TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  43626
SUBJECT: EP260131a: VLA detection
DATE:    26/02/06 20:32:30 GMT
FROM:    Genevieve Schroeder at Cornell University <genevieveschroeder@u.northwestern.edu>

Genevieve Schroeder (Cornell), Anna Ho (Cornell), Daniel Perley (LJMU) report:

We observed the position of EP260131a (Ding et al., GCN 43574, Wu et al. GCN 43583), with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) under program 26A-488 (PI: Ho) beginning on 2026 February 3 at 06:37 UT (3.15 days post discovery) at a mean frequency of 10 GHz. Based on preliminary analysis, we detect a ~40 uJy (~6 sigma) radio source at the position of EP260131a.

At the assumed redshift of EP260131a of z = 0.937 (Schneider et al., GCN 43582), the VLA observation corresponds to a 10 GHz luminosity of ~1e30 erg/s/Hz. This is consistent with, but on the lower end of, a typical GRB radio afterglow (Chandra & Frail 2012, ApJ, 746, 156). 

Additional followup is planned. 

We thank the VLA staff for quickly approving and executing these observations.