{
  "bibcode": "2013GCN.15440....1C",
  "body": "J. R. Cummings (NASA/UMBC), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC),\nD. N. Burrows (PSU), V. D'Elia (ASDC), N. Gehrels (NASA/GSFC),\nJ. A. Kennea (PSU), C. B. Markwardt (NASA/GSFC),\nF. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC), C. Pagani (U Leicester),\nK. L. Page (U Leicester) and D. M. Palmer (LANL) report on behalf of\nthe Swift Team:\n\nAt 22:07:25 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and\nlocated GRB 131103A (trigger=576562).  Swift slewed immediately to the burst. \nThe BAT on-board calculated location is \nRA, Dec 348.954, -44.670 which is \n   RA(J2000) = 23h 15m 49s\n   Dec(J2000) = -44d 40' 11\"\nwith an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including \nsystematic uncertainty).  The BAT light curve showed a complex\nstructure with a duration of at least 20 sec with possible\nemission on a longer timescale.  The peak count rate\nwas ~2000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~1 sec after the trigger. \n\nThe XRT began observing the field at 22:08:42.0 UT, 76.3 seconds after\nthe BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find a bright,\nuncatalogued X-ray source located at RA, Dec 348.92161, -44.63816 which\nis equivalent to:\n   RA(J2000)  = 23h 15m 41.19s\n   Dec(J2000) = -44d 38' 17.4\"\nwith an uncertainty of 3.6 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This\nlocation is 141 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the\nBAT error circle. This position may be improved as more data are\nreceived; the latest position is available at\nhttp://www.swift.ac.uk/sper. \n\nA power-law fit to a spectrum formed from promptly downlinked event\ndata gives a column density in excess of the Galactic value (1.11 x\n10^20 cm^-2, Kalberla et al. 2005), with an excess column of 4\n(+2.09/-1.83) x 10^21 cm^-2 (90% confidence). \n\nThe initial flux in the 2.5 s image was 1.31e-09 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.2-10\nkeV). \n\nUVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter\nstarting 86 seconds after the BAT trigger. No credible afterglow candidate has\nbeen found in the initial data products. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers 100% of\nthe XRT error circle. The typical 3-sigma upper limit has been about 19.6 mag. \nThe 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the\nXRT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No\ncorrection has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of\n0.01. \n\nBurst Advocate for this burst is J. R. Cummings (jayc AT milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov). \nPlease contact the BA by email if you require additional information\nregarding Swift followup of this burst. In extremely urgent cases, after\ntrying the Burst Advocate, you can contact the Swift PI by phone (see\nSwift TOO web site for information: http://www.swift.psu.edu/too.html.)",
  "circularId": 15440,
  "createdOn": 1383517171000,
  "email": "palmer@lanl.gov",
  "subject": "GRB 131103A: Swift detection of a burst",
  "submitter": "David Palmer at LANL  <palmer@lanl.gov>",
  "eventId": "GRB 131103A"
}