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GRB 110915A

GCN Circular 12335

Subject
GRB 110915A: Swift detection of a burst
Date
2011-09-15T13:29:30Z (14 years ago)
From
Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC <scott@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>
S. T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC),
A. P. Beardmore (U Leicester), D. N. Burrows (PSU),
S. Campana (INAF-OAB), J. R. Cummings (NASA/UMBC),
P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), P. A. Evans (U Leicester), C. Gronwall (PSU),
E. A. Hoversten (PSU), J. A. Kennea (PSU),
H. A. Krimm (CRESST/GSFC/USRA), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC),
A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), P. T. O'Brien (U Leicester),
P. Romano (INAF-IASFPA), B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/IASFPA),
M. H. Siegel (PSU), C. A. Swenson (PSU) and G. Tagliaferri (INAF-OAB)
report on behalf of the Swift Team:

At 13:20:44 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 110915A (trigger=503219).  Swift slewed immediately to the burst. 
The BAT on-board calculated location is 
RA, Dec 310.851, -0.709 which is 
   RA(J2000)  =  20h 43m 24s
   Dec(J2000) = -00d 42' 33"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including 
systematic uncertainty).  The BAT light curve shows multiple peaks
with a total duration of about 95 sec.  The peak count rate
was ~4000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~68 sec after the trigger. 

The XRT began observing the field at 13:22:00.5 UT, 76.1 seconds after
the BAT trigger. XRT found a bright, uncatalogued X-ray source located
at RA, Dec 310.8242, -0.7231 which is equivalent to:
    RA(J2000)  = 20h 43m 17.80s
    Dec(J2000) = -00d 43' 23.1"
with an uncertainty of 4.7 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This
location is 108 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the
BAT error circle. No event data are yet available to determine the
column density using X-ray spectroscopy. 

UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter
starting 84 seconds after the BAT trigger. No credible afterglow candidate has
been found in the initial data products. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers 100% of
the XRT error circle. The typical 3-sigma upper limit has been about 19.6 mag. 
The 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the
XRT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No
correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of
0.06. 

Burst Advocate for this burst is S. T. Holland (Stephen.T.Holland AT nasa.gov). 
Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information
regarding Swift followup of this burst. In extremely urgent cases, after
trying the Burst Advocate, you can contact the Swift PI by phone (see
Swift TOO web site for information: http://www.swift.psu.edu/too.html.)

GCN Circular 12336

Subject
GRB 110915A: Prompt enhanced Swift-XRT position
Date
2011-09-15T14:10:25Z (14 years ago)
From
Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9@star.le.ac.uk>
P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:

Using  promptly downlinked XRT event data for GRB 110915A, we find an
enhanced XRT position of the afterglow: RA, Dec: 310.8242, -0.7241
which is equivalent to:
   RA (J2000)  = 20 43 17.81
   Dec (J2000) = -00 43 26.7
with an uncertainty of 3.4 arc sec (radius, 90% confidence). Analysis
of the promptly available data is online at
http://www.swift.ac.uk/sper/503219.

Position enhancement is is described by Goad et al. (2007, A&A, 476,
1401) and Evans et al. (2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177).

This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.

GCN Circular 12337

Subject
GRB 110915A: MASTER-Net early limit
Date
2011-09-15T16:30:29Z (14 years ago)
From
Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs <gcncirc@observ.inetcomm.ru>
V.Yurkov, Yu.Sergienko, E.Sinyakov, D.Varda, I.Kudelina
Blagoveschensk Educational State University, Blagoveschensk

K.Ivanov, V.A.Poleshchuk, S.Yazev, N.M.Budnev, O.Gres, 
O.Chuvalaev,E.Konstantinov,
  Irkutsk State University

E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, D.Kuvshinov, A.Belinski, N.Tyurina, 
N.Shatskiy, P.Balanutsa, V.V.Chazov, P.V.Kortunov, A.Kuznetsov, D.Zimnukhov, M. 
Kornilov, A.Kuznetsov, D.Zimnukhov, M. Kornilov, A.Sankovich
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University

A. Tlatov, A.V. Parhomenko, D. Dormidontov
Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory

V.Krushinski, I.Zalozhnich, T.Kopytova, A. Popov
Ural State University, Kourovka


  MASTER   robotic telescope (MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru) located 
at Blagoveschensk (Amur-site) was pointed to the  GRB110915A 15 sec after 
notice time and 31 sec after GRB time at 2011-09-15 13:21:15 UT. 
On our first (10s exposure) MASTER II telescope set we haven`t found 
optical transient  within SWIFT error-box (Holland et al., GCN Circ 
12335).  Unfortunatelly the main telescopes was not in focus.

