SGR 1935+2154
GCN Circular 33051
Subject
Konus-Wind detection of a burst from SGR 1935+2154 on 2022 December 13
Date
2022-12-13T20:54:35Z (3 years ago)
From
Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia@mail.ioffe.ru>
A.Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, A.Lysenko, D. Svinkin,
A. Tsvetkova, M. Ulanov, and T. Cline,
on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
A bright burst from SGR 1935+2154
(also detected by Fermi-GBM (trigger 692607435)
and GECAM (both reported in GCN Notices))
triggered Konus-Wind at T0=25026.883 s UT (06:57:06.883)
on 2022 December 13.
The burst light curve shows a bright pulse,
which starts at ~T0-96 ms and has a total duration of ~142 ms.
The emission is seen up to ~200 keV.
The Konus-Wind light curve of this burst is available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/221213_T25026/
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst
had a fluence of 6.61(-0.48,+0.48)x10^-7 erg/cm2,
and a 16-ms peak flux, measured from T0-0.012 s,
of 1.31(-0.16,+0.16)x10^-5 erg/cm2/s
(both in the 20 - 500 keV energy range).
The spectrum of the burst
(measured from T0 to T0+0.064 s)
is best fit in the 20 - 500 keV range
by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep)
with alpha = 0.12(-1.06,+1.30)
and Ep = 37(-8,+4) keV (chi2 = 15/11 dof).
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular 32938
Subject
Konus-Wind detection of a burst from SGR 1935+2154 on 2022 November 9
Date
2022-11-14T13:40:49Z (3 years ago)
From
Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia@mail.ioffe.ru>
A.Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, A.Lysenko, D. Svinkin,
A. Tsvetkova, M. Ulanov, and T. Cline,
on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
The bright burst from SGR 1935+2154
(Fermi-GBM detection: Wood, GCN Circ. 32922)
triggered Konus-Wind at T0=57968.083 s UT (16:06:08.083)
on 2022 November 9.
The burst light curve shows a bright pulse
which starts at ~T0-0.246 s and has a duration of ~0.4 s.
The main pulse is followed, after a short period of
quiescence, by multiple weaker pulses in the interval
from ~T0+0.6 s to ~T0+1.3 s.
The emission is seen up to ~200 keV.
The Konus-Wind light curve of this burst is available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/221109_T57968/
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst
had a fluence of 2.37(-0.11,+0.11)x10^-6 erg/cm2,
and a 16-ms peak flux, measured from T0-0.064 s,
of 1.35(-0.14,+0.14)x10^-5 erg/cm2/s
(both in the 20 - 500 keV energy range).
The spectrum of the burst
(measured from T0 to T0+0.192 s)
is best fit in the 20 - 500 keV range
by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep)
with alpha = -0.02(-0.82,+0.92)
and Ep = 28(-6,+4) keV (chi2 = 29/17 dof).
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular 32855
Subject
SGR 1935+2154: AstroSat CZTI Detections
Date
2022-10-26T15:13:06Z (3 years ago)
From
Gaurav Waratkar at IIT,Bombay <gauravwaratkar@iitb.ac.in>
G. Waratkar (IITB), V. Bhalerao (IITB), A. Vibhute (IUCAA), D.
Bhattacharya (Ashoka University/IUCAA), A. R. Rao (IUCAA/TIFR), and S.
Vadawale (PRL) report on behalf of the AstroSat CZTI collaboration:
Analysis of AstroSat CZTI data with the CIFT framework (Sharma et al.,
2021, JApA, 42, 73) showed the detection of bursts from SGR 1935+2154 as
follows.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Time | Detected_by | GCN
--------------------------------------------------------------------
2022-10-12T15:14:04.13 | Fermi-GBM | 32708
2022-10-14T13:20:31.77 | Fermi-GBM | 32764
--------------------------------------------------------------------
We also report a forest of seven bright bursts within 15s from
2022-10-14T17:27:33, that are likely related to SGR 1935+2154.
CZTI is built by a TIFR-led consortium of institutes across India,
including VSSC, URSC, IUCAA, SAC, and PRL. The Indian Space Research
Organisation funded, managed, and facilitated the project.
GCN Circular 32832
Subject
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor detections of SGR 1935+2154
Date
2022-10-24T18:13:28Z (3 years ago)
From
Peter Veres at UAH <veresp@gmail.com>
P. Veres (UAH)
reports on behalf of the Fermi-GBM Team:
"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggers
221015093/687492839 at 02:13:54.55,
on 15 October 2022 and
221017553/687705349 at 13:15:44.21
on 17 October 2022
all tentatively classified as a GRB, are in fact not due to a GRB.
These triggers are due to SGR 1935+2154 which recently underwent a
period of high bursting activity (Mereghetti et al., GCN #32706 and
Roberts et al. GCN #32708)
For Fermi GBM data and information, please visit
the official Fermi GBM Support Page:
https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/access/gbm/"
GCN Circular 32814
Subject
SGR 1935+21542: VZLUSAT-2 and GRBAlpha joint detection
Date
2022-10-21T21:59:38Z (3 years ago)
From
Jakub Ripa at Masaryk University <245487@mail.muni.cz>
J. Ripa (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory),�� N. Werner�� (Masaryk
U.), M. Ohno (Hiroshima U.), L. Meszaros, B. Csak (Konkoly Observatory),
H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), F. Munz, M. Dafcikova, N. Husarikova, M.
Topinka, F. Hroch, J.-P. Breuer (Masaryk U.), J. Hudec, J. Kapus, M.
Frajt, M. Rezenov (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo, M. Koleda (Needronix
s.r.o), G. Galgoczi (Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), N. Uchida
(ISAS/JAXA), T. Enoto (Kyoto U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K.
Hirose, H. Poon, H. Matake (Hiroshima U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y.
Ichinohe (Rikkyo U.), L. L. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory),�� T. Mizuno
(Hiroshima U.), K. Nakazawa (Nagoya U.), H. Odaka (Univ of Tokyo), K.
Torigoe (Hiroshima U.), P. Svoboda, V. Daniel, J. Dudas, M. Junas, J.
Gromes (VZLU), I. Vertat (FEL ZCU), T. Urbanec, M. Kasal, A. Povalac
(Brno U. of Technology), M. Smelko, P. Hanak, P. Lipovsky (Technical U.
of Kosice), T. Bozoki, G. Dalya, G. Friss, K. Kapas, J. Takatsy (Eotvos
U.), N. Kogiso, M. Yoneyama (Osaka Metropolitan U.), M. Moritaki (U.
