GRB 210520A
GCN Circular 30059
Subject
GRB 210520A: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
Date
2021-05-20T19:17:25Z (4 years ago)
From
Fermi GBM Team at MSFC/Fermi-GBM <do_not_reply@GIOC.nsstc.nasa.gov>
The Fermi GBM team reports the detection of a likely LONG GRB
At 19:07:02 UT on 20 May 2021, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 210520A (trigger 643230427.939988 / 210520797).
The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 147.9, Dec = -67.0 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 09h 51m, -67d 00'), with a statistical uncertainty of 3.7 degrees.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 15.0 degrees.
The skymap can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2021/bn210520797/quicklook/glg_skymap_all_bn210520797.png
The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2021/bn210520797/quicklook/glg_healpix_all_bn210520797.fit
The GBM light curve can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2021/bn210520797/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn210520797.gif
GCN Circular 30060
Subject
Fermi GRB 210520A: Global MASTER-Net observations report
Date
2021-05-20T22:50:11Z (4 years ago)
From
Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs <lipunov@xray.sai.msu.ru>
V. Lipunov, E. Gorbovskoy, V.Kornilov, N.Tyurina, P.Balanutsa, A.Kuznetsov, F.Balakin,
V.Vladimirov, D. Vlasenko, I.Gorbunov, D.Zimnukhov, V.Senik, T.Pogrosheva,
D.Kuvshinov, D. Cheryasov
(Lomonosov Moscow State University, SAI, Physics Department),
R. Podesta, C.Lopez, F. Podesta, C.Francile
(Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar OAFA),
R. Rebolo, M. Serra
(The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias),
D. Buckley
(South African Astronomical Observatory),
O.A. Gres, N.M. Budnev, O.Ershova
(Irkutsk State University, API),
A. Tlatov, D. Dormidontov
(Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory),
V. Yurkov, A. Gabovich, Yu. Sergienko
(Blagoveschensk Educational State University)
MASTER-OAFA robotic telescope (Global MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru, Lipunov et al., 2010, Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2010, 30L) located in Argentina (OAFA observatory of San Juan National University) started inspect of the Fermi GRB 210520A ( Fermi GBM team, GCN 30059) errorbox 12138 sec after notice time and 12187 sec after trigger time at 2021-05-20 22:30:10 UT, with upper limit up to 17.0 mag. Observations started at twilight. The observations began at zenith distance = 39 deg. The sun altitude is -10.0 deg.
The galactic latitude b = -14 deg., longitude l = 285 deg.
Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here:
https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=1617942
We obtain a following upper limits.
Tmid-T0 | Date Time | Site | Coord (J2000) |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment
_________|_____________________|_____________________|____________________________________|_____|_______|_______|________
12218 | 2021-05-20 22:30:10 | MASTER-OAFA | (09h 02m 19.62s , -69d 42m 16.2s) | C | 60 | 16.8 |
12297 | 2021-05-20 22:31:29 | MASTER-OAFA | (09h 24m 33.57s , -69d 42m 48.7s) | C | 60 | 17.0 |
12376 | 2021-05-20 22:32:49 | MASTER-OAFA | (08h 58m 19.03s , -67d 47m 42.0s) | C | 60 | 17.0 |
Filter C is a clear (unfiltred) band.
The observation and reduction will continue.
The message may be cited.
