//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22478 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: Swift detection of a burst with an optical counterpart DATE: 18/03/14 00:57:37 GMT FROM: David Palmer at LANL P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), A. Deich (PSU), J. A. Kennea (PSU), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC), D. M. Palmer (LANL), B. Sbarufatti (PSU), M. H. Siegel (PSU) and A. Tohuvavohu (PSU) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team: At 00:43:31 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 180314A (trigger=814129). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 99.276, -24.491 which is RA(J2000) = 06h 37m 06s Dec(J2000) = -24d 29' 28" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a complex structure with a duration of about 40 sec. The peak count rate was ~3000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~4 sec after the trigger. The XRT began observing the field at 00:46:10.6 UT, 159.3 seconds after the BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find a bright, uncatalogued X-ray source located at RA, Dec 99.26519, -24.49603 which is equivalent to: RA(J2000) = 06h 37m 03.65s Dec(J2000) = -24d 29' 45.7" with an uncertainty of 3.7 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This location is 39 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the BAT error circle. This position may be improved as more data are received; the latest position is available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/sper. We cannot determine whether the source is fading at the present time. A power-law fit to a spectrum formed from promptly downlinked event data gives a column density consistent with the Galactic value of 1.50 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The initial flux in the 2.5 s image was 1.58e-09 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.2-10 keV). UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter starting 166 seconds after the BAT trigger. There is a candidate afterglow in the rapidly available 2.7'x2.7' sub-image at RA(J2000) = 06:37:03.68 = 99.26532 DEC(J2000) = -24:29:46.0 = -24.49612 with a 90%-confidence error radius of about 0.61 arc sec. This position is 2.8 arc sec. from the center of the XRT error circle. The estimated magnitude is 16.27 with a 1-sigma error of about 0.14. No correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of 0.08. Burst Advocate for this burst is P. D'Avanzo (paolo.davanzo AT brera.inaf.it). 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.) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22479 SUBJECT: GRB180314A: GROND detection of the afterglow DATE: 18/03/14 01:17:19 GMT FROM: Jan Bolmer at MPE/Garching J. Bolmer (ESO/MPE) reports: I observed the field of GRB 180314A (Swift trigger 814129; P. D'Avanzo et al., GCN 22478) simultaneously in g'r'i'z'JHK with GROND (Greiner et al. 2008, PASP 120, 405) mounted at the 2.2 m MPG telescope at ESO La Silla Observatory (Chile). Observations started at 00:47 UT on March 14, 2018, 4 minutes after the GRB trigger. They were performed at an average seeing of 1".1 and at an average airmass of 1.03. We clearly detect the NIR/optical transient of GRB 180314A at the position reported by P. D'Avanzo et al. (GCN 22478). Based on total exposure of 200 seconds in g’r’i'z' at a midtime of 00:50 UT, 7 minutes after the burst, we measure the following preliminary magnitudes (AB magnitude system): g' = 17.87 +/- 0.01 mag, r' = 17.57 +/- 0.02 mag, i' = 17.36 +/- 0.03 mag, z' = 17.25 +/- 0.03 mag Magnitudes are calibrated against PanSTARRS field stars and are not corrected for the Galactic foreground extinction corresponding to a reddening of E_(B-V)= 0.07 mag in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998). Observations are continuing. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22480 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position DATE: 18/03/14 03:17:57 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester J.P. Osborne, A.P. Beardmore, P.A. Evans and M.R. Goad (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team. Using 1353 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 1 UVOT images for GRB 180314A, 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 = 99.26522, -24.49627 which is equivalent to: RA (J2000): 06h 37m 3.65s Dec (J2000): -24d 29' 46.6" with an uncertainty of 1.8 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. