GCN Circular 41614

W.J. Xie, L. Lan (NAOC), S. Guillot, O. Godet (IRAP), M. Moita (CEA), L. Zhang (IHEP) report on behalf of the SVOM mission team:

At 2025-08-31T09:29:33 UTC (T0), SVOM/ECLAIRs triggered and located the gamma-ray burst GRB 250831A (SVOM burst-id sb25083102).

The following trigger information was received on the ground with low latency by the SVOM VHF Alert Network.

The burst was only detected by the Image Trigger (IMT), which produced a sequence of 3 alerts. IMT provided the alert with the best signal-to-noise-ratio in the image (SNR) of 9.21 in the [5-20] keV energy band over a time window of 163.84 seconds starting at 2025-08-31T09:28:52.

The localization of the best alert is R.A., Dec. 24.8358, -17.9289 degrees (J2000) with a 90% confidence level (C.L.) radius of 8.60 arcmin (including systematic error of 2 arcmin added in quadrature).

SVOM slewed to the burst.

SVOM/MXT began observing the field at 2025-08-31T09:33:53 UTC, 260 seconds after T0. Using onboard processed data we found an uncatalogued X-ray source located at R.A., Dec. 24.7771, -17.9379 degrees:
R.A. (J2000) = 1h39m07.44s
Dec. (J2000) = -17d56m31.2s
with a 90% C.L. radius of 28.7 arcseconds (systematic and statistical).

This location is 3.39 arcminutes from the ECLAIRs onboard position. This position may be improved as more data is received.

VT began observing the field after the slew. The analysis of the data will be published in a future circular.

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. SVOM/ECLAIRs was developed jointly by CNES, CEA-IRFU, CNRS-IRAP, CNRS-APC. SVOM/GRM was developed by the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of CAS. SVOM/MXT was developed jointly by CNES, CEA-IRFU, CNRS-IJCLab, University of Leicester, MPE.

The Burst Advocate (BA) on shift for this alert is : Wenjin XIE (xiewj@bao.ac.cn)
Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information.