Tokyo), T. Kano (U. Michigan) -- the VZLUSAT-2/GRB payload and GRBAlpha
collaborations
We report a joint detection of the recently active SGR 1935+2154 by the
GRB detector on board of VZLUSAT-2 3U CubeSat
(https://www.vzlusat2.cz/en/) and 1U GRBAlpha CubeSat (Pal et al. Proc.
SPIE 2020). The bursting activity was also observed by Insight-HXMT (C.
K. Li et al., ATel #15698), INTEGRAL/SPI-ACS, and�� Konus-Wind (D.
Svinkin priv. comm.). Non-detection by Fermi/GBM can be explained by the
Earth occultation of�� SGR 1935+2154 (P. Veres priv. comm.).
The list of distinct peaks measured by the GRB detector module no. 1 on
board of the VZLUSAT-2 with their background-subtracted peak rates in
~40-890 keV band and significance is:
Date and time in UTC�������� peak rate (cnt/s)�� �� �� SNR
2022-10-14 17:26:07.5���������������������������������� 220�������� 12.9
2022-10-14 17:27:36.5�������������������������������� 1170�������� 62.6
2022-10-14 17:27:39.5���������������������������������� 931�������� 48.8
2022-10-14 17:27:43.5���������������������������������� 159���������� 8.1
2022-10-14 17:27:49.5���������������������������������� 205�������� 10.0
The light curves obtained by VZLUSAT-2 and GRBAlpha are available here:
https://grbalpha.konkoly.hu/static/share/SGR_1935_2154_GCN_GRBAlpha_VZLUSAT_2.pdf
GRB detectors on VZLUSAT-2 are a demonstration payload for a future
CubeSats constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). Two GRB modules
of VZLUSAT-2 are placed in a perpendicular manner and each consists of a
75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the
energy range from ~30 keV to ~1000 keV. VZLUSAT-2 was launched on 2022
January 13 from Cape Canaveral.
GRBAlpha, launched on 2021 March 22, is a demonstration mission for a
future CubeSat constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). Its
detector consists of a 75 x 75 x 5 mm^3 CsI(Tl) scintillator read out by
a SiPM array, covering the energy range from ~50 keV to ~1000 keV. To
increase the duty cycle and the downlink rate, we are continuously
upgrading the on-board data acquisition software stack. The ground
segment is also supported by the radio amateur community, and it takes
advantage of the SatNOGS network for increased data downlink volume.
We thank P. Veres and D. Svinkin for providing us with information which
helped us to associate our detection with SGR 1935+2154.
GCN Circular 32797
Subject
SGR 1935+2154: Bursting activity detected by VZLUSAT-2
Date
2022-10-18T22:39:15Z (3 years ago)
From
Jakub Ripa at Masaryk University <245487@mail.muni.cz>
J. Ripa (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory),�� N. Werner (Masaryk
U.), M. Ohno (Hiroshima U.),�� L. Meszaros, B. Csak (Konkoly
Observatory), H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), F. Munz, M. Dafcikova, N.
Husarikova, M. Topinka, F. Hroch, J.-P. Breuer (Masaryk U.), J. Hudec,
J. Kapus, M. Frajt, M. Rezenov (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo
(Needronix), G. Galgoczi (Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), N. Uchida
(ISAS/JAXA), T. Enoto (Kyoto U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K.
Hirose, H. Matake (Hiroshima U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y. Ichinohe
(Rikkyo U.), L. L. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory),�� T. Mizuno (Hiroshima
U.), K. Nakazawa (Nagoya U.), H. Odaka (Univ of Tokyo), K. Torigoe
(Hiroshima U.), P. Svoboda, V. Daniel, J. Dudas, M. Junas, J. Gromes
(VZLU), I. Vertat (FEL ZCU)�� -- the VZLUSAT-2/GRB payload collaboration.
The recently active SGR 1935+2154 (Fermi-GBM detection: Malacaria et
al., GCN Circ. 32737, Konus-Wind detection: Ridnaia et al., GCN Circ.
32768) was detected by the GRB detector module no. 1 on board of the
VZLUSAT-2 3U CubeSat (https://www.vzlusat2.cz/en/).
The list of detected SGR bursts with their significance is:
Date and time in UTC�������� SNR
2022-10-12 23:26:41���������� 17.6
2022-10-13 02:02:43���������� 16.5
2022-10-13 22:41:28���������� 125
The light curves obtained by VZLUSAT-2 are available here:
https://vzlusat2.konkoly.hu/static/share/SGR_1935_2154_GCN_VZLUSAT-2.pdf
GRB detectors on VZLUSAT-2 are a demonstration payload for a future
CubeSats constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). Two GRB modules
of VZLUSAT-2 are placed in a perpendicular manner and each consists of a
75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the
energy range from ~30 keV to ~1000 keV. VZLUSAT-2 was launched on 2022
January 13 from Cape Canaveral.
GCN Circular 32794
Subject
SGR 1935+2154: Detection by GRBAlpha
Date
2022-10-18T15:13:13Z (3 years ago)
From
Marianna Dafcikova at Masaryk University <500025@mail.muni.cz>
M. Dafcikova, J. Ripa (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory), N. Werner (Masaryk U.), M. Ohno, H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), L. Meszaros, B. Csak (Konkoly Observatory), F. Munz, N. Husarikova, J.-P. Breuer, M. Topinka, F. Hroch (Masaryk U.), T. Urbanec, M. Kasal, A. Povalac (Brno U. of Technology), J. Hudec, J. Kapus, M. Frajt (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo, M. Koleda (Needronix s.r.o), M. Smelko, P. Hanak, P. Lipovsky (Technical U. of Kosice), G. Galgoczi (Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), Y. Uchida, H. Poon, H. Matake (Hiroshima U.), N. Uchida (ISAS/JAXA), T. Bozoki (Eotvos U.), G. Dalya (Eotvos U.), T. Enoto (Kyoto U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), G. Friss (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K. Hirose (Hiroshima U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y. Ichinohe (Rikkyo U.), K. Kapas (Eotvos U.), L. L. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory), T. Mizuno (Hiroshima U.), K. Nakazawa (Nagoya U.), H. Odaka (Univ of Tokyo), J. Takatsy (Eotvos U.), K. Torigoe (Hiroshima U.), N. Kogiso, M. Yoneyama (Osaka Metropoli
tan U.), M. Moritaki (U. Tokyo), T. Kano (U. Michigan) -- the GRBAlpha collaboration.
