GCN Circular 39233
Subject
GRB 250206A: Fermi-LAT detection
Date
2025-02-08T13:50:51Z (a month ago)
From
Rahul Gupta at NASA GSFC <rahul.gupta@nasa.gov>
Via
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R. Gupta (NASA GSFC), S. Lopez (CNRS / IN2P3), and A. Holzmann Airasca (UniTrento and INFN Bari) on behalf of the Fermi-LAT Collaboration:
On February 06, 2025, Fermi-LAT detected high-energy emission from GRB 250206A, which was also detected by Fermi-GBM (trigger 760564296 / 250206827, GCN 39172).
The best LAT on-ground location is found to be:
RA, Dec = 225.31, -62.26 (J2000)
with an error radius of 0.56 deg (90 % containment, statistical error only). This was 33 deg from the LAT boresight at the time of the GBM trigger (T0 = 19:51:31.93 UT). The data from the Fermi-LAT shows a significant increase in the event rate that is spatially and temporally correlated with the GBM emission with high significance. The photon flux above 100 MeV in the time interval 0 - 90 s after the GBM trigger is (2.1 ± 0.7) E-5 ph/cm2/s. The estimated photon index above 100 MeV is 2.1 ± 0.3.
The highest-energy photon is a 1.4 GeV event which is observed ~ 16 seconds after the GBM trigger.
A Swift ToO has been approved for this burst.
The Fermi-LAT point of contact for this burst is Rahul Gupta (rahulbhu.c157@gmail.com).
The Fermi-LAT is a pair conversion telescope designed to cover the energy band from 20 MeV to greater than 300 GeV. It is the product of an international collaboration between NASA and DOE in the U.S. and many scientific institutions across France, Italy, Japan and Sweden.