TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 23188 SUBJECT: GRB 180828A: Swift-BAT refined analysis DATE: 18/08/29 16:00:35 GMT FROM: Amy Lien at GSFC C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), A. P. Beardmore (U Leicester), J. R. Cummings (CPI), H. A. Krimm (NSF/USRA), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC), 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-239 to T+963 sec from the recent telemetry downlink, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 180828A (trigger #856977) (Beardmore et al., GCN Circ. 23182). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 268.704, -25.791 deg which is RA(J2000) = 17h 54m 49.1s Dec(J2000) = -25d 47' 28.3" with an uncertainty of 1.0 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 19%. The mask-weighted light curve shows a few overlapping pulses that starts at ~ T-7 s and ends at ~T+2 s, with some weak tail emission that lasts till ~ T+30 s. T90 (15-350 keV) is 14.0 +- 8.0 sec (estimated error including systematics). The time-averaged spectrum from T-7.29 to T+28.71 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 0.89 +- 0.06. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 8.8 +- 0.3 x 10^-6 erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T-0.29 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 17.8 +- 0.9 ph/cm2/sec. All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level. The BAT temporal and spectral characteristics are consistent with those of a GRB. The results of the batgrbproduct analysis are available at http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_s/856977/BA/