The recently active SGR 1935+2154 (Fermi-GBM detection: Veres et al., GCN 32764, Konus-Wind detection: Ridnaia et al., GCN 32768) was detected by the GRBAlpha 1U CubeSat (Pal et al. Proc. SPIE 2020). This is the first time an SGR was detected by GRBAlpha.
The 11 sigma detection was confirmed at the peak time 2022-10-14 07:12:27.8 UTC. The temporal resolution of the observation was 4 s and the light curve obtained by GRBAlpha shows an excess in one bin.
The light curve obtained by GRBAlpha is available here:
https://grbalpha.konkoly.hu/static/share/SGR1935+2154_GCN.pdf
GRBAlpha, launched on 2021 March 22, is a demonstration mission for a future CubeSat constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). Its detector consists of a 75 x 75 x 5 mm^3 CsI(Tl) scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the energy range from ~50 keV to ~1000 keV. To increase the duty cycle and the downlink rate, we are continuously upgrading the on-board data acquisition software stack. The ground segment is also supported by the radio amateur community, and it takes advantage of the SatNOGS network for increased data downlink volume.
GCN Circular 32792
Subject
Konus-Wind detection of a burst from SGR 1935+2154 on 2022 October 17
Date
2022-10-18T14:35:09Z (3 years ago)
From
Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia@mail.ioffe.ru>
A.Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, A.Lysenko, D. Svinkin,
A. Tsvetkova, M. Ulanov, and T. Cline,
on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
A short, soft, SGR-like burst
triggered Konus-Wind on 2022 October 17 at
T0=40483.010 s UT (11:14:43.010).
The Konus-Wind ecliptic latitude response is consistent
with the SGR 1935+2154 position. So, taking in account
the ongoing bursting activity of this source, burst
time history, and softness of its spectrum (as observed
by Konus-Wind), we suggest that this burst is likely
a SGR flare originated from SGR 1935+2154.
The burst light curve shows a single pulse
started at ~T0-56 ms with a total duration of ~202 ms.
The emission is seen up to ~200 keV.
The Konus-Wind light curve of this burst is available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/221017_T40483/
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst
had a fluence of 2.16(-0.10,+0.10)x10^-6 erg/cm2,
and a 16-ms peak flux, measured from T0-0.006 s,
of 2.84(-0.22,+0.22)x10^-5 erg/cm2/s
(both in the 20 - 500 keV energy range).
The spectrum of the burst
(measured from T0 to T0+0.192 s)
is best fit in the 20 - 500 keV range
by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep)
with alpha = -0.71(-0.50,+0.57)
and Ep = 33(-7,+5) keV (chi2 = 15/19 dof).
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular 32770
Subject
Konus-Wind detection of a short burst coincident with a bright radio burst from SGR 1935+2154
Date
2022-10-16T16:01:29Z (3 years ago)
From
Dmitry Frederiks at Ioffe Institute <fred@mail.ioffe.ru>
D. Frederiks, A. Ridnaia, D. Svinkin, A. Lysenko,
M. Ulanov (all - Ioffe Institute), and A. Tsvetkova
(Ioffe Institute/University of Cagliari), report:
Konus-Wind (KW) detected a short X-ray burst on 2022-10-14
in time interval from 19:21:39.205 UTC to 19:21:42.149 UTC.
Corrected for the propagation from low-Earth orbit to Wind (~1.05 s),
the burst arrival time is consistent with the detection time
of a bright short X-ray burst from SGR 1935+2154, reported
by GECAM and HEBS (Atel #15682), which, in turn, is consistent
with the dedispersed topocentric time of a bright radio burst
detected from SGR 1935+2154 by CHIME (Atel #15681).
The event was detected by KW in the waiting mode and no detailed
information on its temporal structure is available.
The emission is seen in two instrument's energy bands:
G1(20-80 keV) and G2 (80-320 keV), while no statistically
significant signal is visible above 320 keV.
A time-averaged spectrum of the burst can be described
in the 20-1300 keV range by a power law with exponential
cutoff model: dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep)
with the peak energy Ep of (40 �� 6) keV, which is slightly
higher than a typical Ep of multiple bright SGR 1935+2154
bursts detected by KW recently (GCN Circ. 32768).
We also note that the October 14 burst Ep is about twice
as lower as the peak energy (~85 keV) measured by KW for
the much radio-brighter event SGR/FRB200428 from the same
magnetar (Ridnaia et al. 2021, NatAstr. 5, 372).
From the KW detection, we estimate the total 20-500 keV fluence
of the burst to (5.7 �� 0.6)x10^-7 erg/cm2, about two times
lower than that of SGR/FRB200428.
This GCN circular duplicates ATel #15686.
GCN Circular 32768
Subject
Konus-Wind observation of the recent SGR 1935+2154 activity
Date
2022-10-16T06:19:56Z (3 years ago)
From
Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia@mail.ioffe.ru>
Since the last KW GCN on the ongoing SGR 1935+2154 activity
(Ridnaia et al., GCN 32204) the instrument triggered on
six bright bursts from the source.
The following is a list of the Konus-Wind triggers with preliminary
estimates of the burst fluences and peak fluxes.
------------------------------------------------------------------
# Date T0(KW) s UT Fl* PF**
------------------------------------------------------------------
1 20221012 56552.646 s UT(15:42:32.646) 3.09 +/-0.10 15.2 +/-1.3
2 20221013 7366.180 s UT(02:02:46.180) 3.30 +/-0.11 16.9 +/-1.4
3 20221013 81690.645 s UT(22:41:30.645) 5.75 +/-0.22 19.6 +/-1.5
4 20221014 25949.934 s UT(07:12:29.934) 1.92 +/-0.08 16.0 +/-1.5
5 20221014 50052.142 s UT(13:54:12.142) 0.71 +/-0.06 14.7 +/-1.8
6 20221014 61721.260 s UT(17:08:41.260) 1.88 +/-0.18 20.3 +/-2.4
------------------------------------------------------------------
* - Fluence (20-500 keV) in units of 1e-6 erg/cm2
** - Peak Flux (20-500 keV) on 16-ms time scale
in units of 1e-6 erg/cm2/s
The time-averaged spectra of the bursts are well fit in the
20 - 500 keV range by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep) with the following parameters:
------------------------------------------------------------------
# T100 Tbeg-Tend alpha Ep(keV) chi2/dof
------------------------------------------------------------------
1 0.434 0 - 0.256 0.54(-0.61,+0.68) 29(-3,+2) 12/19
2 0.330 0 - 0.256 -0.20(-0.38,+0.41) 33(-3,+2) 24/20
3 0.424 0 - 8.448 -0.05(-0.38,+0.41) 39(-2,+2) 48/40
4 0.202 0 - 0.192 -1.00(-0.48,+0.54) 27(-8,+5) 20/20
5 0.168 0 - 0.128 -0.5 fixed 25(-3,+4) 13/16
6 0.516 0 - 8.448 -1.36(-0.62,+1.29) 17(-10,+11) 48/40
------------------------------------------------------------------
The emission in all bursts is seen up to ~200 keV.
