telescope designed to cover the energy band from 20 MeV to greater than 300 GeV. It is the product of an international collaboration between NASA and DOE in the U.S. and many scientific institutions across France, Italy, Japan and Sweden. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44472. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42596] GRB 260504C: SVOM/GRM observation of short GRB
by GCN Circulars 05 May '26

05 May '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44471 SUBJECT: GRB 260504C: SVOM/GRM observation of short GRB DATE: 26/05/05 12:42:20 GMT FROM: Chenwei Wang at IHEP <cwwang(a)ihep.ac.cn> SVOM/GRM team: Chen-Wei Wang, Shi-Jie Zheng, Yue Huang, Shao-Lin Xiong, Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP) SVOM/ECLAIRs team: Frédéric Piron (LUPM) Report on behalf of the SVOM team: SVOM/GRM was triggered in-flight by a short burst GRB 260504C (SVOM trigger reference: sb26050401) at 2026-05-04T07:10:06.60 UTC (T0). With the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, the GRM light curve shows that this burst consists of multiple spikes with a T90 of 0.26 +0.06/-0.08 s in the 15-5000 keV band. The SVOM/GRM light curve can be found here: https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/svgrb260504C.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 point of contact for this burst is: Chen-Wei Wang (IHEP)(cwwang(a)ihep.ac.cn) View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44471. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42597] GRB 260504B: SVOM/GRM spectral analysis
by GCN Circulars 05 May '26

05 May '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44470 SUBJECT: GRB 260504B: SVOM/GRM spectral analysis DATE: 26/05/05 12:31:40 GMT FROM: Chenwei Wang at IHEP <cwwang(a)ihep.ac.cn> SVOM/GRM team: Chen-Wei Wang, Shi-Jie Zheng, Yue Huang, Shao-Lin Xiong, Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP) SVOM/ECLAIRs team: Stéphane Schanne (CEA) Report on behalf of the SVOM team: With the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, we conducted the standard analysis pipeline of GRB 260504B. With the localization of ECLAIRs (RA= 351.2451 deg, DEC= -80.3291 deg, GCN#44454), the time-averaged spectrum from T0-0.10 to T0+0.34 s can be fitted by a power law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff adequately. The power law index is -0.72 +0.11/-0.10 and the cutoff energy, parameterized as Epeak, is 1340 +590/-380 keV. The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is (1.46 +0.10/-0.09)E-06 erg/cm^2. Thus GRB 260504B is consistent with Type I GRBs in the 'Amati' relation diagram, as shown at: https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/svgrb260504B_amati.png The SVOM/GRM light curve was updated using the X-band data： https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/svgrb260504B.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: Chen-Wei Wang (IHEP) (cwwang(a)ihep.ac.cn) View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44470. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42595] GRB 260430B: AstroSat CZTI detection of a long burst
by GCN Circulars 05 May '26