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22481 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: MASTER-Net OT dtetction DATE: 18/03/14 08:04:37 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs V. Lipunov, E.Gorbovskoy, N.Tyurina, V.Kornilov, D.Zimnukhov, V.Vladimirov, A.Krylov, I.Gorbunov, P.Balanutsa, A.Kuznetsov, V.Chazov, D. Kuvshinov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, SAI), R. Rebolo, M. Serra-Ricart (The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias), R.Podesta, C.Lopez, F. Podesta (Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar (OAFA),National University of San Juan, Argentina), H. Levato, C. Saffe (Instituto de Ciencias Astronomicas,de la Tierra y del Espacio (ICATE), San Juan, Argentina), D.Buckley, S. Potter (South African Astronomical Observatory), O.Gres, N.M.Budnev (Irkutsk State University), A. Tlatov, V.Senik, D. Dormidontov (Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory) V.Yurkov, A.Gabovich, Yu.Sergienko (Blagoveschensk Educational State University, Blagoveschensk), MASTER-IAC and MASTER-OAFA automatically pointed to GRB 180314A (D'Avanzo et al. GCN 22478, Osborne et al. GCN 22480) with optical transient detection by MASTER auto-detection system. We confirm Swift and GROND OT (D'Avanzo et al. GCN 22478, Bolmer et al. GCN 22479). There are also synchronous images from MASTER very wide field cameras (MASTER-VWFC). MASTER-IAC robotic telescope (MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru ,Lipunov et al. Advances in Astronomy, 2010, 30L) located in Teyde observatory(Spain) was pointed to the GRB180314.03 7 sec after notice time and 100 sec after trigger time at 2018-03-14 00:45:11 UT. On our first (20s exposure) set we found 1 optical transient within SWIFT error-box (ra=99.275 dec=-24.4908 r=0.05) : T-Tmid Date Time Expt. Ra Dec Mag ---------|---------------------|-------|-----------------|-----------------|------- 110 2018-03-14 00:45:11 20 ( 6h 37m 03.7s , -24d 29m 45.8s) 15.36 The 5-sigma upper limit on the first 20s image is 17.2mag The observations made on zenit distance = 83 degrees, galaxy latitude b = -13 degree. The moon (12 % bright part) below the horizon (The altitude of the Moon is -59 degree ). The sun altitude is -63.5 degree. MASTER-OAFA robotic telescope located in Argentina was pointed to the GRB180314A 17 sec after notice time and 110 sec after trigger time at 2018-03-14 00:45:21 UT. On our first (20s exposure) set we found 1 optical transient within SWIFT error-box (ra=99.275 dec=-24.4908 r=0.05) T-Tmid Date Time Expt. Ra Dec Mag ---------|---------------------|-------|-----------------|-----------------|------- 120 2018-03-14 00:45:21 20 ( 6h 37m 03.7s , -24d 29m 45.8s) 15.60 The 5-sigma upper limit on first 20s image is 18.4 mag The observations made on zenit distance = 15 degrees, galaxy latitude b = -13 degree. The moon (12 % bright part) below the horizon (The altitude of the Moon is -37 degree ). The sun altitude is -23.5 degree. The message may be cited. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22482 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: REM optical/NIR observations DATE: 18/03/14 09:49:07 GMT FROM: Andrea Melandri at INAF-OAB A. Melandri, P. D'Avanzo, S. Covino, D. Fugazza (INAF/OAB) report on behalf of the REM team: We observed the field of the GRB 180314A (D'Avanzo et al., GCN 22478) with the 60-cm robotic telescope REM located at the La Silla Observatory (Chile). The observations started at 00:45:38 UT, about 2 min after the burst, and were carried out for the first hour in the JHK bands. Then observations continued in the g, r, i, z, J, H and K bands. A preliminary analysis shows that the optical counterpart (D'Avanzo et al., GCN 22478; Bolmer, GCN 22479; Lipunov et al., GCN 22481) is well detected and at a mid time of 165 seconds after the burst it was: H = 12.9 +/- 0.1 (Vega) Magnitude is calibrated against the 2MASS catalog. