{
  "body": "S. Dichiara (PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), A. Tohuvavohu (U. Toronto), J.P.\nOsborne (U. Leicester), K.L. Page (U. Leicester), M.G. Bernardini\n(INAF-OAB), E. Ambrosi\t(INAF-IASFPA) , M. Capalbi (INAF-IASFPA) and\nP.A. Evans report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:\n\nWe have analysed 5.4 ks of XRT data for GRB 240414A, from 9.9 ks to\n74.3 ks after the  BAT trigger. The data are entirely in Photon\nCounting (PC) mode. \n\nThe light curve can be modelled with a power-law decay with a decay\nindex of alpha=1.0 (+/-0.4).\n\nA spectrum formed from the PC mode data can be fitted with an absorbed\npower-law with a photon spectral index of 2.0 (+0.4, -0.3). The\nbest-fitting absorption column is  3.7 (+8.5, -2.3) x 10^20 cm^-2,\nconsistent with the Galactic value of 1.4 x 10^20 cm^-2 (Willingale et\nal. 2013). The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux\nconversion factor deduced from this spectrum  is 3.2 x 10^-11 (3.5 x\n10^-11) erg cm^-2 count^-1. \n\nA summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:\nTotal column:\t     3.7 (+8.5, -2.3) x 10^20 cm^-2\nGalactic foreground: 1.4 x 10^20 cm^-2\nExcess significance: <1.6 sigma\nPhoton index:\t     2.0 (+0.4, -0.3)\n\nThe results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at\nhttp://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/01221714.\n\nThis circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.\n",
  "bibcode": "2024GCN.36104....1D",
  "circularId": 36104,
  "createdOn": 1713150026326,
  "eventId": "GRB 240414A",
  "subject": "GRB 240414A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis",
  "submitter": "Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9@star.le.ac.uk>",
  "submittedHow": "email"
}