The Konus-Wind light curves of the bursts are available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/221012_T56552/
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/221013_T07366/
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/221013_T81690/
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/221014_T25949/
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/221014_T50052/
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/221014_T61721/
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular 32764
Subject
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor detections of SGR 1935+2154
Date
2022-10-15T16:23:09Z (3 years ago)
From
Peter Veres at UAH <veresp@gmail.com>
P. Veres (UAH), S. Lesage (UAH) and C. Malacaria (ISSI)
report on behalf of the Fermi-GBM Team:
"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggers
221013599/687363763 at 14:22:38.10,
221013646/687367836 at 15:30:31.54,
221013862/687386508 at 20:41:43.00,
on 13 October 2022 and
221014098/687406838 at 02:20:33.52,
221014238/687418940 at 05:42:15.46,
221014300/687424353 at 07:12:28.77,
221014309/687425087 at 07:24:42.11,
221014487/687440524 at 11:41:59.73,
221014521/687443446 at 12:30:41.22,
221014556/687446436 at 13:20:31.77,
221014579/687448456 at 13:54:11.01,
221014711/687459861 at 17:04:16.62,
221014719/687460494 at 17:14:49.05
on 14 October 2022
all tentatively classified as a GRB, are in fact not due to a GRB.
These triggers are due to a SGR 1935+2154 which,
as recently announced (Mereghetti et al., GCN #32706 and
Roberts et al. GCN #32708), is undergoing high bursting activity.
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 32737
Subject
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor continues to detect SGR 1935+2154
Date
2022-10-13T15:03:24Z (3 years ago)
From
Christian Malacaria at ISSI <cmalacaria.astro@gmail.com>
C. Malacaria (ISSI), P. Veres (UAH) and O. Roberts (USRA)
report on behalf of the Fermi-GBM Team:
"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggers
221013391/687345829 at 09:23:44.18 UT,
221013376/687344475 at 09:01:10.88 UT,
221013334/687340841 at 08:00:36.49 UT,
221013304/687338292 at 07:18:07.15 UT,
221013295/687337536 at 07:05:31.76 UT,
221013037/687315163 at 00:52:38.25 UT
on 13 October 2022 and
221012977/687310007 at 23:26:42.31 UT,
221012906/687303863 at 21:44:18.47 UT,
221012874/687301134 at 20:58:49.99 UT,
221012773/687292428 at 18:33:43.51 UT,
221012709/687286852 at 17:00:47.29 UT,
on 12 October 2022
all tentatively classified as a GRB, are in fact not due to a GRB.
These triggers are due to a SGR 1935+2154 which,
as recently announced (Mereghetti et al., GCN #32706 and
Roberts et al. GCN #32708), is undergoing high bursting activity.
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 32204
Subject
Konus-Wind detection of an intermediate flare from SGR 1935+2154 on June 16
Date
2022-06-17T12:45:28Z (3 years ago)
From
Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia@mail.ioffe.ru>
A.Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, A.Lysenko, D. Svinkin,
A. Tsvetkova, M. Ulanov, and T. Cline,
on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
The bright burst from SGR 1935+2154
triggered Konus-Wind at T0=25915.887 s UT (07:11:55.887)
on 2022 June 16.
The light curve shows a single pulse with a sharp(<10 ms) rise
and a total duration of ~0.8 s.
The emission is seen up to ~200 keV.
The Konus-Wind light curve of this burst is available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/220616_T25915/
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst
had a fluence of 1.15(-0.03,+0.03)x10^-5 erg/cm2,
and a 16-ms peak flux, measured from T0+0.070 s,
of 2.32(-0.16,+0.16)x10^-5 erg/cm2/s
(both in the 20 - 500 keV energy range).
The time-averaged spectrum of the burst
(measured from T0 to T0+0.256 s)
is best fit in the 20 - 500 keV range
by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep)
with alpha = -0.35(-0.26,+0.28)
and Ep = 39(-2,+2) keV (chi2 = 17/22 dof).
The rather long duration of the burst along with the
large measured energy fluence put the burst in the class
of "intermediate" SGR bursts. Among 61 bright bursts
from SGR 1935+2154 detected by KW so far this event is
the fourth most fluent. The measured spectral
parameters are in typical range for bright short and
intermediate SGR bursts.
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular 32126
Subject
Konus-Wind detection of a burst from SGR 1935+2154 on 2022 May 25
Date
2022-05-26T16:32:21Z (3 years ago)
From
Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia@mail.ioffe.ru>
A.Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, A.Lysenko, D. Svinkin,
A. Tsvetkova, M. Ulanov, and T. Cline,
on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
A short, soft, SGR-like burst
triggered Konus-Wind on 2022 May 25 at
T0=25816.58 s UT (07:10:16.580).
The Konus-Wind ecliptic latitude response is consistent
with the SGR 1935+2154 position. So, taking in account
the ongoing bursting activity of this source, burst
time history, and softness of its spectrum (as observed
by Konus-Wind), we suggest that this burst is likely
a SGR flare originated from SGR 1935+2154.
The burst light curve shows a single pulse
started at ~T0-72 ms with a total duration of ~194 ms.
The emission is seen up to ~200 keV.
The Konus-Wind light curve of this burst is available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/220525_T25816/
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst
had a fluence of 2.55(-0.10,+0.10)x10^-6 erg/cm2,
and a 16-ms peak flux, measured from T0-0.014 s,
of 2.08(-0.16,+0.16)x10^-5 erg/cm2/s
(both in the 20 - 500 keV energy range).
The spectrum of the burst
(measured from T0 to T0+0.192 s)
is best fit in the 20 - 200 keV range
by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep)
with alpha = 0.22(-0.54,+0.61)
and Ep = 36(-3,+2) keV (chi2 = 20/18 dof).