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22483 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: Swift/UVOT Detection DATE: 18/03/14 11:49:54 GMT FROM: Samantha Oates at MSSL S. R. Oates (U.Warwick) and P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB) report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team: The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 180314A 167 s after the BAT trigger (D'Avanzo et al., GCN Circ. 22478). A source consistent with the XRT position (Osborne et al. GCN Circ. 22480) is detected in the initial UVOT exposures. The preliminary UVOT position is: RA (J2000) = 06:37:03.68 = 99.26535 (deg.) Dec (J2000) = -24:29:46.0 = -24.49610 (deg.) with an estimated uncertainty of 0.42 arc sec. (radius, 90% confidence). Preliminary detections using the UVOT photometric system (Breeveld et al. 2011, AIP Conf. Proc. 1358, 373) for the early exposures are: Filter T_start(s) T_stop(s) Exp(s) Mag white(FC) 167 317 147 16.28 +/- 0.03 white 606 626 19 17.86 +/- 0.15 v 829 849 19 17.07 +/- 0.25 b 755 774 19 18.09 +/- 0.28 u 326 576 246 16.95 +/- 0.06 w1 705 1131 39 17.98 +/- 0.33 m2 680 1106 58 18.12 +/- 0.35 w2 631 1578 117 18.75 +/- 0.30 The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 0.08 in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998). //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22484 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: VLT/X-shooter redshift DATE: 18/03/14 12:27:27 GMT FROM: Daniele Malesani at Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Inst B. Sbarufatti (INAF/Brera PSU), J. Bolmer (MPE), A. De Ugarte Postigo (IAA/CSIC and DARK/NBI), J. P. U. Fynbo (DAWN/NBI), J. Selsing (DARK/NBI), K. E. Heintz (Univ. Iceland and DAWN/NBI), D. Malesani (DAWN/NBI and DARK/NBI), N. R. Tanvir (Univ. Leicester), A. J. Levan (Univ. Warwick), A. Smette (ESO), K. Wiersema (Univ. Warwick), S. Covino (INAF/Brera), report on behalf of the Stargate collaboration: We observed the optical counterpart of GRB 180314A (D'Avanzo et al., GCN 22478; Bolmer, GCN 22479) with the ESO/VLT UT2 equipped with the X-shooter spectrograph. Observations started on Mar 14.067 UT (53.3 min after the GRB) and covered the wavelength range 3000-20000 AA. In our acquisition image, we measure for the afterglow r = 18.87 +- 0.05 AB, calibrated to the Pan-STARRS catalog. The afterglow position is RA = 06:37:03.66, Dec = -24:29:46.2, consistent with the UVOT position (D'Avanzo et al., GCN 22478). A high-S/N continuum is detected in all arms (reaching ~3100 AA in the blue end). We identify several absorption features, including Mg II, Zn II, Al II, Al III, Cr II, Fe II at a common redshift z = 1.445. We also detect at least one Fe II* fine-structure line at the same redshift, thus confirming the association of this system with GRB 180314A. We acknowledge excellent support from the observing staff in Paranal, in particular Boris Haeussler and Zahed Wahhaj. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22485 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: Fermi GBM observation DATE: 18/03/14 12:58:13 GMT FROM: Elisabetta Bissaldi at INFN,Bari E. Bissaldi (Politecnico & INFN Bari) and O. Roberts (USRA) report on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team: "At 00:43:19.90 UT on 14 March 2018, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor triggered and located GRB 180314A (trigger 542681004 / 180314030), which was also detected by the Swift/BAT (D'Avanzo et al. 2018, GCN 22478). The GBM on-ground location is consistent with the Swift position. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight at the GBM trigger time is 99 degrees. The GBM light curve consists of single emission episode with a duration (T90) of about 28 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum from T0-1 s to T0+30 s is well fit by a power law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff. The power law index is -0.36 +/- 0.06 and the cutoff energy, parameterized as Epeak, is 104 +/- 3 keV. The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is (1.52 +/- 0.03)E-05 erg/cm^2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured starting from T0+15.3 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 10.5 +/- 0.5 ph/s/cm^2. The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary; final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog." //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22486 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis DATE: 18/03/14 14:45:07 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester S. J. LaPorte (PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), P.A. Evans (U. Leicester), S.L. Gibson (U. Leicester), A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA), A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU) and P. D'Avanzo report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: We have analysed 8.7 ks of XRT data for GRB 180314A (D'Avanzo et al. GCN Circ. 22478), from 165 s to 37.0 ks after the BAT trigger. The data comprise 181 s in Windowed Timing (WT) mode with the remainder in Photon Counting (PC) mode. The enhanced XRT position for this burst was given by Osborne et al. (GCN Circ. 22480). The light curve can be modelled with a series of power-law decays. The initial decay index is alpha=2.60 (+0.04, -0.17). At T+328 s the decay steepens to an alpha of 5.8 (+2.2, -1.0) before breaking again at T+401 s to a final decay with index alpha=0.94 (+/-0.03). A spectrum formed from the WT mode data can be fitted with an absorbed power-law with a photon spectral index of 2.34 (+0.08, -0.04). The best-fitting absorption column is consistent with the Galactic value of 1.5 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The PC mode spectrum has a photon index of 1.77 (+/-0.07) and a best-fitting absorption column consistent with the Galactic value. The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this spectrum is 3.9 x 10^-11 (4.7 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2 count^-1. A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus: Galactic foreground: 1.5 x 10^21 cm^-2 Intrinsic column: 1.5 (+0.8, -0.0) x 10^21 cm^-2 at z=1.445 Photon index: 1.77 (+/-0.07) If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of 0.94, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 0.014 count s^-1, corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 5.7 x 10^-13 (6.9 x 10^-13) erg cm^-2 s^-1. The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/00814129. This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22487 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: LCO Siding Springs observations DATE: 18/03/14 17:03:19 GMT FROM: Cristiano Guidorzi at Ferrara U,Italy C. Guidorzi, R. Martone (U. Ferrara), S. Kobayashi (LJMU), C.G. Mundell (U. Bath), A. Gomboc (U. Nova Gorica), I.A. Steele (LJMU) on behalf of a large collaboration report: We observed the field of Swift GRB180314A (D'Avanzo et al. GCN 22478) on March 14, from 10:00 to 10:25 UT (mid time of 0.39 days post burst) with 1-m and 2-m unit LCO telescopes in Siding Springs in the SDSS gri filters. We detect the optical afterglow (D'Avanzo et al.; Bolmer GCN 22479; Lipunov et al. GCN 22481; Melandri et al. GCN 22482; Sbarufatti et al. GCN 22484) with the following magnitudes: Mid time since GRB     Exp        Filter         Magnitude (days)                 (s) ------------------------------------------------------------- 0.39                   5x120      SDSS-R         21.5 +- 0.15 0.40                   5x120      SDSS-I         21.4 +- 0.2 ------------------------------------------------------------- as calibrated against nearby Pan-STARRS stars. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22488 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: TAROT La Silla observatory optical observations DATE: 18/03/14 17:56:36 GMT FROM: Alain Klotz at IRAP-CNRS-OMP Klotz A., Noysena K., Atteia J.L. (CNRS-OMP-IRAP), Boer M., Eymar L. (CNRS-ARTEMIS), Gendre B. (UVI - Etelman Obs.) report: We imaged the field of GRB 180314A detected by SWIFT (trigger 814129) with the TAROT robotic telescope (D=25cm) located at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla observatory, Chile. The observations started 172.7s after the GRB trigger (83.1s after the notice). The elevation of the field decreased from 77 degrees above horizon and weather conditions were good. We detected the candidate couterpart mentioned by D'Avanzo et al. (GCNC 22478), Bolmer (GCNC 22479), Lipunov et al. (GCNC 22481), Melandri et al. (GCNC 22482) Sbarufatti et al. (GCNC 22484), Guidorzi et al. (GCNC 22487). TAROT photometry is: t1(h) t2(h) r(AB) 1sig 0.048 0.056 15.64 0.05 0.059 0.067 16.00 0.05 0.070 0.079 16.34 0.05 0.081 0.090 16.64 0.06 0.093 0.101 16.92 0.07 0.104 0.129 17.26 0.10 0.132 0.182 17.68 0.13 0.227 0.276 18.18 0.19 0.282 0.332 18.32 0.24 0.343 0.443 18.62 0.30 It shows clearly a decay -1.8 until 8 minutes after the trigger and then a decay -0.92 later. So we suspect a strong reverse shock during the 8 first minutes. Magnitudes were estimated with the nearby NOMAD1 stars and are not corrected for galactic dust extinction. