GCN Circular 23291
Subject
Konus-Wind observation of GRB 180925A
Date
2018-10-02T12:49:43Z (6 years ago)
From
Anna Kozlova at Ioffe Institute <ann_kozlova@mail.ioffe.ru>
A. Kozlova, S. Golenetskii, R. Aptekar, D. Frederiks,
M. Ulanov, D. Svinkin, A. Tsvetkova, A. Lysenko,
and T. Cline on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
The long-duration GRB 180925A (Swift-BAT detection:
Gropp et al., GCN 23268; Ukwatta et al., GCN 23273;
Insight-HXMT/HE observation: Luo et al., GCN 23275)
triggered Konus-Wind at T0=52650.967 s UT (14:37:30.967).
The burst light curve shows a multipeaked structure
which starts at ~T0 and has a total duration of ~26 s.
The emission is seen up to ~6 MeV.
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst
had a fluence of 1.44(-0.23,+0.32)x10^-5 erg/cm2,
and a 64-ms peak flux, measured from T0+5.088 s,
of 4.99(-1.51,+1.66)x10^-6 erg/cm2/s
(both in the 20 keV - 10 MeV energy range).
The time-averaged spectrum of the burst
(measured from T0 to T0+24.832 s)
is best fit in the 20 keV - 6 MeV range
by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep)
with alpha = -0.99(-0.17,+0.21)
and Ep = 528(-135,+239) keV (chi2 = 77/76 dof).
Fitting by a GRB (Band) model yields alpha = -0.84(-0.33,+0.40),
Ep = 374(-139,+403) keV, and beta = -2.0(-8.0,+0.3)
(chi2 = 77/75 dof).
The spectrum near the maximum count rate
(measured from T0+0.256 to T0+8.448 s)
is best fit in the 20 keV - 6 MeV range
by a power law with exponential cutoff model
with alpha = -0.85(-0.20,+0.23)
and Ep = 544(-125,+200) keV (chi2 = 93/76 dof).
Fitting by a GRB (Band) model yields the same alpha and Ep,
and an upper limit on the high energy photon index: beta < -2.8
(chi2 = 93/75 dof).
The Konus-Wind light curve of this GRB is available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/GRBs/GRB180925_T52650/
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.