Analysis Summary

Notes:

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           BAT GROUND-DETECTED GRB DATA PROCESSING REPORT                 
            (This burst occurred during telescope slew)                  
    Process Script Ver: batgrbproduct v2.46
    Process Start Time: Tue Nov 11 08:47:39 EST 2014
             Host Name: bat1
   Current Working Dir: /local/data/bat1/alien/Swift_3rdBATcatalog/event/batevent_reproc/GRB090418B
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  Trigger: 00090078      Segment: 001

  BAT Trigger Time: 261737965.0
               UTC: 2009-04-18T08:59:20.331   [includes UTCF correction]
       Where From?: Ground analysis (best_duration.txt)
  NOTE: BAT trigger time for ground-detected burst during slew is the T100 start time.
 
  Refined Position:   [ source = BAT mosaic image ]
    RA: 225.914157234555   Dec: 17.2304913823518  [deg; J2000]
        { 15h 03m 39.4s , +17d 13' 49.8" }
        +/- 0.392204406676 [arcmin] (estimated 90% radius based on SNR)
    SNR: 115.843500037
 
 
  Angular difference between the analysis and refined position is Usage: arcmin
 
  Partial Coding Fraction: Unavailable because the burst occurred during slew.
 
  Duration
     T90: 38. +/- 1.
        Measured from: 3
                   to: 41     [s; relative to TRIGTIME]
     T50: 16. +/- 1.
        Measured from: 13
                   to: 29     [s; relative to TRIGTIME]
 
 
====== Table of the duration information =============================
 
        Value   tstart    tstop
T100   89.000    0.000   89.000
T90    38.000    3.000   41.000
T50    16.000   13.000   29.000
Peak    1.000   15.000   16.000
 
 
====== Spectral Analysis Summary =====================================
 
Model      : spectral model: simple power-law (PL) and cutoff power-law (CPL)
Ph_index   : photon index: E^{Ph_index}
Ph_90err   : 90% error of the photon index
Epeak      : Epeak in keV
Epeak_90err: 90% error of Epeak
Norm       : normalization at 50 keV in both the PL model and CPL model
Nomr_90err : 90% error of the normalization
chi2       : Chi-Squared
dof        : degree of freedo
 
=== Time-averaged spectral analysis ===
(Best model with acceptable fit: PL)
 
Model Ph_index Ph_90err_low Ph_90err_hi  Epeak  Epeak_90err_low  Epeak_90err_hi  Norm       Nomr_90err_low    Norm_90err_hi    chi2    dof
PL      -1.684    -0.031      0.031       -           -               -         2.00e-02     -3.14e-04          3.14e-04      41.620   57
CPL     -1.553    -0.121      0.124      200.939     -69.125      4834.961      2.28e-02     -2.46e-03          2.86e-03      38.220   56
 
 
=== 1-s peak spectral analysis ===
(Best model with acceptable fit: CPL)
 
Model Ph_index Ph_90err_low Ph_90err_hi  Epeak  Epeak_90err_low  Epeak_90err_hi  Norm       Nomr_90err_low    Norm_90err_hi    chi2    dof
PL      -1.463     -0.063     0.062       -           -               -         8.50e-02     -3.11e-03          3.11e-03      68.210   57
CPL     -0.955     -0.259     0.275      110.317     -21.388        57.482      1.48e-01     -3.58e-02          5.07e-02      56.370   56
 
 
=== Fluence/Peak Flux Summary ===
 
              Model    Band1     Band2     Band3     Band4     Band5     Total
                       15-25     25-50    50-100    100-350    15-150    15-350    keV
Fluence         PL   2.71e-06  4.45e-06  5.54e-06  1.37e-05  1.65e-05  2.64e-05   erg/cm2
      90%_error_low -9.29e-08 -8.81e-08 -9.92e-08 -5.74e-07 -2.57e-07 -6.04e-07   erg/cm2
      90%_error_hi   9.44e-08  8.79e-08  9.91e-08  5.91e-07  2.57e-07  6.16e-07   erg/cm2
Peak flux       PL   3.38e+00  3.47e+00  2.52e+00  2.93e+00  1.05e+01  1.23e+01   ph/cm2/s
      90%_error_low -2.23e-01 -1.43e-01 -1.11e-01 -2.57e-01 -4.02e-01 -4.50e-01   ph/cm2/s
      90%_error_hi   2.28e-01  1.42e-01  1.10e-01  2.72e-01  4.02e-01  4.50e-01   ph/cm2/s
 
Fluence        CPL   2.60e-06  4.46e-06  5.61e-06  1.18e-05  1.64e-05  2.45e-05   erg/cm2
      90%_error_low -1.30e-07 -8.97e-08 -1.17e-07 -1.50e-06 -2.85e-07 -1.54e-06   erg/cm2
      90%_error_hi   1.32e-07  8.96e-08  1.18e-07  1.76e-06  2.84e-07  1.79e-06   erg/cm2
Peak flux      CPL   3.02e+00  3.60e+00  2.66e+00  1.80e+00  1.03e+01  1.11e+01   ph/cm2/s
      90%_error_low -2.76e-01 -1.60e-01 -1.32e-01 -3.79e-01 -4.19e-01 -5.84e-01   ph/cm2/s
      90%_error_hi   2.82e-01  1.62e-01  1.34e-01  4.94e-01  4.19e-01  6.48e-01   ph/cm2/s
 
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  • Special notes of this burst




    Image

    Note1: The mosaic image is made with timebin = 0.10 s; energybin = 15-350 keV

    Note2: The mosaic image uses Galactic coordinate.