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22490 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: Swift-BAT refined analysis DATE: 18/03/14 21:28:51 GMT FROM: Amy Lien at GSFC T. N. Ukwatta (LANL), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), J. R. Cummings (CPI), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), H. A. Krimm (NSF/USRA), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Sakamoto (AGU), M. Stamatikos (OSU), (i.e. the Swift-BAT team): Using the data set from T-239 to T+963 sec from the recent telemetry downlink, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 180314A (trigger #814129) (D'Avanzo et al., GCN Circ. 22478). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 99.208, -24.530 deg which is RA(J2000) = 06h 36m 50.0s Dec(J2000) = -24d 31' 47.7" with an uncertainty of 3.1 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 24%. The mask-weighted light curve shows a few overlapping pulses that starts at ~ T-12 s and ends at ~T+110 s. The main peak occurs at ~T+4 s. Note that the burst location came in to the BAT FOV at ~T-32 s, and thus the burst emission might start before it is in the BAT FOV. T90 (15-350 keV) is 51.2 +- 22.3 sec (estimated error including systematics). The time-averaged spectrum from T-11.80 to T+109.75 sec is best fit by a power law with an exponential cutoff. This fit gives a photon index 0.83 +- 0.25, and Epeak of 94.9 +- 17.8 keV (chi squared 47.72 for 56 d.o.f.). For this model the total fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 1.1 +- 0.04 x 10^-5 erg/cm2 and the 1-sec peak flux measured from T+3.05 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 7.9 +- 0.6 ph/cm2/sec. A fit to a simple power law gives a photon index of 1.50 +- 0.05 (chi squared 72.57 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/814129/BA/ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22491 SUBJECT: GRB 180314B: Swift detection of a burst DATE: 18/03/14 22:37:00 GMT FROM: David Palmer at LANL P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), A. Deich (PSU), J.D. Gropp (PSU), J. A. Kennea (PSU), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC), D. M. Palmer (LANL), B. Sbarufatti (PSU), M. H. Siegel (PSU) and A. Tohuvavohu (PSU) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team: At 22:23:36 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 180314B (trigger=814305). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 297.866, +23.623 which is RA(J2000) = 19h 51m 28s Dec(J2000) = +23d 37' 24" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a complex structure with a duration of about 50 sec. The peak count rate was ~1500 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~0 sec after the trigger. The XRT began observing the field at 22:25:03.9 UT, 87.0 seconds after the BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find a bright, uncatalogued X-ray source located at RA, Dec 297.88663, 23.62434 which is equivalent to: RA(J2000) = 19h 51m 32.79s Dec(J2000) = +23d 37' 27.6" with an uncertainty of 3.7 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This location is 68 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the BAT error circle. This position may be improved as more data are received; the latest position is available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/sper. A power-law fit to a spectrum formed from promptly downlinked event data gives a column density consistent with the Galactic value of 8.94 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The initial flux in the 2.5 s image was 6.44e-10 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.2-10 keV). UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter starting 94 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 none of the XRT error circle. The 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the XRT error circle. Because of the density of catalogued stars, further analysis is required to report an upper limit for any afterglow in the region. No correction has been made for the large, but uncertain, extinction expected. Burst Advocate for this burst is P. D'Avanzo (paolo.davanzo AT brera.inaf.it). 