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular 31515
Subject
AGILE observations of a bright burst from SGR 1935+2154
Date
2022-01-21T18:57:44Z (4 years ago)
From
Alessandro Ursi at INAF/IAPS <alessandro.ursi@gmail.com>
A. Ursi (INAF/IAPS), F. Longo (Univ. Trieste and INFN Trieste), F.
Verrecchia, C. Pittori (SSDC, and INAF/OAR), M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and
Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), A. Argan, M. Cardillo, C. Casentini, Y.
Evangelista, E. Menegoni, L. Foffano, L. Pacciani, G. Piano, M. Romani
(INAF/IAPS), F. Lucarelli (SSDC, and INAF/OAR), A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti,
F. Fuschino, N. Parmiggiani (INAF/OAS-Bologna), M. Marisaldi
(INAF/OAS-Bologna, and Bergen University), M. Pilia, A. Trois
(INAF/OA-Cagliari), I. Donnarumma (ASI), , A. Giuliani (INAF/IASF-Mi),
report on behalf of the AGILE Team:
The AGILE satellite clearly detected the bright burst from the
SGR1935+2154, at T0 = 2022-01-20 09:51:16 s (UTC), reported by Konus-Wind
(GCN #31513) and triangulated by IPN (GCN #31512).
The burst is clearly visible in the AGILE scientific ratemeters of the
SuperAGILE detector (SA; 20-60 keV) and in all the five panels of the
AntiCoincidence system (AC Top, 50-200 keV; AC Lat, 80-200 keV). The event
released a total number of 289 counts in the SA detector (above a
background rate of 115 Hz), and 5100 counts in the AC detector (above a
background rate of 3400 Hz). The AGILE ratemeter light curves can be found
at http://www.agilescienceapp.it/notices/SGR1935+2154_220120_AGILE_RM.png .
At T0, the SGR1935+2154 was 110 deg off-axis for AGILE.
Additional analysis of AGILE data is in progress.
GCN Circular 31513
Subject
Konus-Wind detection of an intermediate flare from SGR 1935+2154 on January 20
Date
2022-01-21T16:42:21Z (4 years ago)
From
Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia@mail.ioffe.ru>
A. Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, M. Ulanov, D. Svinkin,
A. Tsvetkova, A. Lysenko, and T. Cline
on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
The bright burst from SGR 1935+2154
(IPN triangulation: Kozyrev et al., GCN Circ. 31512)
triggered Konus-Wind at T0=35475.962 s UT (09:51:15.962)
on 2021 January 20.
The light curve shows a single pulse with a sharp(<10 ms) rise
and a total duration of ~1.2 s.
The emission is seen up to ~200 keV.
The Konus-Wind light curve of this burst is available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/220120_T35475/
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst
had a fluence of 7.54(-0.19,+0.19)x10^-6 erg/cm2,
and a 16-ms peak flux, measured from T0+0.012 s,
of 1.08(-0.11,+0.11)x10^-5 erg/cm2/s
(both in the 20 - 500 keV energy range).
The time-averaged spectrum of the burst
(measured from T0 to T0+1.024 s)
is best fit in the 20 - 200 keV range
by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep)
with alpha = 0.17(-0.26,+0.27)
and Ep = 43(-1,+1) keV (chi2 = 44/25 dof).
The rather long duration of the event along with the
large measured energy fluence put the burst in the class
of "intermediate" SGR flares.
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular 31512
Subject
IPN triangulation of a bright burst from SGR 1935+2154
Date
2022-01-21T16:19:14Z (4 years ago)
From
Dmitry Svinkin at Ioffe Institute <svinkin@mail.ioffe.ru>
A.S. Kozyrev, D.V. Golovin, M.L. Litvak, I.G. Mitrofanov,
and A.B. Sanin on behalf of the HEND/Mars Odyssey teams,
D. Svinkin, A. Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, A. Lysenko,
and T. Cline on behalf of the Konus-Wind team,
A. von Kienlin, X. Zhang, A. Rau, V. Savchenko, E. Bozzo,
and C. Ferrigno, on behalf of the INTEGRAL SPI-ACS GRB team,
and
W. Boynton, C. Fellows, K. Harshman, H. Enos, and R. Starr,
on behalf of the GRS-Odyssey GRB team, report:
A very bright, short-duration, soft burst has been detected by
Konus-Wind, INTEGRAL (SPI-ACS), and Mars-Odyssey (HEND), so far,
at about 35470 s UT (09:51:10).
We have triangulated it to a preliminary, 3 sigma error box
whose coordinates are:
---------------------------------------------
RA(2000), deg Dec(2000), deg
---------------------------------------------
Center:
293.659 (19h 34m 38s) +21.934 (+21d 56' 03")
Corners:
293.077 (19h 32m 18s) +22.236 (+22d 14' 11")
293.139 (19h 32m 33s) +22.259 (+22d 15' 34")
294.235 (19h 36m 56s) +21.626 (+21d 37' 33")
294.173 (19h 36m 41s) +21.604 (+21d 36' 15")
---------------------------------------------
The error box area is 213 sq. arcmin, and its maximum
dimension is 74 arcmin (the minimum one is 5 arcmin).
The Sun distance was 44 deg.
This box may be improved.
The position of SGR 1935+2154 is inside the box
at 4.6 arcmin from the box center.
Given the positional coincidence of this burst with SGR 1935+2154, its
time history, and softness of its spectrum (as observed by Konus-Wind),
we conclude this burst is likely originated from SGR 1935+2154.
A triangulation map is posted at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/220120_T35475/IPN/
The time history and spectrum will be given in forthcoming GCN Circulars.
GCN Circular 31497
Subject
Konus-Wind observation of the recent SGR 1935+2154 activity
Date
2022-01-19T13:46:08Z (4 years ago)
From
Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia@mail.ioffe.ru>
A. Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, M. Ulanov, D. Svinkin,
A. Tsvetkova, A. Lysenko, and T. Cline
on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
Since the last KW GCN on the ongoing SGR 1935+2154 activity
(Ridnaia et al., GCN 31325) the instrument triggered on
thirteen bright bursts from the source.
The following is a list of the Konus-Wind triggers.
---------------------------------------------
# Date T0(KW) s UT
---------------------------------------------
1 20211229 60082.391 s UT (16:41:22.391)
2 20220111 61551.690 s UT (17:05:51.690)
3 20220112 31161.806 s UT (08:39:21.806)
4 20220113 29375.444 s UT (08:09:35.444)
5 20220113 46378.912 s UT (12:52:58.912)
6 20220113 80750.270 s UT (22:25:50.270)
7 20220114 33622.126 s UT (09:20:22.126)
8 20220114 58119.186 s UT (16:08:39.186)
9 20220114 71808.322 s UT (19:56:48.322)
10 20220115 30352.115 s UT (08:25:52.115)
11 20220115 62515.176 s UT (17:21:55.176)
12 20220115 70649.225 s UT (19:37:29.225)
13 20220116 50974.968 s UT (14:09:34.968)
---------------------------------------------
The bursts have durations (~0.2-0.9 s),
energy fluences (0.9-5.9)x10^-6 erg/cm2,
and spectral hardness (Ep ~ 20-45 keV)
typical of bright short bursts from SGR 1935+2154
observed by KW previously.
