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GRB 120404A

Time: 12:51:02
Trigger Number: 519380
Burst Advocate: Giulia Stratta

BAT Data:

RA: a 235.002
15:40:00.5
Dec: a 12.883
12:52:58.8
90% Error Radius: b 1.2
T90: c 38.7
Fluence: d 16 (1)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 1.2 (0.2)
Photon Index: f 1.85, PL (0.13)

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 120404A

XRT Data:

RA: a 15:40:02.34
Dec: a 12:53:05.9
90% Error Radius: b 1.4
Time to First Observation: c 130.02
Early Flux: d 73.4
11 Hour Flux: d 0.021299642
24 Hour Flux: d 0.0052762
Initial Temporal Index: -2.17
Spectral Index (Gamma): 1.89579
Column Density (NH): e 5.12667

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 15:40:02.29
Dec: a 12:53:06.3
90% Error Radius: b 0.65
Time to First Observation: c 138
V Magnitude: V=17.69
Other Filter Magnitudes: B=19.22
U=19.90
UVW1>20.3
UVM2>21.5
UVW2>22.1
White=19.43

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
2.876 (Gemini-North: absorption)
~2.88 (VLT/UT2: absorption)
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:
Faulkes North (2m), Gemini-North, TNT, MITSuME (50cm), Murikabushi (1m), VLT/UT2, Mt John University Observatory (61cm), MPG/ESO (2.2m), MASTER II, EVLA @ 22 GHz, ARIES (1.04m), ISON-Blagoveschensk Observatory (0.25m and 0.4m), Sayan Observatory

Comments:

References:

BAT: GCN 13208; GCN 13220
XRT: GCN 13208; GCN 13218; GCN 13222; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 13208; GCN 13226
Radio: GCN 13231 (EVLA)
Redshift: GCN 13213 (Gemini-North); GCN 13217 (Gemini-North); GCN 13227 (VLT/UT2)
Host:
Other: GCN Report 372.1