On our first (5s exposure) MASTER VWF (Very Wide Field Camera - FOV=420 
square degrees)   set we haven`t found optical transient  within
SWIFT error-box (Holland et al., GCN Circ 12335).

       Date           T_start-T_trig     ExpTime   Limit  Coadd  Instrum
       (UT)                  (s)            (s)   (unfilt)
      13:21:15               31             10      12      No  MASTER II
      13:21:17               33              5      12      No  MASTER VWF
      13:21:17               33             60      14      12  MASTER VWF

  The message may be cited.

GCN Circular 12338

Subject
GRB 110915A: MITSuME Akeno Optical upper limits
Date
2011-09-15T16:32:13Z (14 years ago)
From
Yoichi Yatsu at Tokyo Tech. <yatsu@hp.phys.titech.ac.jp>
K. Kawakami, K. Tokoyoda, Y. Yatsu, Y. Aoki, M. Hayashi, S. Song,
R. Usui, and N. Kawai (Tokyo Tech)  report on behalf of the MITSuME
collaboration:

We observed GRB 110915A (S. T. Holland et al, GCN12335)
with the optical three color (g, Rc, and Ic) CCD camera attached
to the MITSuME 50 cm telescope of Akeno Observatory, Yamanashi, Japan.
The follow-up observation was started at 14:29:30, ~69 min after the
BAT trigger.

We did not find any new point source within the enhanced XRT error
circle (P.A. Evans et al., GCNC 12336) in two bands.


Photometric results and are listed below. We used GSC2.3 catalog for
flux calibration.

T0+[s]      MID-UT     T-EXP[sec]      g'             Rc           Ic
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 +4126   14:34:59          1440           ---          >17.6     >17.6
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
T0+ : Elapsed time after the burst [sec]
T-EXP: Total Exposure time [sec]

GCN Circular 12339

Subject
GRB 110915A: GMG optical upper limit
Date
2011-09-15T17:05:38Z (14 years ago)
From
Dong Xu at Weizmann Inst <dong.dark@gmail.com>
X.-H. Zhao (YNAO), D. Xu (WIS), J.-R. Mao & J.-M. Bai (YNAO) report on
a larger collaboration:

We observed the XRT field (Evans, GCN 12336) of GRB 110915A (Holland
et al., GCN 12335) with the 2.4m GMG telescope in Yunnan, China
equipped with YFOSC. Observations started at 13:58:09 UT, 15th Sep.
2011 (i.e., 0.6236 hr after the burst), and 1x20 min R-band and 1x20
min V-band images were obtained under the cloudy weather.

No optical source was present within the XRT error circle in GCN
#12336, which sets a 3\sigma upper limit of R~21.6 mag, calibrated
with the USNO B1 catalog.

GCN Circular 12340

Subject
GRB 110915A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
Date
2011-09-15T19:22:20Z (14 years ago)
From
Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9@star.le.ac.uk>
P.A. Evans, M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne and A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester) 
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.

Using 2062 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 4 UVOT
images for GRB 110915A, we find an astrometrically corrected X-ray
position (using the XRT-UVOT alignment and matching UVOT field sources
to the USNO-B1 catalogue): RA, Dec = 310.82447, -0.72312 which is equivalent
to:

RA (J2000): 20h 43m 17.87s
Dec (J2000): -00d 43' 23.2"

with an uncertainty of 1.6 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence).

This position may be improved as more data are received. The latest
position can be viewed at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_positions. Position
enhancement is described by Goad et al. (2007, A&A, 476, 1401) and Evans
et al. (2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177).

This circular was automatically generated, and is an official product of the
Swift-XRT team.

