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GRB 140518A

Time: 09:17:46
Trigger Number: 599287
Burst Advocate: Andrea Melandri

BAT Data:

RA: a 227.231
15:08:55.4
Dec: a 42.396
42:23:45.6
90% Error Radius: b 1.8
T90: c 60.5
Fluence: d 10 (1)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 1.0 (0.1)
Photon Index: f 0.92, CPL (0.61)

90% error in parentheses,
a J2000; b arcmin; c seconds; d 10-7 erg/cm2 (15-150 keV); e ph/cm2/sec (15-150 keV); f PL = simple power-law, CPL = cutoff power-law (15-150 keV)

BAT Light Curve:

BAT Light Curve for GRB 140518A

XRT Data:

RA: a 15:09:00.60
Dec: a 42:25:05.6
90% Error Radius: b 1.5
Time to First Observation: c 69
Early Flux: d 367
11 Hour Flux: d 0.02263924
24 Hour Flux: d 0.006953646
Initial Temporal Index: -3.423
Spectral Index (Gamma): 1.93772
Column Density (NH): e 28.9394

Note: Please be aware that only the very basic temporal and spectral quantities are reported here. You are strongly encouraged to see the referenced GCN circulars for full details.
a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds; d 10-11 erg/cm2/s (0.3-10 keV); e 1021 cm-2

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UVOT Data:

RA: a n/a
Dec: a n/a
90% Error Radius: b n/a
Time to First Observation: c 77
V Magnitude: V>20.2
Other Filter Magnitudes: B>22.0
U>21.6
UVW1>21.4
UVM2>21.1
UVW2>21.3
White>22.6

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
4.707 (Gemini-North: absorption)
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:
KAIT (0.76m), Palomar (60"), Gemini-North (8m), HJT (1.5m), GORT (14")

Comments:

UVOT: no detection

References:

BAT: GCN 16298; GCN 16306
XRT: GCN 16298; GCN 16305; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 16298; GCN 16303
Radio:
Redshift: GCN 16301 (Gemini-North)
Host:
Other: