GCN Circular 39753

Donghua Zhao, Yinuo Ma, Wenjin XIE(NAOC), Li Zhang (IHEP), F. Robinet (IJCLab), Liping Xin (NAOC)
on behalf of the SVOM mission team.

At 2025-03-17T02:12:08 UTC (Tb) SVOM/ECLAIRs triggered on the gamma-ray burst GRB 250317B (SVOM burst-id sb25031701). The following trigger information was received on the ground with low latency by the SVOM VHF Alert Network.

The burst was detected both by the Count-Rate Trigger (CRT) and the Image Trigger (IMT), which produced a sequence of 13 alerts. CRT provided the alert with the best signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) of 14.27 in the [5-8] keV energy band over a time window of 40.96 seconds starting at Tb.
The light curve showed a broad peak structure with a T90 duration of about 145.67 (-0.16 +0.16).

The localization of the best alert is R.A., Dec 211.665, 40.056 degrees (J2000) with a 90% C.L. radius of 5.75 arcmin (including systematic error of 2 arcmin added in quadrature).

SVOM slewed to the burst.

MXT began observing the field at 2025-03-17T02:14:36 UTC, 148 seconds after Tb. Using onboard processed data we found a bright and rapidly fainting uncatalogued X-ray source located at R.A., Dec 211.648, 40.057 degrees:
RA (J2000) = 14h06m35s
DEC (J2000) = 40d03m23s
with a 90% C.L. radius of 25 arcseconds.
This location is 48 arcseconds away from the ECLAIRs onboard position.

VT began to observe the field after the slew. No uncatalogued sources were detected within MXT errors compared to DESI catalog based on the VHF sequences. The 3 sigma limit magnitude is about VT_R~21 mag (AB) at about 10 minutes after the trigger. More analysis will be performed after receiving the X band data later.

The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), French Space Agency (CNES), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe.

The Burst Advocate (BA) on shift for this burst is Donghua Zhao (zhaodh@bao.ac.cn).
Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information regarding the SVOM follow-up of this burst.


We apologize for any confusion and inconvenience caused by this mistake.