The detailed analysis of these bursts will be presented
in the dedicated paper.
GCN Circular 31444
Subject
AGILE observations of a burst from SGR 1935+2154
Date
2022-01-12T16:42:13Z (4 years ago)
From
Alessandro Ursi at INAF/IAPS <alessandro.ursi@gmail.com>
A. Ursi (INAF/IAPS), C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia (SSDC, and INAF/OAR), M.
Cardillo (INAF/IAPS), M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), A.
Argan, M. Cardillo, C. Casentini, Y. Evangelista, E. Menegoni, L. Foffano,
L. Pacciani, G. Piano (INAF/IAPS), F. Lucarelli (SSDC, and INAF/OAR), A.
Bulgarelli, F. Fuschino, N. Parmiggiani, V. Fioretti (INAF/OAS-Bologna), M.
Marisaldi (INAF/OAS-Bologna, and Bergen University), M. Pilia, A. Trois
(INAF/OA-Cagliari), I. Donnarumma (ASI), F. Longo (Univ. Trieste and INFN
Trieste), A. Giuliani (INAF/IASF-Mi), report on behalf of the AGILE Team:
The AGILE satellite detected a short burst at T0 = 2022-01-12 08:39:25
(UTC), compatible with the fourth bright burst from the SGR1935+2154
recently reported by GECAM (GCN #31443).
The event is clearly visible in the AGILE scientific ratemeters of the
SuperAGILE (SA; 20-60 keV) and AntiCoincidence (AC; 50-200 keV) detectors.
The burst released a total number of 117 counts in the SA detector (above a
background rate of 100 Hz), and 4938 counts in the AC detector (above a
background rate of 3575 Hz). The AGILE ratemeter light curves can be found
at http://www.agilescienceapp.it/notices/SGR220112_AGILE_RM.png .
Additional analysis of AGILE data is in progress.
GCN Circular 31396
Subject
GECAM detection of a short burst from SGR 1935+2154
Date
2022-01-06T15:29:12Z (4 years ago)
From
Y Q Zhang at IHEP <yqzhang@ihep.ac.cn>
Y. Q. Zhang, S. L. Xiong, C. Cai, S. Xiao, P. Zhang,
C. Y. Li, S. L. Xie, X. Y. Zhao, Y. Huang, X. Y. Song,
J. C. Liu, Y. Zhao, Z. W. Guo, C. Zheng, W. C. Xue, C. W. Wang,
Q. B. Yi, B. X. Zhang, W. X. Peng, R. Qiao, D. Y. Guo, X. B. Li,
X. Ma, L. M. Song, P. Wang, J. Wang, Z. Zhang, S. J. Zheng, W. Chen,
J. J. He, G. Y. Zhao, Y. Q. Du, H. Wu, J. Liang, Q. Luo, X. L. Zhang,
H. M. Zhang, Z. H. An, M. Gao, K. Gong, B. Li, C. Li, J. H. Li,
X. Q. Li, Y. G. Li, X. H. Liang, X. J. Liu, Y. Q. Liu, X. L. Sun,
Y. L. Tuo, J. Z. Wang, X. Y. Wen, Y. B. Xu, Y. P. Xu, S. Yang,
C. Y. Zhang, D. L. Zhang, Fan Zhang, Fei Zhang,
X. Zhou, F. J. Lu, S. N. Zhang (IHEP)
report on behalf of GECAM team:
During the commissioning phase, GECAM-B was triggered in-flight by
a short burst (trig# 95135774) at 2022-01-06T02:36:14.100 UTC (T0).
Its 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 GECAM-B light curves in about 30-1020 keV, this burst mainly
consists of a single pulse with a duration about 50 ms.
The location is consistent with SGR J1935+2154 within the error.
The GECAM light curve could be found here:
http://twiki.ihep.ac.cn/pub/GECAM/GRBList/gecamb_lc_grd_all_combine_95135774.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 31325
Subject
Konus-Wind detection of the intermediate flare from SGR 1935+2154
Date
2021-12-28T15:49:02Z (4 years ago)
From
Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia@mail.ioffe.ru>
A. Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, A. Lysenko, D. Svinkin,
A. Tsvetkova, M. Ulanov, and T. Cline
on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
The very bright burst from SGR 1935+2154
(AGILE observations: Ursi et al., GCN Circ. 31296;
Swift-BAT detection: Palmer et al., ATel #15141)
triggered Konus-Wind at T0=13350.516 s UT (03:42:30.516)
on 2021 December 24.
The light curve shows a single pulse with a sharp(<10 ms) rise
and a total duration of ~1.3 s.
The emission is seen up to ~250 keV
The Konus-Wind light curve of this SGR is available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/211224_T13350/
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst
had a fluence of 1.09(-0.02,+0.02)x10^-5 erg/cm2,
and a 16-ms peak flux, measured from T0+0.640 s,
of 1.33(-0.09,+0.09)x10^-5 erg/cm2/s
(both in the 20 - 500 keV energy range).
The time-averaged spectrum of the burst
(measured from T0 to T0+8.448 s)
is best fit in the 20 - 250 keV range
by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep)
with alpha = 0.32(-0.26,+0.27)
and Ep = 36(-1,+1) keV (chi2 = 35/29 dof).
The 2BB fit to this spectrum yields
the cool BB temperature kT1 = 5.2 (-1.5,+1.9) keV
and the hot BB temperature kT2 = 11.3 (-0.6,+1.3) keV
(chi2=37/28 dof).
The rather long duration of the burst along with the
large measured energy fluence put the burst in the class
of "intermediate" SGR bursts. Among 43 bright bursts
from SGR 1935+2154 detected by KW so far this event is
the fourth most fluent. The measured spectral
parameters are in typical range for bright short and
intermediate SGR bursts.