    #RAcent DECcent POSerr Theta  Phi  Peak_Cts  SNR Name
    225.914 17.230 0.001 28.908 68.083 0.139 115.844 UNKNOWN
     
    Image time interval: 0.000 to 89.000 [sec]
    




    Light Curves

    Note: The mask-weighted lightcurves have units of either count/det or counts/sec/det, where a det is 0.4 x 0.4 = 0.16 sq cm.

    Best duration plot

    Full-time range; 1 s binning

    Bokeh Plot

    Other quick-look light curves:




    Spectra

    Notes:

    Time averaged spectrum fit using the average DRM

    Power-law model
    Time interval is from    0.000 sec. to   89.000 sec.
     
    Spectral model in power-law:
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Parameters  : value       lower 90%   higher 90%
    Photon index: -1.68382     ( -0.0306381   0.0306469 )
    Norm@50keV  : 2.00488E-02    ( -0.000313669   0.000313576 )
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    #Fit statistic : Chi-Squared =          41.62 using 59 PHA bins.
    # Reduced chi-squared =         0.7301 for     57 degrees of freedom 
    # Null hypothesis probability =   9.371782e-01
     
    Photon flux (15-150 keV)    in 89 sec: 2.64793 ( -0.05272  0.053 ) ph/cm2/s
    Energy fluence (15-150 keV)             : 1.65451e-05 ( -2.5664e-07  2.56862e-07 ) ergs/cm2
     
    
    Cutoff power-law model
    Time interval is from    0.000 sec. to   89.000 sec.
    Spectral model in the cutoff power-law:
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Parameters  : value       lower 90%   higher 90%
    Photon index: -1.55255     ( -0.121193   0.124417 )
    Epeak [keV] : 200.939      ( -69.125 4834.97 )
    Norm@50keV  : 2.27851E-02    ( -0.00245575   0.00286041 )
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    #Fit statistic : Chi-Squared =          38.22 using 59 PHA bins.
    # Reduced chi-squared =         0.6825 for     56 degrees of freedom 
    # Null hypothesis probability =   9.668010e-01
     
    Photon flux (15-150 keV)    in 89 sec: 2.61004 ( -0.06209  0.06266 ) ph/cm2/s
    Energy fluence (15-150 keV)             : 1.64093e-05 ( -2.84647e-07  2.84314e-07 ) ergs/cm2
     
    

    1-s peak spectrum fit

    Power-law model
    Time interval is from   15.000 sec. to   16.000 sec.
     
    Spectral model in power-law:
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Parameters  : value       lower 90%   higher 90%
    Photon index: -1.46322     ( -0.0626628   0.0624189 )
    Norm@50keV  : 8.50298E-02    ( -0.00311252   0.00311122 )
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    #Fit statistic : Chi-Squared =          68.21 using 59 PHA bins.
    # Reduced chi-squared =          1.197 for     57 degrees of freedom 
    # Null hypothesis probability =   1.469850e-01
     
    Photon flux (15-150 keV)    in 1 sec: 10.5138 ( -0.4019  0.4024 ) ph/cm2/s
    Energy fluence (15-150 keV)             : 8.1182e-07 ( -3.1954e-08  3.20392e-08 ) ergs/cm2
     
    
    Cutoff power-law model
    Time interval is from   15.000 sec. to   16.000 sec.
    Spectral model in the cutoff power-law:
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Parameters  : value       lower 90%   higher 90%
    Photon index: -0.954708     ( -0.258845   0.274519 )
    Epeak [keV] : 110.317      ( -21.388 57.4822 )
    Norm@50keV  : 0.148458    ( -0.0358361   0.0506504 )
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    #Fit statistic : Chi-Squared =          56.37 using 59 PHA bins.
    # Reduced chi-squared =          1.007 for     56 degrees of freedom 
    # Null hypothesis probability =   4.610982e-01
     
    Photon flux (15-150 keV)    in 1 sec: 10.2651 ( -0.41857  0.4193 ) ph/cm2/s
    Energy fluence (15-150 keV)             : 7.91189e-07 ( -3.41992e-08  3.40695e-08 ) ergs/cm2
     
    

    Time-resolved spectra




    Distribution

    T90 vs. Hardness ratio plot

    T90                                   = 38.0 sec.
    Hardness ratio (energy fluence ratio) = 1.24505914105
    

    S(15-50 keV) vs. S(50-150 keV) plot

    S(15-50 keV)  = 7.156842e-06
    S(50-150 keV) = 9.388445e-06
    

    The dash-dotted line and the dashed line traces the fluences calculated from the Band function with Epeak = 15 and 150 keV, respectively. Both lines assume a canonical values of alpha = -1 and beta = -2.5.




    Mask shadow pattern

    Mask shadow pattern unavailable because this burst occurs during telescope slews.

    Spacecraft aspect plot