//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 30508 SUBJECT: GRB 210725B: Swift detection of a burst DATE: 21/07/25 12:27:57 GMT FROM: David Palmer at LANL M. G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), J. A. Kennea (PSU), N. J. Klingler (GSFC/UMBC/CRESSTII), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC), A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Sakamoto (AGU) and T. Sbarrato (INAF-OAB) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team: At 12:00:48 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 210725B (trigger=1061554). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 192.932, +17.125 which is RA(J2000) = 12h 51m 44s Dec(J2000) = +17d 07' 30" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The immediately-available BAT light curve (extending to T+8 seconds) shows a complex peak of at least 5 seconds duration. The peak count rate was ~1000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~2 sec after the trigger. The XRT began observing the field at 12:02:18.8 UT, 90.9 seconds after the BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find a fading, uncatalogued X-ray source with an enhanced position: RA, Dec 192.9219, 17.1080 which is equivalent to: RA(J2000) = 12h 51m 41.26s Dec(J2000) = +17d 06' 28.9" with an uncertainty of 1.9 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This location is 70 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 https://www.swift.ac.uk/sper. No spectrum from the promptly downlinked event data is yet available to determine the column density. UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 250 seconds with the U filter starting 91 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 19.2 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 18.0 mag. No correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of 0.023. Burst Advocate for this burst is M. G. Bernardini (grazia.bernardini 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/) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 30510 SUBJECT: GRB 210725B: Enhanced Swift-XRT position DATE: 21/07/25 15:29:04 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne, A.P. Beardmore and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team. Using 273 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 1 UVOT images for GRB 210725B, 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 = 192.92217, +17.10809 which is equivalent to: RA (J2000): 12h 51m 41.32s Dec (J2000): +17d 06' 29.1" with an uncertainty of 2.5 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: 30512 SUBJECT: Swift GRB 210725B: Global MASTER-Net observations report DATE: 21/07/25 18:30:29 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs V. Lipunov, E. Gorbovskoy, V.Kornilov, N.Tyurina, P.Balanutsa, A.Kuznetsov, F.Balakin, V.Vladimirov, D. Vlasenko, I.Gorbunov, D.Zimnukhov, V.Senik, T.Pogrosheva, D.Kuvshinov, D. Cheryasov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, SAI, Physics Department), R. Podesta, C.Lopez, F. Podesta, C.Francile (Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar OAFA), R. Rebolo, M. Serra (The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias), D. Buckley (South African Astronomical Observatory), O.A. Gres, N.M. Budnev, O.Ershova (Irkutsk State University, API), A. Tlatov, D. Dormidontov (Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory), V. Yurkov, A. Gabovich, Yu. Sergienko (Blagoveschensk Educational State University) MASTER-Tavrida robotic telescope (Global MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru, Lipunov et al., 2010, Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2010, 30L) located in Russia (Lomonosov MSU, SAI Crimea astronomical station) was pointed to the Swift GRB 210725B ( M. G. Bernardini et al., GCN 30508) errorbox 22581 sec after notice time and 22657 sec after trigger time at 2021-07-25 18:18:25 UT, with upper limit up to 16.5 mag. Observations started at twilight. The observations began at zenith distance = 56 deg. The sun altitude is -10.3 deg. The galactic latitude b = 80 deg., longitude l = 307 deg. Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here: https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=1669944 We obtain a following upper limits. Tmid-T0 | Site |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment _________|_____________________|_____|_______|______|________ 22747 | MASTER-Tavrida | C | 180 | 16.5 | Filter C is a clear (unfiltred) band. The observation and reduction will continue. The message may be cited. