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GCN Circular 8397

Subject

GRB 081022, Swift-BAT refined analysis

Date

2008-10-22T20:41:45Z (16 years ago)

From

Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC <scott@lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov>

T. N. Ukwatta (GWU) S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), W. H. Baumgartner (GSFC/UMBC),
J. R. Cummings (GSFC/UMBC), E. E. Fenimore (LANL), N. Gehrels (GSFC),
H. A. Krimm (GSFC/USRA), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC/UMD), D. M. Palmer (LANL),
T. Sakamoto (GSFC/UMBC), G. Sato (ISAS), M. Stamatikos (GSFC/ORAU),
G. Stratta (ASDC), J. Tueller (GSFC)
(i.e. the Swift-BAT team):
 
Using the data set from T-239 to T+903 sec from recent telemetry downlinks,
we report further analysis of BAT GRB 081022 (trigger #332399)
(Stratta, et al., GCN Circ. 8395Not found
 
 
).  The BAT ground-calculated position is
RA, Dec = 226.584, 12.409 deg which is 
   RA(J2000)  =  15h 06m 20.1s 
   Dec(J2000) = +12d 24' 32.7" 
with an uncertainty of 1.4 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment).
The partial coding was 64%.
 
The mask-weighted light curve shows a long smooth peak starting at ~T-10 sec,
peaking around T+50 sec, and ending around T+210 sec.
T90 (15-350 keV) is 160 +- 40 sec (estimated error including systematics).
 
The time-averaged spectrum from T-9.3 to T+207.3 sec is best fit by a simple
power-law model.  The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is
1.67 +- 0.11.  The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 2.5 +- 0.2 x 10^-6 erg/cm2.
The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T+57.18 sec in the 15-150 keV band
is 0.6 +- 0.1 ph/cm2/sec.  All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence
level. 
 
The results of the batgrbproduct analysis are available at
http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_s/332399/BA/