GCN Circular 17238

A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU), J.A. Kennea
(PSU), V. Mangano (PSU), M.C. Stroh (PSU), K.L. Page (U. Leicester), C.
Pagani (U. Leicester), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester) and P. D'Avanzo
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:

We have analysed 8.0 ks of XRT data for GRB 141225A (D'Avanzo  et al.
GCN Circ. 17229
Not found
 
 
),  from 434 s to 40.8 ks after the  BAT trigger. The
data comprise 33 s in Windowed Timing (WT) mode with the remainder in
Photon Counting (PC) mode. The enhanced XRT position for this burst was
given by Evans et al. (GCN Circ. 17235
Not found
 
 
).

The light curve can be modelled with an initial power-law decay with an
index of alpha=2.22 (+0.32, -0.25), followed by a break at T+1770 s to
an alpha of 1.12 (+0.26, -0.38).

A spectrum formed from the PC mode data can be fitted with an absorbed
power-law with a photon spectral index of 1.67 (+0.13, -0.12). The
best-fitting absorption column is  consistent with the Galactic value
of 1.5 x 10^20 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The counts to observed
(unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this
spectrum  is 3.9 x 10^-11 (4.0 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2 count^-1. 

A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
Total column:	     1.5 (+/-2.1) x 10^20 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 1.5 x 10^20 cm^-2
Excess significance: <1.6 sigma
Photon index:	     1.67 (+0.13, -0.12)

If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of
1.12, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 1.9 x 10^-3 count s^-1,
corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 7.3 x
10^-14 (7.4 x 10^-14) erg cm^-2 s^-1.

The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at
http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/00622476.

This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.