GCN Circular 12342

Subject
GRB 110915A: 1.23m CAHA I-band observations
Date
2011-09-15T22:54:19Z (14 years ago)
From
Javier Gorosabel at IAA-CSIC <jgu@iaa.es>
R. Sanchez-Ramirez (IAA-CSIC), N. Morales (IAA-CSIC), J. Gorosabel (IAA-CSIC), J.L. Ortiz (IAA-CSIC), P. Kubanek (U. Valencia & IAA-CSIC), A. de Ugarte Postigo (DARK/NBI), A.J. Castro-Tirado (IAA-CSIC), report on behalf of a larger collaboration:

"We imaged the field of the Swift GRB 110915A (Holland et al., GCN Circ 12335) with the 1.23m Calar Alto telescope. The observations were carried out in the I-band on Sep 15.7984-15.8500 UT (starting 5.81 hours after the GRB) with a total exposure time of 25 X 180 = 4500s.  No object brighter than I=21.5 is detected in the XRT error circle (Evans et al., GCN Circ 12340)."

GCN Circular 12343

Subject
GRB 110915A: NOT observations
Date
2011-09-16T00:26:36Z (14 years ago)
From
Daniele Malesani at Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Inst <malesani@dark-cosmology.dk>
D. Malesani (DARK, NBI), P. Jakobsson (U. Iceland), A. de Ugarte Postigo 
(DARK, NBI), J. Lykke (NOT), D. Xu (WIS), and N. R. Tanvir (U. 
Leicester) report on behalf of a larger collaboration:

Using ALFOSC on the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) we have obtained 
R-band (3 x 600 s) and z-band (18 x 300 s) imaging of the GRB 110915A 
field (Holland et al., GCN 12335) starting on 2011 September 15.87 UT 
(around 7.5 hr after the burst).

We do not detect any object within the refined XRT error circle (Evans 
et al., GCN 12340). The limiting magnitudes are R(Vega) = 24.3 and z(AB) 
= 23.5, calibrated against the USNO-B1 and SDSS catalogs, respectively.

Using our R-band limit and preliminary X-ray fluxes, we obtain a 
corresponding upper limit on beta_OX of around 0.1, rendering the burst 
dark according to the definition proposed by Jakobsson et al. (2004, 
ApJ, 617, L21). This burst may therefore be at high redshift, or suffer 
from significant dust extinction. The presence of significant excess 
absorption in the X-ray afterglow spectrum 
(http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_spectra/00503219/) makes the second option 
more likely.

GCN Circular 12344

Subject
GRB 110915A: MITSuME Okayama and Ishigakijima Optical upper limits
Date
2011-09-16T00:58:08Z (14 years ago)
From
Daisuke Kuroda at OAO/NAOJ <dikuroda@oao.nao.ac.jp>
D. Kuroda, (OAO, NAOJ), H. Hanayama (IAO, NAOJ), K. Yanagisawa,
Y. Shimizu, H. Toda (OAO, NAOJ), T. Miyaji J. Watanabe, (IAO, NAOJ),
S.Nagayama (NAOJ), M. Yoshida (Hiroshima), K. Ohta (Kyoto)
and N. Kawai(Tokyo Tech) report on behalf of the MITSuME collaboration:

We observed the field of GRB 110915A (Holland et al., GCNC 12335)
with the optical three color (g', Rc and Ic) CCD camera attached
to the MITSuME 50cm telescope of Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
and the Murikabushi 1m telescope of Ishigakijima Astronomical
Observatory.

We did not find any new point source within the enhanced XRT error
circle (Evans, GCNC 12336) in all the three bands.

Three sigma upper limits of the OT are listed below. We used
SDSS catalog for flux calibration.

Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory:
The observation started on 2011-09-15 13:28:55 UT (~8.2 min after
the burst).
T0+[day]   MID-UT   T-EXP[sec]    g'     Rc     Ic
------------------------------------------------------
0.07421    15:07:35    9360.0    >22.0  >21.8  >20.7
------------------------------------------------------
T0+ : Elapsed time after the burst [day]
T-EXP: Total Exposure time [sec]


Okayama Astrophysical Observatory:
The observation started on 2011-09-15 14:58:17 UT (~1.6 h after
the burst).
T0+[day]   MID-UT   T-EXP[sec]    g'     Rc     Ic
------------------------------------------------------
0.08645    15:25:12    3060.0    >19.8 >20.2  >19.34
------------------------------------------------------
T0+ : Elapsed time after the burst [day]
T-EXP: Total Exposure time [sec]

GCN Circular 12345

Subject
GRB110915A MITSuME Okayama J-band upper-limit
Date
2011-09-16T04:24:57Z (14 years ago)
From
Daisuke Kuroda at OAO/NAOJ <dikuroda@oao.nao.ac.jp>
Kenshi Yanagisawa, Daisuke Kuroda, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kiichi Okita
(OAO/NAOJ), Michitoshi Yoshida (Hiroshima-U), Kouji Ohta(Kyoto-U)
and Nobuyuki Kawai(Tokyo Tech.) report on behalf of the MITSuME
collaboration.

We observed the field of GRB110915A (Holland et al, GCN12355) in J-band
with a wide-field near infrared imager at Okayama Astrophysical
Observatory (Japan).  The imager has effective aperture of 0.91 m.

Observations started from 15:19 UT on 15th September, just 2 hours after
the BAT trigger, to 16:02 UT.  The total exposure of 35 min was
successfully obtained.

In our co-add image, we did not find any new point source within the
enhanced XRT error circle (P.A. Evans et al., GCNC 12340) down to
limiting magnitude of  J=17.3 (Vega, S/N=3) . The photometric
calibration was made against 2MASS field stars.

T0+[s]      MID-UT     T-EXP[sec]      J
---------------------------------------------------
 +8130      15:35          2110       >17.3
---------------------------------------------------
T0+ : Elapsed time after the burt [sec]
T-EXP: Total Exposure time [sec]

GCN Circular 12346

Subject
GRB 110915A: Deep Gemini-South i/z-band imaging
Date
2011-09-16T04:40:32Z (14 years ago)
From
Daniel Perley at U.C. Berkeley <dperley@astro.berkeley.edu>
D. A. Perley (Caltech), A. Cucchiara (UC Santa Cruz), and N. R. Tanvir
(Leicester) report on behalf of a larger collaboration:

We imaged the field of GRB 110915A (Holland et al., GCN 12335) with 
GMOS-S on Gemini-South starting at 00:36 UT on 2011-09-16.  We acquired 
6x240 seconds in i-band, and 7x240 seconds in z-band. Conditions were 
clear with generally good seeing (0.7").

We find no significant sources within the XRT error circle in either 
filter.  We calculate the following 3-sigma limits:

   i > 26.0 mag  (t_mid = 11.49 hr)
   z > 24.9 mag  (t_mid = 12.03 hr)

Given the bright X-ray afterglow and and other optical limits reported 
to date, these results indicate that GRB 110915A is a very dark burst, 
as also noted by Malesani et al (GCN 12343).  Infrared and radio 
follow-up is encouraged.

GCN Circular 12349

Subject
GRB 110915A: Deep Near-IR Limits from Magellan
Date
2011-09-16T12:27:01Z (14 years ago)
From
Edo Berger at Harvard <eberger@cfa.harvard.edu>
E. Berger, R. Chornock, J. Strader (Harvard) and L. Spitler (Swinburne)
report:

"We imaged the field of GRB 110915A (GCN 12335) with the FourStar near-IR
imager mounted on the Magellan/Baade 6.5-m telescope starting on 2011 Sep
16.155 UT (14.4 hr after the burst).  Observations were obtained in the J
and Ks filters in good seeing (0.6").  We do not detect any sources in
coincidence with the enhanced XRT position (GCN 12340) to a 3-sigma limit of
J>23.5 mag and Ks>23.0 mag (AB).  The X-ray flux on the same timescale
(extrapolated from the existing XRT light curve) is F_X ~ 4e-12 cgs,
indicating an expected near-IR brightness of J~19 mag and K~18.5 mag.  If
due to extinction, the required ~4.5 mag in J and Ks are suggestive of an
unusually large A_V."