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular 31296
Subject
AGILE observations of a bright burst from SGR 1935+2154
Date
2021-12-24T13:48:27Z (4 years ago)
From
Alessandro Ursi at INAF/IAPS <alessandro.ursi@gmail.com>
A. Ursi (INAF/IAPS), C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia (SSDC, and INAF/OAR), G.
Piano, E. Menegoni, L. Foffano (INAF/IAPS), V. Fioretti (INAF/OAS-Bologna),
M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), A. Argan, M. Cardillo,
C. Casentini, Y. Evangelista, L. Pacciani (INAF/IAPS), F. Lucarelli (SSDC,
and INAF/OAR), A. Bulgarelli, F. Fuschino, N. Parmiggiani
(INAF/OAS-Bologna), M. Marisaldi (INAF/OAS-Bologna, and Bergen University),
M. Pilia, A. Trois (INAF/OA-Cagliari), I. Donnarumma (ASI), F. Longo (Univ.
Trieste and INFN Trieste), A. Giuliani (INAF/IASF-Mi), report on behalf of
the AGILE Team:
The AGILE satellite clearly detected a bright burst from the SGR1935+2154,
at T0 = 2021-12-24 03:42:34 s (UTC), reported by Fermi GBM (Fermi GBM
Trigger bn211224155).
The burst is clearly visible in the AGILE scientific ratemeters of the
SuperAGILE (SA; 20-60 keV) and AntiCoincidence (AC; 50-200 keV) detectors.
The event lasted about 2 s and it released a total number of 360 counts in
the SA detector (above a background rate of 110 Hz), and 9250 counts in the
AC detector (above a background rate of 2960 Hz). The AGILE ratemeter light
curves can be found at
http://www.agilescienceapp.it/notices/SGR1935+2154_AGILE_RM.png . At T0,
the SGR1935+2154 was 46 deg off-axis for AGILE.
Additional analysis of AGILE data is in progress.
GCN Circular 30916
Subject
SGR 1935+2154: Swift/BAT-GUANO detection and arcminute localization
Date
2021-10-01T18:01:34Z (4 years ago)
From
Aaron Tohuvavohu at U Toronto <aaron.tohu@gmail.com>
Aaron Tohuvavohu (U Toronto), James DeLaunay (PSU), Gayathri Raman
(PSU), Jamie A. Kennea (PSU) report:
Swift/BAT did not localize SGR 1935+2154 (T0: 2021-10-01 00:04:04.3
UTC, Fermi/GBM trigger # 654739449) onboard.
The Fermi/GBM notice, distributed in near real-time, triggered the
Swift Mission Operations Center operated Gamma-ray Urgent Archiver for
Novel Opportunities (GUANO; Tohuvavohu et al. 2020, ApJ, 900, 1).
Upon trigger by this notice, GUANO sent a command to the Swift Burst
Alert Telescope (BAT) to save 200 seconds of BAT event-mode data from
[-50,+150] seconds around the time of the burst. All the requested
event mode data was delivered to the ground.
The BAT likelihood search, NITRATES (DeLaunay + Tohuvavohu, in prep),
detects a burst and localizes it to the position of SGR 1935+2154.
The burst is detected in BAT with a duration of less than 64 ms.
This position is consistent with the Ferm/GBM localization.
GUANO is a fully autonomous, extremely low latency, spacecraft
commanding pipeline designed for targeted recovery of BAT event mode
data around the times of compelling astrophysical events to enable
more sensitive GRB searches.
A live reporting of Swift/BAT event data recovered by GUANO can be
found at: https://www.swift.psu.edu/guano/
GCN Circular 30866
Subject
Konus-Wind detection of a burst from SGR 1935+2154 on 2021 September 22
Date
2021-09-23T12:31:24Z (4 years ago)
From
Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia@mail.ioffe.ru>
A. Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, S. Golenetskii, A. Lysenko,
D. Svinkin, A. Tsvetkova, M. Ulanov, and T. Cline
on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
A short, soft, SGR-like burst
triggered Konus-Wind on 2021 September 22 at
T0=72739.639 s UT (20:12:19.639).
The Konus-Wind ecliptic latitude response is consistent
with the SGR 1935+2154 position. So, taking in account
the ongoing bursting activity of this source, burst
time history, and softness of its spectrum (as observed
by Konus-Wind), we suggest that this burst is likely
originated from SGR 1935+2154.
The burst light curve shows a single pulse
started at ~T0-100 ms with a total duration of ~172 ms.
The emission is seen up to ~200 keV.
The Konus-Wind light curve of this burst is available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/210922_T72739/
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst
had a fluence of 1.46(-0.08,+0.08)x10^-6 erg/cm2,
and a 16-ms peak flux, measured from T0+0.024 s,
of 1.59(-0.16,+0.16)x10^-5 erg/cm2/s
(both in the 20 - 500 keV energy range).
The spectrum of the burst
(measured from T0 to T0+0.064 s)
is best fit in the 20 - 200 keV range
by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep)
with alpha = -0.13(-0.76,+0.85)
and Ep = 37(-6,+4) keV (chi2 = 12/14 dof).
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular 30838
Subject
Konus-Wind observation of the recent SGR 1935+2154 activity
Date
2021-09-13T17:56:37Z (4 years ago)
From
Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia@mail.ioffe.ru>
A. Ridnaia, S. Golenetskii, D. Frederiks, M. Ulanov,
D. Svinkin, A. Tsvetkova, A. Lysenko, and T. Cline
on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
Since the last KW GCN on the ongoing SGR 1935+2154 activity
(Ridnaia et al., GCN 30803) the instrument triggered on
four bright bursts from the source.
The following is a list of the Konus-Wind triggers with preliminary
estimates of the burst fluences and peak fluxes.
------------------------------------------------------------------
# Date T0(KW) s UT Fl* PF**
------------------------------------------------------------------
1 20210911 54406.825 s UT(15:06:46.825) 5.38 +/-0.15 22.6 +/-1.6
2 20210911 61274.025 s UT(17:01:14.025) 7.84 +/-0.21 18.5 +/-1.4
3 20210912 24677.185 s UT(06:51:17.185) 4.96 +/-0.14 26.6 +/-1.7
4 20210912 28904.121 s UT(08:01:44.121) 1.25 +/-0.02 17.0 +/-1.4
------------------------------------------------------------------
* - Fluence (20-500 keV) in units of 1e-6 erg/cm2
** - Peak Flux (20-500 keV) on 16-ms time scale
in units of 1e-6 erg/cm2/s
The time-averaged spectra of the bursts are well fit in the
20 - 200 keV range by a power law with exponential cutoff model:
dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep) with the following parameters:
------------------------------------------------------------------
# T100 Tbeg-Tend alpha Ep(keV) chi2/dof
------------------------------------------------------------------
1 0.392 0 - 0.256 0.47(-0.32,+0.33) 42(-2,+2) 30/20
2 1.243 0 - 8.448 0.40(-0.37,+0.39) 37(-2,+1) 36/28
3 0.452 0 - 0.256 0.20(-0.35,+0.37) 38(-2,+2) 17/19
4 1.600 0 - 8.448 -0.10(-0.21,+0.22) 35(-1,+1) 43/29
------------------------------------------------------------------
The emission in all bursts is seen up to ~200 keV.