05 May '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44469 SUBJECT: GRB 260430B: AstroSat CZTI detection of a long burst DATE: 26/05/05 11:53:54 GMT FROM: Anuraag Arya at IIT Bombay <aryaanuraag910(a)gmail.com> Harsha K. H. (IUCAA), S. Salunke (IUCAA), M. Tembhurnikar (IUCAA), A. Goyal (IITB), A. Arya (IITB), G. Waratkar (Caltech/IITB), A. Vibhute (IUCAA), V. Bhalerao (IITB), D. Bhattacharya (Ashoka University/IUCAA), A. R. Rao (IUCAA/TIFR), and S. Vadawale (PRL) report on behalf of the AstroSat CZTI collaboration: Analysis of AstroSat CZTI data with the CIFT framework (Sharma et al., 2021, JApA, 42, 73) showed the detection of a long GRB 260430B. The source was clearly detected in the CZT detectors in the 20-200 keV energy range. The light curve peaks at 2026-04-30 16:04:26.34 UTC. The measured peak count rate associated with the burst is 100 (+32, -10) counts/s above the background in the combined data of three quadrants (out of four), with a total of 1436 (+290, -227) counts. The local mean background count rate was 219 (+1, -2) counts/s. Using cumulative rates, we measure a T90 of 47 (+2, -4) s. The source was also clearly detected in the CsI anticoincidence (Veto) detector in the 100-500 keV energy range. The light curve peaks at 2026-04-30 16:04:22.5 UTC. The measured peak count rate associated with the burst is 417 (+77, -26) counts/s above the background in the combined data of all quadrants, with a total of 6007 (+912, -928) counts. The local mean background count rate was 1271 (+6, -6) counts/s. We measure a T90 of 40 (+11, -6) s from the cumulative Veto light curve. CZTI is built by a TIFR-led consortium of institutes across India, including VSSC, URSC, IUCAA, SAC, and PRL. The Indian Space Research Organisation funded, managed, and facilitated the project. CZTI data products like interactive and downloadable light curves for this GRB can be found at: https://astrosat.iucaa.in/cift/cift_products/515261050.0/S515261050.0_detai… CZTI GRB detections are reported regularly on the payload site at: http://astrosat.iucaa.in/czti/?q=grb View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44469. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42594] GRB 260504B: SVOM/MXT refined analysis and potential detection
by GCN Circulars 05 May '26

05 May '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44468 SUBJECT: GRB 260504B: SVOM/MXT refined analysis and potential detection DATE: 26/05/05 09:32:52 GMT FROM: SVOM_group <svomgroup(a)bao.ac.cn> P. Maggi (ObAS), D. Götz (CEA), H. Goto (RIKEN/CEA), M. Moita (CEA), C. Plasse (UHK), F. Robinet (IJCLab), C. Van Hove (IJCLab) report of behalf of the SVOM/MXT Team: GRB 260504B (Saccardi et al. GCN 44454) was observed by SVOM/MXT after an automatic SVOM slew, starting at T_MXT = 2026-05-04T09:33:16, 117 s after trigger time T0. MXT observed for the remainder of the orbit for 730s and the subsequent 5 orbits. Using the full X-band dataset, an uncatalogued X-ray source is only detected significantly at the very start of the MXT observation. Restricting the analysis until T_MXT+60s, the position of the MXT candidate afterglow is refined to: R.A. (J2000) = 23h24m10.8s Dec (J2000) = -80d17m01s with a 90% C.L. radius of 113” (including 25 arcseconds systematic error added in quadrature). This position is compatible with the SVOM/ECLAIRS position, but not with the SVOM/MXT position using the onboard processed data, initially reported. This position supersedes the one published in the GCN 44454. The light curve exhibits a fast decay with temporal index alpha < -6 (with count rate proportional to t^alpha). At t >T_MXT + 60s the source is no longer detected by MXT. The source is below the MXT detection limit in subsequent orbits. We analysed the spectrum extracted from the first 60s of observation, modelled with an absorbed power-law. The absorbing column was fixed to the Galactic NH of 7x1e20 /cm². A photon index Gamma = 1.3 +/- 0.4 is measured. We measure a 0.3-8 keV flux of 2.6 (-1.6/ +2.28) x 1e-10 erg/s/cm² (all uncertainties at 90% C. L.; these preliminary results may be improved) The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), French Space Agency (CNES), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. MXT was developed jointly by CEA, CNES, University of Leicester, IJCLab and MPE. The Burst Advocate (BA) on shift for this alert is Yun Wang: wangyun(a)pmo.ac.cn. Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44468. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42593] GRB 260504B: EP-FXT upper limit
by GCN Circulars 05 May '26