GCN Circular 12351

Subject
GRB 110915A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
Date
2011-09-16T13:30:40Z (14 years ago)
From
Boris Sbarufatti at INAF-OAB/IASFPA <boris.sbarufatti@brera.inaf.it>
B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/IASFPA) and S. T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC)
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:

We have analysed 3.3 ks of XRT data for GRB 110915A (Holland  et al.
GCN Circ. 12335), from 82 s to 7.7 ks after the  BAT trigger. The data
comprise 1.6 ks in Windowed Timing (WT) mode with the remainder in
Photon Counting (PC) mode. The enhanced XRT position for this burst was
given by Evans et al. (GCN. Circ 12336).

The light curve can be modelled with a series of power-law decays. The
initial decay index is alpha=5.6 (+0.6, -0.4). At T+120 s  the decay
flattens to an alpha of 0.49 (+0.15, -1.09) before breaking again at
T+309 s to a final decay with index alpha=0.84 (+0.04, -0.03).

A spectrum formed from the WT mode data can be fitted with an absorbed
power-law with a photon spectral index	of 1.98 (+/-0.05). The
best-fitting absorption column is  2.69 (+0.18, -0.17) x 10^21 cm^-2,
in excess of the Galactic value of 5.3 x 10^20 cm^-2 (Kalberla et al.
2005). The PC mode spectrum has a photon index of 2.04 (+0.21, -0.20)
and a best-fitting absorption column of 2.6 (+/-0.7) x 10^21 cm^-2. The
counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor
deduced from this spectrum  is 4.0 x 10^-11 (6.3 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2
count^-1. 

A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
Total column:	     2.6 (+/-0.7) x 10^21 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 5.3 x 10^20 cm^-2
Excess significance: 6.5 sigma
Photon index:	     2.04 (+0.21, -0.20)

The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at
http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/00503219.

This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.

GCN Circular 12352

Subject
GRB 110915A, Swift-BAT refined analysis
Date
2011-09-16T14:33:10Z (14 years ago)
From
Hans Krimm at NASA-GSFC <hans.krimm@nasa.gov>
T. N. Ukwatta (MSU), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), W. H. Baumgartner (GSFC/UMBC),
J. R. Cummings (GSFC/UMBC), E. E. Fenimore (LANL), N. Gehrels (GSFC), S. T.
Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC), H. A. Krimm (GSFC/USRA), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC),
D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Sakamoto (GSFC/UMBC), M. Stamatikos (OSU),
J. Tueller (GSFC), (i.e. the Swift-BAT team):

Using the data set from T-240 to T+962 sec from the recent telemetry downlink,
we report further analysis of BAT GRB 110915A (trigger #503219)
(Holland, et al., GCN Circ. 12335).  The BAT ground-calculated position is
RA, Dec = 310.830, -0.713 deg which is
     RA(J2000)  =  20h 43m 19.2s
     Dec(J2000) = -00d 42' 45.8"
with an uncertainty of 1.2 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment).
The partial coding was 25%.

The light curve consists first of a group of multiple overlapping peaks lasting
from T0-5 sec to T0+45 sec.  This is followed by a second cluster from T0+55
sec to T0+85 sec, containing the brightest peak at ~T0+70 sec. T90 (15-350 keV)
is 78.76 +- 1.25 sec (estimated error including systematics).

The time-averaged spectrum from -2.74 to 92.1 sec is best fit by a power law
with an exponential cutoff.  This fit gives a photon index 0.94 +- 0.23,
and Epeak of 124.8 +- 41.4 keV (chi squared 58.07 for 56 d.o.f.).  For this
model the total fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 5.7 +- 0.2 x 1006 erg/cm2
and the 1-sec peak flux measured from T+68.04 sec in the 15-150 keV band is
3.3 +- 0.2 ph/cm2/sec.  A fit to a simple power law gives a photon index
of 1.41 +- 0.05 (chi squared 72.11 for 57 d.o.f.).  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/503219/BA/

GCN Circular 12353

Subject
GRB 110915A: GROND Upper limits
Date
2011-09-16T18:32:42Z (14 years ago)
From
Alexander Kann at TLS Tautenburg <kann@tls-tautenburg.de>
J. Elliott (MPE Garching), D. A. Kann (Tautenburg Obs.), and J. Greiner
(also MPE Garching) report on behalf of the GROND team:

We observed the field of GRB 110915A (Swift trigger 503219; Holland et
al., GCN 12335) simultaneously in g'r'i'z'JHK with GROND (Greiner et al.
2008, PASP 120, 405) mounted at the 2.2m MPI/ESO telescope at La Silla
Observatory (Chile).

