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GCN Circular 45553

Subject
GRB 260909A: SVOM/ECLAIRs refined analysis
Date
2026-09-11T14:27:15Z (4 days ago)
From
SVOM_group <svomgroup@bao.ac.cn>
Via
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M. Brunet, O. Godet (IRAP) , W.-J. Xie (NAOC), A. Saccardi, S. Schanne (CEA/Irfu), C. Plasse (HKU), A. Li (BNU), report on behalf of the SVOM/ECLAIRs team:

Using the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, we report further analysis of SVOM/ECLAIRs observations of GRB 260909A (SVOM burst-id sb26090910 – GCN 45534, trigger time T0 = 2026-09-09T11:18:01 UTC).

The burst that triggered ECLAIRs onboard shows a multiple peak lightcurve. The burst duration estimated through the imaging technique is T90 = 47 +2/-3 s in the 4-120 keV energy band.

The time-averaged spectrum from T0-16 s to T0+31 s in the 5-120 keV energy range is best fitted by a powerlaw model, with alpha = -1.23 +/-0.07. With this model, the 4-120 keV fluence is (9.4 +/-0.8)e-6 erg/cm^2 and the 4-120 keV photon flux is 4.5 +/-0.3 ph/cm^2/s. 

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 utoulouse.fr)


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