TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  10983
SUBJECT: GRB 100725B: Swift detection of a burst
DATE:    10/07/25 11:39:50 GMT
FROM:    Wayne Baumgartner at GSFC  <wayne@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>

W. H. Baumgartner (GSFC/UMBC), M. M. Chester (PSU), V. D'Elia (ASDC),
J. M. Gelbord (PSU), S. T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC),
N. P. M. Kuin (UCL-MSSL), V. Mangano (INAF-IASFPA),
F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC), K. L. Page (U Leicester),
T. A. Pritchard (PSU), J. L. Racusin (NASA/GSFC),
B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/IASFPA) and T. N. Ukwatta (GSFC/GWU) report on
behalf of the Swift Team:

At 11:24:34 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 100725B (trigger=429969).  Swift slewed immediately to the burst. 
The BAT on-board calculated location is 
RA, Dec 290.026, +76.955 which is 
   RA(J2000) = 19h 20m 06s
   Dec(J2000) = +76d 57' 17"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including 
systematic uncertainty).  The BAT light curve showed a multi-peaked
structure with a duration of about 160 sec.  The peak count rate
was ~3500 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~140 sec after the trigger. 

The XRT began observing the field at 11:25:52.4 UT, 77.9 seconds after
the BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find a bright,
uncatalogued X-ray source located at RA, Dec 290.03471, 76.95639 which
is equivalent to:
   RA(J2000)  = 19h 20m 8.33s
   Dec(J2000) = +76d 57' 23.0"
with an uncertainty of 4.3 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This
location is 9.1 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 in excess of the Galactic value (5.43e+20
cm^-2, Kalberla et al. 2005), with an excess column of 2.7
(+3.09/-2.62) x 10^21 cm^-2 (90% confidence). 

The initial flux in the 2.5 s image was 8.20e-09 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.2-10
keV). 

UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter
starting 87 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 100% of
the XRT error circle. The typical 3-sigma upper limit has been about 19.6 mag. 
The 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the
XRT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No
correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of
0.09. 

Burst Advocate for this burst is W. H. Baumgartner (wayne AT milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov). 
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.)