Observations started at 23:26 UT on 15 September, 10.1 hours after the GRB
trigger. They were performed at an average seeing of 1.1 and at an average
airmass of 1.2.

We do not detect a source within the enhanced UVOT/Swift-XRT error circle
reported by Evans et al. (GCN 12340). For a total exposure time of 6003 s
in g'r'i'z' and 4800 s in JHK, we do not detect a source down to:

g' > 25.5,

r' > 25.4,

i' > 24.3,

z' > 23.8,

J > 21.2,

H > 20.0, and

K > 18.6

The given limits are derived based on calibrating the images against GROND
zeropoints (g'r'i'z' are AB mags) and 2MASS field stars (JHK are Vega
mags) and are not corrected for the Galactic foreground extinction
corresponding to a reddening of E(B-V) = 0.058 in the direction of the
burst (Schlegel et al. 1998).

These upper limits are in agreement with the i/z upper limits from Perley
et al. (GCN 12346) and the J/Ks upper limits from Berger et al. (GCN
12349).

[GCN OPS NOTE(16sep11): Per author's request, the date in the second paragraph
was corrected from "16 Sep" to "15 Sep", and Perley citation was changed
from "12345" to "12346".]

GCN Circular 12355

Subject
GRB 110915A: Swift/UVOT Upper Limits
Date
2011-09-17T20:18:06Z (14 years ago)
From
Erik Hoversten at Swift/Penn State <hoversten@astro.psu.edu>
E. A. Hoversten (PSU) and S. T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC)
report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team:

The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 110915A  
84 ks after the BAT trigger (Holland et al., GCN Circ. 12335).  No  
optical afterglow consistent with the enhanced XRT position (Evans et  
al., GCN Circ. 12340) is detected in the initial UVOT exposures.   
UVOT magnitude 3-sigma upper limits are reported in the following table:

Filter  T_start  T_stop  Exp(s)  Mag (3-sigma upper limit)
-------------------------------------------------------------
white      84     1884    429       > 21.46
v         616     5316    203       > 19.35
b         540     1858    136       > 20.10
u         284     1834    362       > 20.36
uvw1      665     1809    136       > 19.59
uvm2      641     1784    136       > 19.46
uvw2      592     1897    144       > 19.82

The quoted upper limits have not been corrected for the expected
Galactic extinction along the line of sight of E_(B-V) = 0.06
(Schlegel et al. 1998). All photometry is on the UVOT photometric  
system described in Poole et al. (2008, MNRAS, 383, 627).

GCN Circular 12358

Subject
GRB 110915A: Konus-Wind and Swift/BAT joint spectral analysis
Date
2011-09-19T21:22:41Z (14 years ago)
From
Valentin Pal'shin at Ioffe Inst <val@mail.ioffe.ru>
V. Pal'shin, S. Golenetskii, R.Aptekar, E. Mazets, D. Frederiks, and
T. Cline on behalf of the Konus-Wind team,

T. Sakamoto (GSFC/UMBC), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC),
W. Baumgartner (GSFC/UMBC), A. P. Beardmore (U Leicester),
J. Cummings (GSFC/UMBC), E. Fenimore (LANL), N. Gehrels (GSFC),
H. Krimm (GSFC/USRA), C. Markwardt (GSFC/UMD),
D. Palmer (LANL), G. Sato (GSFC/ISAS), M. Stamatikos (GSFC/ORAU),
J. Tueller (GSFC), and T. Ukwatta (GWU)

report:

We performed the Konus-Wind and the Swift/BAT joint spectral analysis
of GRB 110915A (Swift/BAT trigger #503219: Holland et al., GCN Circ.
12335, Ukwatta et al. GCN Circ. 12352). Since the Konus-Wind observed
this GRB in the waiting mode, we only have 3 channel spectral data for
the Konus-Wind which cover the energy range from 20 keV to 1.2 MeV.  The
joint spectral analysis of the Konus-Wind and the Swift/BAT data
allows us to derive the broad-band spectral parameters of this burst.

