GCN Circular 43711
Subject
GRB 260128B: SVOM/ECLAIRs refined analysis
Event
Date
2026-02-12T09:13:11Z (16 days ago)
From
SVOM_group <svomgroup@bao.ac.cn>
Via
Web form
M. Brunet, O. Godet (IRAP), S. Le Stum, A. Coleiro (APC) on behalf of the ECLAIRs team
Using the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, we report further analysis of ECLAIRs observations of GRB 260128B (GCN 43561).
The burst that triggered ECLAIRs consists of a single peak lasting around 10 s in the 4-50 keV energy band.
The time-averaged spectrum from T0-9.24 s to T0-0.24 s (T0 = 2026-01-28T06:48:34.72 UT) in the energy range 4-50 keV is not well fitted by a simple powerlaw model. This indicates some spectral curvature. Using a blackbody with a temperature kT = (2.29 +0.22/-0.20) keV provides a good fit. With this model, the fluence in the energy range 4-120 keV is (1.04 +0.05/-0.30) e-7 erg/cm².
Using either a broken power law or a power law with an exponential cutoff provides acceptable fits. However, given the faintness of the event, the model parameters remain poorly constrained.
All the quoted errors are at the 68% confidence level.
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. ECLAIRs was developed jointly by CNES, CEA-IRFU, CNRS-IRAP, CNRS-APC.
The SVOM/ECLAIRs point of contact for this burst is: Marius Brunet (IRAP) (marius.brunet at irap.omp.eu)