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.) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22492 SUBJECT: GRB 180314B: Prompt enhanced Swift-XRT position DATE: 18/03/14 23:20:59 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: Using promptly downlinked XRT event data for GRB 180314B, we find an enhanced XRT position of the afterglow: RA, Dec: 297.8867, 23.6243 which is equivalent to: RA (J2000) = 19 51 32.82 Dec (J2000) = +23 37 27.4 with an uncertainty of 1.9 arcseconds (radius, 90% confidence). Analysis of the promptly available data is online at http://www.swift.ac.uk/sper/814305. 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. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22494 SUBJECT: GRB 180314B: Enhanced Swift-XRT position DATE: 18/03/15 03:18:26 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester A.P. Beardmore, P.A. Evans, M.R. Goad and J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team. Using 2454 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 2 UVOT images for GRB 180314B, 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 = 297.88665, +23.62406 which is equivalent to: RA (J2000): 19h 51m 32.80s Dec (J2000): +23d 37' 26.6" with an uncertainty of 1.5 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. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22495 SUBJECT: GRB 180314B: Swift-XRT refined Analysis DATE: 18/03/15 05:34:14 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester J.A. Kennea (PSU), P.A. Evans (U. Leicester), S.L. Gibson (U. Leicester), J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester), A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), V. D'Elia (ASDC), B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU), D.N. Burrows (PSU) and P. D'Avanzo report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: We have analysed 6.4 ks of XRT data for GRB 180314B (D'Avanzo et al. GCN Circ. 22491), from 102 s to 19.8 ks after the BAT trigger. The data are entirely in Photon Counting (PC) mode. The enhanced XRT position for this burst was given by Beardmore et al. (GCN Circ. 22492). The light curve can be modelled with an initial power-law decay with an index of alpha=0.08 (+0.09, -0.07), followed by a break at T+1503 s to an alpha of 1.42 (+/-0.08). A spectrum formed from the PC mode data can be fitted with an absorbed power-law with a photon spectral index of 2.55 (+0.21, -0.20). The best-fitting absorption column is 2.14 (+0.29, -0.27) x 10^22 cm^-2, in excess of the Galactic value of 8.9 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this spectrum is 4.8 x 10^-11 (1.9 x 10^-10) erg cm^-2 count^-1. A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus: Total column: 2.14 (+0.29, -0.27) x 10^22 cm^-2 Galactic foreground: 8.9 x 10^21 cm^-2 Excess significance: 7.6 sigma Photon index: 2.55 (+0.21, -0.20) If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of 1.42, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 5.5 x 10^-3 count s^-1, corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 2.7 x 10^-13 (1.1 x 10^-12) erg cm^-2 s^-1. The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/00814305. This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22496 SUBJECT: GRB 180314B: Swift/UVOT Upper Limits DATE: 18/03/15 16:38:44 GMT FROM: Samantha Oates at MSSL S. R. Oates (U.Warwick) and P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB) report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team: The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 180314B 94 s after the BAT trigger (D'Avanzo et al., GCN Circ. 22491). No optical afterglow consistent with the XRT position (Beardmore et al. GCN Circ. 22494) is detected in the initial UVOT exposures. Preliminary 3-sigma upper limits using the UVOT photometric system (Breeveld et al. 2011, AIP Conf. Proc. 1358, 373) for the first finding chart (FC) exposure and subsequent exposures are: Filter T_start(s) T_stop(s) Exp(s) Mag white_FC 94 244 147 >19.6 u_FC 308 558 246 >19.3 white 94 7249 666 >19.7 v 638 7660 607 >18.4 b 563 11580 471 >19.3 u 308 8274 834 >19.6 w1 687 8070 588 >19.5 m2 662 7865 607 >20.4 w2 614 7455 607 >20.5 The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 2.21 in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998). //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22497 