The time interval of the spectral data for each instrument is chosen
from T0(BAT)-3.3 to T0(BAT)+82.1 s where T0(BAT) is the trigger time
of BAT at 13:20:44.40 UTC.  The energy ranges which we used in the joint
spectral analysis are 20-1200 keV and 14-150 keV for the Konus-Wind and
the Swift/BAT respectively.  The spectral data of two instruments are
fitted with the spectral model multiplied by the constant factor to take
into account the systematic effective area uncertainties in the response
matrices of each instrument.

The spectrum is well fitted with a power-law with exponential cutoff
model: dN/dE ~ E^{alpha}*exp(-(2+alpha)*E/Epeak). No systematic residual 
from the best fit model is seen in the spectral data of each instrument. 
The BAT constant factor is 0.76(-0.08,+0.09) (the KW constant factor is 
fixed to 1). The best fit spectral parameters are: alpha = -1.08 
(-0.14/+0.19) and Epeak = 183 (-48/+80) keV (chi2/dof = 62/58). The best 
fit spectral parameters for the GRB (Band) model are: alpha = 
-0.90(-0.21,+0.24), beta = -2.2(-0.8,+0.3), and Epeak = 132(-28,+57) keV 
(chi2/dof = 58/57). The derived alpha and Epeak are in agreement with 
those derived from analysis of the BAT data alone (Ukwatta et al. GCN 
Circ. 12352). The energy fluence in the 15-1200 keV band calculated by a 
power-law with exponential cutoff model for this 85.4 s interval is 
1.35(-0.20,+0.25)x10^-5 erg/cm2.

The Konus-Wind light curve of this GRB is available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/GRBs/GRB110915A/

All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.

GCN Circular 12786

Subject
GRB 110915A, the review of the sky area in plate archives
Date
2011-12-30T17:58:18Z (13 years ago)
From
Valentyna Golovnya at Main Astro Obs,Kyiv <golov_v@ukr.ne>
V.V. Golovnya (Main Astro Obs, Kyiv)
report: 
We have undertaken the review of the sky area in vicinity of 
GRB 110915A (Evans et al., GCN Circ.12340) on astronegatives,
collected in Ukrainian NAS Main astronomical observatory plate 
archive (1976-1996). All the plates with the possible object 
appearance are digitized using Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL TMA 
and Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed scanners and have been 
placed into Golosiiv Plate Archive database DBGPA with open 
access to them.
 	The list of plates is given in the table:
YYYYMMDD/TimeUT	--Plates--	Exp.	LimMag	Star USNOA2 
19810930/180433	GUA040C000001A	27.0	16.50	0825-18636133
19820827/205711	GUA040C002422	60.3	14.40	0825-18638528
19820827/205711	GUA040D002423	60.3	14.40	0825-18638528
19820827/223853	GUA040C002424	15.0	13.75	0825-18638504
19820909/165505	TAS040A000325	23.0	17.10	0825-18635715
19820918/160521	TAS040A000331	23.0	16.50	0825-18636133
19910709/231157	GUA040C001830A	22.5	15.50	0825-18638699
Plates:  
GUA040C,�the plates archive identifier of DWA (D/F=400/2000, 
GUA040D  M=103"/mm) of the Ukrainian NAS Main Astro obs.
         (Marsden's number - 83) the plate number [1].
TAS040A -the plates archive identifier of DAZ (D/F=400/3000,
         M=68.8"/mm) of the Tashkent Astro obs.
         (Marsden's number - 186) the plate number [1].
Exp.   - Duration of the maximum exposure (minutes). 
LimMag - Limited V mag, derived in the 15 minutes area around 
       the location given in GCN Circ.12340: 
       RA(J2000): 20h 43m 17.87s, Dec(J2000): -00d 43' 23.2"
Star USNOA2 - Comparison star.
  The preview images of 7 areas together with  
the 15x15 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in  
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/110915A/index.html
The images with full resolution are available via e-mail on 
demand.
References: 
1.L.Pakuliak DATABASE of GOLOSIIV PLATE ARCHIVE (DBGPA V2.0),
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org

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