GCN Circular 30061
Subject
GRB 210520A: GECAM detection
Date
2021-05-21T04:54:51Z (4 years ago)
From
Y Q Zhang at IHEP <yqzhang@ihep.ac.cn>
C. Zheng, Y. Q. Zhang, S. L. Xiong, S. L. Xie, Y. Huang, S. Xiao, Y. Zhao,
J. C. Liu, C. Y. Li, W. C. Xue, C. Cai, Z. W. Guo, X. Y. Zhao,
Z. H. An, C. Chen, G. Chen, W. Chen, M. Gao, K. Gong, D. Y. Guo, J. J. He,
B. Li, C. Li, J. H. Li, Q. X. Li, X. B. Li, X. Q. Li, Y. G. Li, X. H. Liang,
J. Y. Liao, J. C. Liu, X. J. Liu, Y. Q. Liu, F. J. Lu, Q. Luo, X. Ma,
G. Ou, W. X. Peng, R. Qiao, D. L. Shi, J. Y. Shi, L. M. Song,
X. Y. Song, G. X. Sun, X. L. Sun, Y. L. Tuo, C. W. Wang, J. Z. Wang,
P. Wang, X. Y. Wen, Y. B. Xu, Y. P. Xu, S. Yang, M. Yao, Q. B. Yi,
B. X. Zhang, C. Y. Zhang, D. L. Zhang, Fan Zhang, Fei Zhang, H. M. Zhang,
K. Zhang, P. Zhang, S. N. Zhang, Z. Zhang, S. Y. Zhao, S. J. Zheng,
X. Zhou (IHEP), report on behalf of GECAM team:
During the commissioning phase, GECAM-B triggered a long burst,
GRB 210520A, at 2021-05-20T19:07:03.550 UTC (denoted as T0),
which was also observed by Fermi/GBM (GCN #30059) and
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GECAM alert data was promptly downlinked to the ground through the
short message service of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS).
The time latency of the first BeiDou message relative to the trigger time
is about 1 minute.
According to the BDS alert data, this burst mainly consists of
multiple pulses with a duration of about 50s.
An automatic on-ground localization was calculated using the light curves
and spectrum. Although the in-flight calibration of energy response and
localization has not been finalized yet, GECAM-B localized this burst to
the following position (J2000):
ra: 129.04 deg
dec: -72.01 deg
err: 5.55 deg (statistical only)
The current systematic error of location is estimated to be several degrees
which could be minimized by the ongoing calibration.
GECAM location is consistent with the Fermi/GBM(GCN #30059) position within the error.
The GECAM light curve could be found here:
http://twiki.ihep.ac.cn/pub/GECAM/GRBList/gecamb_lc_grd_all_combine_75236823.png
As the detailed science data are downloaded, all analyses would be improved.
Please note that all GECAM results here are preliminary. The final analysis
will be published in journal papers or GECAM online catalog.
Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor
(GECAM) mission consists of two small satellites (GECAM-A and GECAM-B) in
Low Earth Orbit (600 km, 29 deg), launched on Dec 10, 2020 (Beijing Time),
which was funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
GCN Circular 30062
Subject
GRB 210520A: Fermi-LAT detection
Date
2021-05-21T05:15:00Z (4 years ago)
From
Magnus Axelsson at Stockholm U. <magaxe@kth.se>
N. Di Lalla (Stanford Univ.), M. Arimoto (Kanazawa Univ.), M. Axelsson (KTH & Stockholm Univ.), D. Kocevski (NASA/MSFC), N. Omodei (Stanford Univ.) report on behalf of the Fermi-LAT Collaboration:
On May 20, 2021 Fermi-LAT detected high-energy emission from GRB 210520A, which was also detected by Fermi-GBM (trigger 643230427.939988 / 210520797, GCN 30059).
The best LAT on-ground location is found to be
(RA, Dec) = 123.0, -69.4 (degrees, J2000)
with an error radius of 0.7 deg (90% containment, statistical error only). This was 21 deg from the LAT boresight at the time of the GBM trigger:
T0 = 19:07:02 UT.
The data from the Fermi-LAT show a significant increase in the event rate after the GBM trigger that is spatially and temporally correlated with the GBM emission (9 degrees from the GBM location) with high significance.
The photon flux above 100 MeV in the time interval 0-100s after the GBM trigger is (2.5 +/- 0.7) e-05 ph/cm2/s.
The estimated photon index above 100 MeV is -2.6 +/- 0.4.
A Swift ToO has been approved for this burst.
The Fermi-LAT point of contact for this burst is Niccolo' Di Lalla (niccolo.dilalla@stanford.edu).
The Fermi-LAT is a pair conversion telescope designed to cover the energy band from 20 MeV to greater than 300 GeV. It is the product of an international collaboration between NASA and DOE in the U.S. and many scientific institutions across France, Italy, Japan and Sweden.
GCN Circular 30063
Subject
GRB 210520A: Tiled Swift observations
Date
2021-05-21T06:54:46Z (4 years ago)
From
Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9@leicester.ac.uk>
P. A. Evans (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift team:
Swift has initiated a series of observations, tiled on the sky, of the
Fermi/LAT GRB 210520A. Automated analysis of the XRT data will
be presented online at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/TILED_GRB00099
Any uncatalogued X-ray sources detected in this analysis will be
reported on this website and via GCN COUNTERPART notices. The probability of finding
serendipitous sources, unrelated to the Fermi/LAT event is high: any X-ray source
considered to be a probable afterglow candidate will be reported via a GCN Circular
after manual consideration.
Details of the XRT automated analysis methods are detailed in Evans et
al. (2007, A&A, 469, 379; 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177 and 2014, ApJS, 210, 8).
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
GCN Circular 30065
Subject
GRB 210520A: Fermi GBM detection
Date
2021-05-21T12:41:47Z (4 years ago)
From
Peter Veres at UAH <veresp@gmail.com>
P. Veres, B. Hristov and C. Meegan (all UAH) report on behalf of the
Fermi GBM Team:
"At 19:07:02.00 UT on 20 May 2021, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor
(GBM) triggered and located GRB 210520A (trigger 643230427 /
210520797) which was also detected by the Fermi LAT (Di Lalla et al.,
GCN 30062) and GECAM (Zheng et al GCN 30061). The GBM on-ground
location (reported in GCN 30059) is consistent with the LAT position.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight at the GBM trigger time is 21 degrees.
The GBM light curve consists of a large number of pulses
with a duration (T90) of about 56 s (50-300 keV).
The time-averaged spectrum from T0-1.3 s to T0+58 s is
adequately fit by a power law function with an exponential
high-energy cutoff. The power law index is -1.18 +/- 0.04 and
the cutoff energy, parameterized as Epeak, is 4.4 +/- 1.8 MeV.
The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is
(1.02 +/- 0.04)E-5 erg/cm^2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured
starting from T0+0.58 s in the 10-1000 keV band
is 2.6 +/- 0.2 ph/s/cm^2.
The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary;
final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/fermi/fermigbrst.html
For Fermi GBM data and info, please visit the official Fermi GBM Support Page:
https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/access/gbm/"
GCN Circular 30069
Subject
GRB 210520A: Swift-XRT observations
Date
2021-05-22T10:47:24Z (4 years ago)
From
Paolo D'Avanzo at INAF - OAB <paolo.davanzo@inaf.it>
M. Perri (SSDC & INAF-OAR), V. D'Elia (SSDC & INAF-OAR), A. D'Ai
(INAF-IASFPA), J. D. Gropp (PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), A. Tohuvavohu (U.
Toronto), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester)
and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:
Swift-XRT has performed follow-up observations of the
Fermi/LAT-detected burst GRB 210520A (Di Lalla et al. GCN Circ. 30062)
in a series of observations tiled on the sky. The total exposure time
is 5.6 ks, distributed over 19 tiles; the maximum exposure at a single
sky location was 649 s. The data were collected between T0+43.1 ks and
T0+62 ks, and are entirely in Photon Counting (PC) mode.
Two uncatalogued X-ray sources are detected above the RASS 3-sigma
upper limit at this position, matching the afterglow criteria. However,
none of them shows definitive signs of fading, and both of them are
consistent with 2MASS objects within the XRT error circle. Therefore,
none of them is likely the afterglow.
Details of these sources are given below:
Source 2:
RA (J2000.0): 122.12040 = 08:08:28.90
Dec (J2000.0): -69.7668 = -69:46:00.5
Error: 7.7 arcsec (radius, 90% conf.)
Count-rate: (1.95 [+1.19, -0.85])e-2 ct s^-1
Distance: 28.7' from Fermi/LAT position.
Source 3:
RA (J2000.0): 124.47176 = 08:17:53.22
Dec (J2000.0): -69.2963 = -69:17:46.8
Error: 8.6 arcsec (radius, 90% conf.)
Count-rate: (3.0 [+1.6, -1.1])e-2 ct s^-1
Distance: 31.8' from Fermi/LAT position.
The results of the full analysis of the tiled XRT observations are
available at https://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/TILED_GRB00099.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.