The Konus-Wind light curves of the bursts are available at
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/210911_T54406/
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/210911_T61274/
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/210912_T24677/
http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/SGRs/210912_T28904/
All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular 30835
Subject
AGILE observations of two bright bursts from SGR 1935+2154
Date
2021-09-13T13:06:58Z (4 years ago)
From
Alessandro Ursi at INAF/IAPS <alessandro.ursi@gmail.com>
A. Ursi (INAF/IAPS), E. Menegoni, L. Foffano (INAF/IAPS), V. Fioretti
(INAF/OAS-Bologna), C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia (SSDC, and INAF/OAR), M.
Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), A. Argan, M. Cardillo, C.
Casentini, Y. Evangelista, L. Pacciani, G. Piano (INAF/IAPS), F. Lucarelli
(SSDC, and INAF/OAR), A. Bulgarelli, F. Fuschino, N. Parmiggiani
(INAF/OAS-Bologna), M. Marisaldi (INAF/OAS-Bologna, and Bergen University),
M. Pilia, A. Trois (INAF/OA-Cagliari), I. Donnarumma (ASI), F. Longo (Univ.
Trieste and INFN Trieste), A. Giuliani (INAF/IASF-Mi), report on behalf of
the AGILE Team:
The AGILE satellite clearly detected the two bright bursts from the
SGR1935+2154, at T1 = 2021-09-10 00:45:47 s (UTC), reported by Konus-Wind
(GCN #30804), Fermi GBM (GCN #30806), and GECAM (GCN #30822), and at T2 =
2021-09-12 20:16:10 s (UTC), reported by Fermi GBM (GCN #30831).
The bursts are clearly visible in the AGILE scientific ratemeters of the
SuperAGILE (SA; 20-60 keV) and AntiCoincidence (AC; 50-200 keV) detectors.
The first event lasted about 2 s and it released a total number of 560
counts in the SA detector (above a background rate of 65 Hz), and 8730
counts in the AC detector (above a background rate of 3450 Hz). The AGILE
ratemeter light curves can be found at
http://www.agilescienceapp.it/notices/burst210910_AGILE_RM.png . At T1, the
SGR1935+2154 was 150 deg off-axis for AGILE.
The second event lasted 2 s and it released a total number of 620 counts in
the SA detector (above a background rate of 100 Hz), and 8170 counts in the
AC detector (above a background rate of 3500 Hz). The AGILE ratemeter light
curves can be found at
http://www.agilescienceapp.it/notices/burst210912_AGILE_RM.png . At T2, the
SGR1935+2154 was 37 deg off-axis for AGILE.
Additional analysis of AGILE data is in progress.
GCN Circular 30831
Subject
Fermi GBM observation of another bright burst in the direction of SGR 1935+2154
Date
2021-09-13T03:33:14Z (4 years ago)
From
Oliver J Roberts at USRA/NASA <oliver.roberts@nasa.gov>
O.J. Roberts (USRA/NASA-MSFC) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:
"At 20:16:10.44 UT on 12 September 2021, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM)
triggered and located a bright, SGR-like burst from the direction of
the magnetar SGR 1935+2154 (trigger 653170575/210912845).
The GBM on-ground location is consistent with the known position of the SGR.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight at the GBM trigger time is 96 degrees.
The event episode has a duration (T90) of about 1 s (10-1000 keV). During this
time interval, there are several very short bursts. The first burst has a
rapid risetime.
The whole event is best fit with a power law function
with an exponential high-energy cutoff. The power law index is 0.08 +/- 0.08 and
the cutoff energy, parameterized as Epeak, is 32.1 +/- 0.3 keV.
The time-integrated event fluence (10-1000 keV) from T0-0.064 to T0+0.944s is
(3.545 +/- 0.038)E-6 erg/cm^2. The average photon flux in the
10-1000 keV band during this period is 84 +/- 1 ph/s/cm^2.
Fermi GBM has also triggered on a further 24 bursts from the direction of SGR 1935+2154
since yesterday's GCN (Roberts and Wood, GCN 30806):
Date and Time in UTC Fermi MET (s)
2021-09-12T23:19:32.08 653181577
2021-09-12T20:16:10.44 653170575
2021-09-12T15:03:50.60 653151835
2021-09-12T13:55:16.45 653147721
2021-09-12T12:19:20.44 653141965
2021-09-12T10:10:11.73 653134216
2021-09-12T07:28:07.46 653124492
2021-09-12T06:51:13.22 653122278
2021-09-12T05:14:07.84 653116452
2021-09-11T02:36:38.24 653093506
2021-09-11T20:22:59.04 653084584
2021-09-11T20:05:46.22 653083551
2021-09-11T18:54:36.05 653079281
2021-09-11T17:01:09.77 653072474
2021-09-11T16:50:03.83 653071808
2021-09-11T16:36:57.91 653071022
2021-09-11T15:26:11.55 653066776
2021-09-11T15:15:25.44 653066130
2021-09-11T15:03:00.55 653065385
2021-09-11T13:27:33.85 653059658
2021-09-11T11:53:57.29 653054042
2021-09-11T10:42:51.85 653049776
2021-09-11T05:32:38.65 653031163
2021-09-11T03:02:28.36 653022153
Fermi GBM will not report on future triggers from this event.
The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary. We encourage multi-wavelength
observations to follow-up this most recent activation.
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 30806
Subject
Fermi GBM observation of a bright flare in the direction of SGR 1935+2154
Date
2021-09-11T00:20:44Z (4 years ago)
From
Oliver J Roberts at USRA/NASA <oliver.roberts@nasa.gov>
O.J. Roberts (USRA/NASA-MSFC), J. Wood (USRA/NASA-MSFC),
report on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:
"At 00:45:46.94 UT on 10 September 2021, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM)
triggered and located a bright, SGR-like flare from the direction of
the magnetar SGR 1935+2154 (trigger 652927551/210910032).
The flare was also observed by Konus Wind (Ridnaia et al., GCN 30804