SUBJECT: GRB 180314B: Zeiss-1000/CrAO optical upper limit DATE: 18/03/15 17:48:37 GMT FROM: Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow E. Mazaeva (IKI), A. Pozanenko (IKI), A. Novichonok (KIAM, PetrSU), I. Nikolenko (CrAO), A. Volnova (IKI), I. Molotov (KIAM) report on behalf of larger GRB follow-up collaboration: We observed the field of Swift GRB 180314B (D'Avanzo et al., GCN 22491) with Zeiss-1000/Koshka (CrAO) telescope starting March 15 (UT) 01:55:39. We obtained several images in R-filter. We do not detect any source within enhanced Swift-XRT position (Beardmore et al., GCN 22494). Preliminary photometry of the field is following. Date UT start t-T0 Filter Exp. OT Err. UL (mid, days) (s) 2018-03-15 01:55:39 0.15459 R 7*180 n/d n/d 22.2 The photometry is based on nearby USNO-B1.0 stars USNO-B1_id R1 1135-0426232 15.02 1135-0426125 15.64 1136-0433074 16.46 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22498 SUBJECT: GRB 180314B: Swift-BAT refined analysis DATE: 18/03/15 20:11:42 GMT FROM: Amy Lien at GSFC S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), J. R. Cummings (CPI), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), H. A. Krimm (NSF/USRA), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Sakamoto (AGU), M. Stamatikos (OSU), T. N. Ukwatta (LANL) (i.e. the Swift-BAT team): Using the data set from T-240 to T+963 sec from the recent telemetry downlink, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 180314B (trigger #814305) (D'Avanzo et al., GCN Circ. 22491). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 297.855, 23.634 deg which is RA(J2000) = 19h 51m 25.3s Dec(J2000) = +23d 38' 04.1" with an uncertainty of 2.0 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 66%. The mask-weighted light curve shows a multi-peaked structure that starts at ~ T-50 sec and ends at ~ T+35 s. The main peak occurs at ~ T0. T90 (15-350 keV) is 73.0 +- 9.4 sec (estimated error including systematics). The time-averaged spectrum from T-47.6 to T+34.4 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 2.41 +- 0.25. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 9.6 +- 1.4 x 10^-7 erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T-0.57 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 1.1 +- 0.2 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/814305/BA/ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22499 SUBJECT: GRB 180314B: RATIR Optical Observations DATE: 18/03/15 23:01:36 GMT FROM: Alan M. Watson at Instituto de Astronomia UNAM Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Nat Butler (ASU), Alexander Kutyrev (GSFC), William H. Lee (UNAM), Michael G. Richer (UNAM), Ori Fox (STScI), J. Xavier Prochaska (UCSC), Josh Bloom (UCB), Antonino Cucchiara (UVI), Eleonora Troja (GSFC), Owen Littlejohns (ASU), Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (UCSC), Jesús González (UNAM), Carlos Román-Zúñiga (UNAM), Harvey Moseley (GSFC), John Capone (UMD), V. Zach Golkhou (U. Wash.), and Vicki Toy (UMD) report: We observed the field of GRB 180314B (D'Avanzo et al., GCN 22491) with the Reionization and Transients Infrared Camera (RATIR; www.ratir.org) on the 1.5m Harold Johnson Telescope at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional on Sierra San Pedro Mártir from 2018/03 15.46 to 2018/03 15.52 UTC (12.55 to 13.99 hours after the BAT trigger), obtaining a total of 1.07 hours exposure in the r and i bands. For a source within the Swift-XRT error circle, in comparison with the USNO-B1 and 2MASS catalogs, we obtain the following 3-sigma upper limits: r > 23.29 i > 22.90 These magnitudes are in the AB system and are not corrected for Galactic extinction in the direction of the GRB. We thank the staff of the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional in San Pedro Mártir. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22505 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: MITSuME Okayama optical upper limits DATE: 18/03/16 11:29:04 GMT FROM: Katsuhiro L. Murata at Nagoya U K. Shiraishi, R. Itoh, K. L. Murata, T. Yoshii, Y. Tachibana, S. Harita, K. Morita, T. Ozawa, H. Mamiya, Y. Yatsu, and N. Kawai (Tokyo Tech) report on behalf of the MITSuME collaboration: We searched for the optical counterpart of GRB 180314A (P. D'Avanzo et al., GCN Circular #22478) with the optical three color (g', Rc, and Ic) CCD cameras attached to the MITSuME 50 cm telescope of Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Japan. The observation started on 10:32:06 UT. We did not find any new point source within enhanced XRT circle (J.P. Osborne et al., GCN Circular #22480) in all three bands. We obtained following limits for the magnitudes. T0+[hour] MID-UT T-EXP[sec] g' Rc Ic ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- 9.99 12:03:20 7240 >19.3 >18.8 >18.