GCN Circular 37535
Subject
GRB 240916A: Fermi GBM Observation
Event
Date
2024-09-17T16:52:35Z (a year ago)
From
Oliver J Roberts at USRA/NASA <oliver.roberts@nasa.gov>
Via
Web form
O.J. Roberts (USRA/NASA-MSFC) and C. Meegan (UAH) report on behalf of
the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:
"At 01:22:55.77 UT on 16 September 2024, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM)
triggered and located GRB 240916A (trigger 748142580/240916058), which was later
detected by Swift XRT (Beardmore et al. 2024, GCN 37531) after two optical afterglows
were initially discovered by GOTO (Gompertz et al., 2024, GCN 37522), of which
GOTO24fzn/AT 2024vlp was reported to decay in the optical by the JinShan project
(Jiang et al., 2024, GCN 37526), with a redshift measured by VLT/X-shooter
of z=2.610 (Pieterse et al., 2024, GCN 37532).
The Fermi GBM on-ground location is consistent with the Swift XRT position.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 79 degrees.
The GBM light curve consists of a bright FRED-like pulse with a duration (T90)
of about 32 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum from T0-5.6 to T0+55.8 s
is best fit by a power law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff.
The power law index is -1.16 +/- 0.03 and the cutoff energy, parameterized as
Epeak, is 710 +/- 80 keV.
The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is
(2.78 +/- 0.07)E-05 erg/cm^2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured
starting from T0+10 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 5.5 +/- 0.3 ph/s/cm^2.
A Band function fits the spectrum equally well
with Epeak= 580 +/- 80 keV, alpha = -1.12 +/- 0.03 and beta = -2.2 +/- 0.2.
The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary;
final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/fermi/fermigbrst.html
For Fermi GBM data and info, please visit the official Fermi GBM Support Page:
https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/access/gbm/"