05 May '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44467 SUBJECT: GRB 260504B: EP-FXT upper limit DATE: 26/05/05 04:30:12 GMT FROM: EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta(a)bao.ac.cn> H. Zhou (PMO, CAS), Y.Q. Zhao (PRIC, USTC), T.Y. Liu, Y. Liu (NAOC, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team: The Follow-up X-ray Telescope (FXT) on board the Einstein Probe (EP) mission observed GRB 260504B (Saccardi, GCN 44454) autonomously at 2026-05-04 11:46:16 (UTC, ~ 2.25 hours after the burst). The exposure time of this observation is 1472s. On-ground analysis of the FXT data did not found any significant source within the error circle (90% C.L. radius of 167 arcsec) of GRB 260504B. The 5-sigma upper limit of EP-FXT observation is 4.8 x 10^-13 erg/s/cm^2 in the 0.5-10 keV band. 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). View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44467. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42592] GRB 260502A: SVOM/GRM observation of a short GRB
by GCN Circulars 05 May '26

05 May '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44466 SUBJECT: GRB 260502A: SVOM/GRM observation of a short GRB DATE: 26/05/05 03:09:45 GMT FROM: Xinghao Luo at IHEP <2952704891(a)qq.com> SVOM/GRM team: Xing-Hao Luo, Chen-Wei Wang, Yue Huang, Shi-Jie Zheng, Shao-Lin Xiong, Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP) SVOM/ECLAIRs team: Hui Yang (IRAP) Report on behalf of the SVOM team: SVOM/GRM was triggered on-ground by GRB 260502A at 2026-05-02T05:01:00.300 UTC (T0), which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM team, GCN #44447). With the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, the GRM light curve shows that this burst consists of a single pulse with a T90 of 0.61 +0.28/-0.15 s in the 15-5000 keV band. The SVOM/GRM light curve can be found here: https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/svgrb260502A.png In addition, the position of this burst, as determined by Fermi/GBM (RA=283.76 , DEC=57.62, with a statistical uncertainty of 13.77 degrees, Fermi GBM team, GCN #44447), is located at about 82 degrees form the SVOM optical axis, which is outside the ECLAIRs field of view. With this localization, the time-averaged spectrum from T0-0.04 to T0+0.01 s is best fitted by a power law function. The power law index is -1.12 +/-0.10. The event fluence (10-1000keV) in this time interval is (2.3 +0.37/-0.33)E-07 erg/cm^2. 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 point of contact for this burst is: Xing-Hao Luo (luoxh(a)ihep.ac.cn) View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44466. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42591] GRB 260503A: SVOM/GRM observation of a GRB
by GCN Circulars 05 May '26

05 May '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44465 SUBJECT: GRB 260503A: SVOM/GRM observation of a GRB DATE: 26/05/05 03:08:00 GMT FROM: Xinghao Luo at IHEP <2952704891(a)qq.com> SVOM/GRM team: Xing-Hao Luo, Chen-Wei Wang, Yue Huang, Shi-Jie Zheng, Shao-Lin Xiong, Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP) SVOM/ECLAIRs team: Marius Brunet (IRAP) Report on behalf of the SVOM team: SVOM/GRM was triggered in-flight by GRB 260503A (SVOM trigger reference: sb26050309) at 2026-05-03T20:40:20.000 UTC (T0), which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM team, GCN #44451). With the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, the GRM light curve shows that this burst consists of multiple pulses with a T90 of 21 +7/-3 s in the 15-5000 keV band. The SVOM/GRM light curve can be found here: https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/svgrb260503A.png In addition, the position of this burst, as determined by Fermi/GBM (RA=287.1 , DEC=-2.0, with a statistical uncertainty of 2.6 degrees, Fermi GBM team, GCN #44451), is located at about 87 degrees form the SVOM optical axis, which is outside the ECLAIRs field of view. With this localization, the time-averaged spectrum from T0-3 to T0+17 s is best fitted by a power law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff. The power law index is -1.12 +0.17/-0.16 and the cutoff energy, parameterized as Epeak, is 128 +21/-15 keV. The event fluence (10-1000keV) in this time interval is (6.65 +0.53/-0.46)E-06 erg/cm^2. The localization of GRB 260503A in the 'Amati' relation diagram is shown at: https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/svgrb260503A_amati.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 point of contact for this burst is: Xing-Hao Luo (luoxh(a)ihep.ac.cn) View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44465. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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