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- T0+ : Elapsed time after the burst T-EXP: Total Exposure time We used GSC2.3 catalog for flux calibration. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22513 SUBJECT: Konus-Wind observation of GRB 180314A DATE: 18/03/16 22:19:52 GMT FROM: Anastasia Tsvetkova at Ioffe Institute A. Tsvetkova, S. Golenetskii, R.Aptekar, D. Frederiks, P. Oleynik, M. Ulanov, D. Svinkin, A. Lysenko, A. Kozlova and T. Cline on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report: The long-duration GRB 180314A (Swift-BAT detection: D'Avanzo  et al., GCN 22478; Ukwatta et al., GCN 22490; Fermi GBM observation: Bissaldi & Roberts, GCN 22485) triggered Konus-Wind at T0=2601.957 s UT (00:43:21.957). The burst light curve shows a single emission episode with a total duration of ~22 s. The emission is seen up to ~1.5 MeV. As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst had a fluence of 1.47(-0.06,+0.06)x10^-5 erg/cm2, and a 64-ms peak energy flux, measured from T0+0.490 s, of 2.61(-1.05,+1.21)x10^-6 erg/cm2/s (both in the 20 keV - 10 MeV energy range). The time-integrated spectrum of the burst (measured from T0 to T0+33.024 s) is best fit in the 20 keV - 1.5 MeV range by a power law with exponential cutoff model: dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep) with  alpha = -0.61(-0.16,+0.17), and Ep = 111(-6,+6) keV (chi2 = 45/60 dof). Fitting by the GRB (Band) model yields the same alpha and Ep, and an upper limit on the high energy photon index: beta < -3.08 (chi2 = 45/59 dof). The spectrum near the peak count rate (measured from T0 to T0+0.256 s) is best fit in the 20 keV - 1.5 MeV range by a power law with exponential cutoff model with  alpha = -0.34(-0.57,+0.84), and Ep = 303(-89,+161) keV (chi2 = 14/15 dof). Fitting by the GRB (Band) model yields the same alpha and Ep, and an upper limit on the high energy photon index: beta < -2.26 (chi2 = 14/14 dof). Assuming the redshift z=1.445 (Sbarufatti et al., GCN 22484) and a standard cosmology model with H_0 = 70 km/s/Mpc, Omega_M = 0.27, and Omega_Lambda = 0.73, we estimate the following rest-frame parameters: the isotropic energy release E_iso is 8.18(-0.34,+0.36)x10^52 erg, the peak luminosity L_iso is 3.55(-1.42,+1.64)x10^52 erg/s, and the rest-frame peak energy of the time-integrated spectrum, Ep,i, is 272(-14,+15) keV. The Konus-Wind light curve of this GRB is available at http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/GRBs/GRB180314_T02601/ All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level. All the quoted values are preliminary. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 22515 SUBJECT: GRB 180314A: AstroSat CZTI detection DATE: 18/03/17 21:15:29 GMT FROM: Vidushi Sharma at IUCAA V. Sharma and D. Bhattacharya (IUCAA), V. Bhalerao (IIT-B), A. R. Rao (TIFR) and S. Vadawale (PRL) report on behalf of the AstroSat CZTI collaboration: Analysis of AstroSat CZTI data showed the detection of a bright GRB 180314A, which was also detected by Swift (D'Avanzo P. et al., GCN 22478) and Fermi-GBM (Bissaldi E. et al., GCN 22485). The source was clearly detected in the 40-200 keV energy range. The light curve shows multiple peaks of emission with strongest peak at 00:43:20.5 UT. The measured peak count rate is 339.5 cts/s above the background in combined data of four quadrants, with a total of 5127 cts. The local mean background count rate was 586.5 cts/s. Using cumulative rates, we measure a T90 of 37.3 s. It was also clearly detected in the CsI anticoincidence (Veto) detector in the 100-500 keV energy range. CZTI GRB detections are reported regularly on the payload site at http://astrosat.iucaa.in/czti/?q=grb. CZTI is built by a TIFR-led consortium of institutes across India, including VSSC, ISAC, IUCAA, SAC and PRL. The Indian Space Research Organisation funded, managed and facilitated the project.