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 30516 SUBJECT: GRB 210725B: Swift-BAT refined analysis DATE: 21/07/25 21:48:44 GMT FROM: Amy Lien at GSFC C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), M. G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB), J. R. Cummings (CPI), H. A. Krimm (NSF), S. Laha (GSFC/UMBC), 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+400 sec from the recent telemetry downlink, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 210725B (trigger #1061554) (Bernardini et al., GCN Circ. 30508). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 192.914, 17.130 deg which is RA(J2000) = 12h 51m 39.3s Dec(J2000) = +17d 07' 48.5" with an uncertainty of 2.7 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 98%. The mask-weighted light curve shows a main pulse that starts at ~T0, peaks at ~T+1 s, and ends at ~T+5 s. In addition, there are some weak emission that starts at ~T-30 s and ends at ~T+15 s. T90 (15-350 keV) is 48.00 +- 22.63 sec (estimated error including systematics). The time-averaged spectrum from T-31.46 to T+16.54 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 1.16 +- 0.43. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 4.9 +- 1.1 x 10^-7 erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T+0.97 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/1061554/BA/ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 30520 SUBJECT: GRB 210725B: Swift-XRT refined Analysis DATE: 21/07/26 18:58:04 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester V. D'Elia (SSDC & INAF-OAR), A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA), D.N. Burrows (PSU), J. D. Gropp (PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), K.L. Page (U. Leicester), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), P.A. Evans (U. Leicester), A. Melandri (INAF-OAB) and M.G. Bernardini report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: We have analysed 4.9 ks of XRT data for GRB 210725B (Bernardini et al. GCN Circ. 30508), from 94 s to 107.1 ks after the BAT trigger. The data comprise 68 s in Windowed Timing (WT) mode with the remainder in Photon Counting (PC) mode. The enhanced XRT position for this burst was given by Goad et al. (GCN Circ. 30510). The light curve can be modelled with a power-law decay with a decay index of alpha=3.43 (+0.20, -0.18). A spectrum formed from the WT mode data can be fitted with an absorbed power-law with a photon spectral index of 1.77 (+0.29, -0.27). The best-fitting absorption column is 6.6 (+2.7, -2.1) x 10^21 cm^-2, in excess of the Galactic value of 2.0 x 10^20 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this spectrum is 4.5 x 10^-11 (6.7 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2 count^-1. A summary of the WT-mode spectrum is thus: Total column: 6.6 (+2.7, -2.1) x 10^21 cm^-2 Galactic foreground: 2.0 x 10^20 cm^-2 Excess significance: 5.2 sigma Photon index: 1.77 (+0.29, -0.27) The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/01061554. This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 30526 SUBJECT: GRB 210725B: Swift/UVOT Upper Limits DATE: 21/07/27 00:38:22 GMT FROM: Mike Siegel at PSU/Swift MOC M. H. Siegel (PSU) and M. G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB) report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team: The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 210725B 92 s after the BAT trigger (Bernardini et al., GCN Circ. 30508). No optical afterglow consistent with the XRT position (Goad et al. GCN Circ. 30510) 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 u (fc) 92 341 246 >20.5 b 347 439 91 >20.0 u 92 341 246 >20.5 w2 3722 3905 180 >19.4 The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 0.023 in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998). //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 30546 SUBJECT: Fermi GBM Sub-Threshold Detection of GRB 210725B DATE: 21/07/29 15:10:40 GMT FROM: Cori Fletcher at USRA C. Fletcher (USRA) reports on behalf of the Fermi-GBM Team: Swift-BAT detected GRB 210725B at 12:00:48 UT (GCN 30508). There was no Fermi-GBM onboard trigger around the event. An automated, blind search for short gamma-ray bursts below the onboard triggering threshold in Fermi-GBM identified a transient source at this time. The GBM targeted search [1], the most sensitive, coherent search for GRB-like signals identified a transient most significantly on the 8.192 s timescale, with a false alarm rate of 2.6e-05 Hz and a location consistent with the Swift-BAT event, using the standard search protocol with a S/N of 9. The GBM targeted search event was found with the highest significance with a "normal" spectrum (Band function with Epeak = 230 keV, alpha = -1.0, beta = -2.3) for a GRB. [1] Goldstein et al. 2019 arXiv:1903.12597