TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 7748 SUBJECT: GRB 080517, Swift-BAT refined analysis DATE: 08/05/18 19:34:04 GMT FROM: Ann M. Parsons at NASA/GSFC/Swift C. Markwardt (GSFC/UMD), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), W. Baumgartner (GSFC/ UMBC), J. Cummings (GSFC/UMBC), E. Fenimore (LANL), N. Gehrels (GSFC), H. Krimm (GSFC/USRA), K. McLean (GSFC/UMD), D. Palmer (LANL), A. Parsons (GSFC), T. Sakamoto (GSFC/UMBC), G. Sato (GSFC/ISAS), M. Stamatikos (GSFC/ORAU), J. Tueller (GSFC), T. Ukwatta (GWU) (i.e. the Swift-BAT team): Using the data set from T-240 to T+962 sec from the recent telemetry downlink, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 080517 (trigger #311874) (Parsons, et al., GCN Circ. 7742). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 102.274, 50.741 deg which is RA(J2000) = 06h 49m 05.8s Dec(J2000) = +50d 44' 28.5" with an uncertainty of 2.4 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 50%. The mask-weighted lightcurve shows a single, FRED-like peak rising quickly to its maximum at ~T+4.4 sec with a roughly exponential decay down to background at ~T+60 sec. T90 (15-350 keV) is 64.6 +- 27.2 sec (estimated error including systematics). The time-averaged spectrum from T-0.9 to T+68.3 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 1.54 +- 0.33. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 5.6 +- 1.2 x 10^-07 erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T+3.88 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 0.6 +- 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/311874/BA/ This burst satisfies Sakamoto/Ukwatta Swift-BAT possible high-z criteria (Ukwatta et al. arXiv:0802.3815). 1) PL photon index = 1.54 (PL photon index < 2) 2) 1-s peak photon flux = 0.627459 (1-s peak photon flux < 1.0 ph/cm2/s) 3) Light curve variance = 6.818773e-05 (Variance < 0.0001) 4) T90/(Peak photon flux) = 103.0 (T90/(Peak photon flux) > 100) Based on a limited sample of bursts, these criteria yield an 85% chance it has a redshift greater than 3.5. As noted in the initial Swift circular (Parsons, et al., GCN Circ. 7742), the observed X-ray absorption implies that the burst is most likely at z<4.8.