//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 23448 SUBJECT: GRB 181125A: Swift detection of a burst DATE: 18/11/25 09:07:44 GMT FROM: Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC E. Sonbas (Adiyaman Univ.), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC), A. Melandri (INAF-OAB) and K. L. Page (U Leicester) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team: At 08:54:39 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 181125A (trigger=873433). Swift did not slew due to an observing constraint. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 268.413, -2.613, which is RA(J2000) = 17h 53m 39s Dec(J2000) = -02d 36' 47" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve shows a single peak with a duration of about 10 sec. The peak count rate was ~1400 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~1 sec after the trigger. Due to a Sun observing constraint, Swift cannot slew to the BAT position until 15:18 UT on 2019 January 31. There will thus be no XRT or UVOT data for this trigger before this time. Burst Advocate for this burst is E. Sonbas (edasonbas AT yahoo.com). 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: 23450 SUBJECT: GRB 181125A: Swift-BAT refined analysis DATE: 18/11/25 18:25:06 GMT FROM: Amy Lien at GSFC T. Sakamoto (AGU), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), J. R. Cummings (CPI), H. A. Krimm (NSF/USRA), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), D. M. Palmer (LANL), E. Sonbas (Adiyaman Univ.), M. Stamatikos (OSU), T. N. Ukwatta (LANL) (i.e. the Swift-BAT team): Using the data set from T-142 s to T+641 s (when the burst was in the BAT FOV) from the recent telemetry downlink, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 181125A (trigger #873433) (Sonbas et al., GCN Circ. 23448). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 268.391, -2.634 deg which is RA(J2000) = 17h 53m 33.8s Dec(J2000) = -02d 38' 01.2" with an uncertainty of 2.2 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 69%. The mask-weighted light curve shows a single-peaked structure that starts and peaks at ~T0, and ends at ~T+11 s. T90 (15-350 keV) is 10.5 +- 5.0 sec (estimated error including systematics). The time-averaged spectrum from T-0.18 to T+11.24 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 1.57 +- 0.31. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 3.3 +- 0.6 x 10^-7 erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T+0.24 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 1.5 +- 0.3 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/873433/BA/ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 23451 SUBJECT: GRB 181125A: Fermi GBM observation DATE: 18/11/25 19:15:25 GMT FROM: Elisabetta Bissaldi at INFN,Bari E. Bissaldi (Politecnico & INFN Bari) and C. Meegan (UAH) report on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team: "At 08:54:41.73 UT on 25 November 2018, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor triggered and located GRB 181125A (trigger 564828886 / 181125371), which was also detected by the Swift-BAT (Sonbas et al. 2018, GCN 23448). The GBM on-ground location is consistent with the Swift position. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight at the GBM trigger time is 64 degrees. The GBM light curve shows a structured emission with a duration (T90) of about 4 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum from T0-1.8 s to T0+2 s is adequately fit by a simple power law function with index -1.8 +/- 0.1. The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is (4.3 +/- 0.10)E-07 erg/cm^2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured starting from T0-1.15 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 2.0 +/- 0.2 ph/s/cm^2. The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary; final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog."