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GCN Circular 22490

Subject
GRB 180314A: Swift-BAT refined analysis
Date
2018-03-14T21:28:51Z (7 years ago)
From
Amy Lien at GSFC <amy.y.lien@nasa.gov>
T. N. Ukwatta (LANL), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC),
J. R. Cummings (CPI), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB),
H. A. Krimm (NSF/USRA), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC),
C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), D. M. Palmer (LANL),
T. Sakamoto (AGU), M. Stamatikos (OSU),
(i.e. the Swift-BAT team):

Using the data set from T-239 to T+963 sec from the recent telemetry downlink,
we report further analysis of BAT GRB 180314A (trigger #814129)
(D'Avanzo et al., GCN Circ. 22478).  The BAT ground-calculated position is
RA, Dec = 99.208, -24.530 deg which is
  RA(J2000)  =  06h 36m 50.0s
  Dec(J2000) = -24d 31' 47.7"
with an uncertainty of 3.1 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment).
The partial coding was 24%.

The mask-weighted light curve shows a few overlapping pulses that starts
at ~ T-12 s and ends at ~T+110 s. The main peak occurs at ~T+4 s. Note that
the burst location came in to the BAT FOV at ~T-32 s, and thus the burst
emission might start before it is in the BAT FOV. T90 (15-350 keV) is
51.2 +- 22.3 sec (estimated error including systematics).

The time-averaged spectrum from T-11.80 to T+109.75 sec is best fit by a power law
with an exponential cutoff.  This fit gives a photon index 0.83 +- 0.25,
and Epeak of 94.9 +- 17.8 keV (chi squared 47.72 for 56 d.o.f.).  For this
model the total fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 1.1 +- 0.04 x 10^-5 erg/cm2
and the 1-sec peak flux measured from T+3.05 sec in the 15-150 keV band is
7.9 +- 0.6 ph/cm2/sec.  A fit to a simple power law gives a photon index
of 1.50 +- 0.05 (chi squared 72.57 for 57 d.o.f.).  All the quoted errors
are at the 90% confidence level.

The results of the batgrbproduct analysis are available at
http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_s/814129/BA/
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