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: Mon Mar 23 01:32:46 EDT 2015
             Host Name: bat1
   Current Working Dir: /local/data/bat1/alien/Swift_3rdBATcatalog/event/batevent_reproc/GRB131224B
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  Trigger: 00032923      Segment: 023

  BAT Trigger Time: 409548319.208
               UTC: 2013-12-24T03:25:07.777   [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: 163.720024284771   Dec: -14.1831090869033  [deg; J2000]
        { 10h 54m 52.8s , -14d -10' -59.2" }
        +/- 1.97341576481 [arcmin] (estimated 90% radius based on SNR)
    SNR: 11.5195191252
 
 
  Angular difference between the analysis and refined position is Usage: arcmin
 
  Partial Coding Fraction: Unavailable because the burst occurred during slew.
 
  Duration
     T90: 8.34799998998642 +/- 1.07690850813724
        Measured from: 0.308
                   to: 8.656     [s; relative to TRIGTIME]
     T50: 5.63199996948242 +/- 3.68330498596112
        Measured from: 1.176
                   to: 6.808     [s; relative to TRIGTIME]
 
 
====== Table of the duration information =============================
 
        Value   tstart    tstop
T100    9.616    0.000    9.616
T90     8.348    0.308    8.656
T50     5.632    1.176    6.808
Peak    1.000    0.976    1.976
 
 
====== 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      -2.080    -0.194      0.183       -           -               -         2.91e-03     -3.92e-04          3.84e-04      60.240   57
CPL     -1.052    -0.815      1.019       36.250     -17.269        11.048      1.20e-02     -1.20e-02          3.85e-02      55.380   56
 
 
=== 1-s peak 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      -1.690     -0.171     0.166       -           -               -         1.10e-02     -1.27e-03          1.25e-03      56.920   57
CPL     -0.249     -0.833     1.043       53.663      -8.572        17.942      6.96e-02     -6.96e-02          1.98e-01      47.010   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   6.17e-08  7.98e-08  7.56e-08  1.26e-07  2.59e-07  3.44e-07   erg/cm2
      90%_error_low -8.12e-09 -8.15e-09 -1.36e-08 -3.92e-08 -3.15e-08 -5.70e-08   erg/cm2
      90%_error_hi   8.27e-09  8.11e-09  1.40e-08  4.95e-08  3.23e-08  6.49e-08   erg/cm2
Peak flux       PL   5.42e-01  4.87e-01  3.02e-01  2.85e-01  1.45e+00  1.62e+00   ph/cm2/s
      90%_error_low -8.20e-02 -5.13e-02 -4.40e-02 -7.22e-02 -1.52e-01 -1.72e-01   ph/cm2/s
      90%_error_hi   8.46e-02  5.12e-02  4.41e-02  8.53e-02  1.52e-01  1.72e-01   ph/cm2/s
 
Fluence        CPL   5.78e-08  9.00e-08  6.87e-08  1.26e-07  2.35e-07  3.43e-07   erg/cm2
      90%_error_low -9.03e-09 -1.13e-08 -1.82e-08 -2.52e-08 -3.30e-08 -5.61e-08   erg/cm2
      90%_error_hi   9.02e-09  1.17e-08  1.69e-08  5.71e-08  3.62e-08  6.29e-08   erg/cm2
Peak flux      CPL   4.60e-01  5.75e-01  3.12e-01  6.47e-02  1.40e+00  1.41e+00   ph/cm2/s
      90%_error_low -9.56e-02 -7.18e-02 -5.60e-02     N/A   -1.54e-01 -1.60e-01   ph/cm2/s
      90%_error_hi   9.72e-02  7.51e-02  5.36e-02     N/A    1.54e-01  1.65e-01   ph/cm2/s
 
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  • Special notes of this burst




    Image

    Note1: The mosaic image is made with timebin = 0.05 s; energybin = 15-350 keV

    Note2: The mosaic image uses Galactic coordinate.

    #RAcent DECcent POSerr Theta  Phi  Peak_Cts  SNR Name
    163.720 -14.183 0.006 34.503 -96.026 0.040 11.520 UNKNOWN
     
    Image time interval: 0.000 to 9.616 [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    9.616 sec.
     
    Spectral model in power-law:
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Parameters  : value       lower 90%   higher 90%
    Photon index: -2.07977     ( -0.193948   0.182939 )
    Norm@50keV  : 2.90872E-03    ( -0.000391807   0.000384479 )
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    #Fit statistic : Chi-Squared =          60.24 using 59 PHA bins.
    # Reduced chi-squared =          1.057 for     57 degrees of freedom 
    # Null hypothesis probability =   3.594497e-01
     
    Photon flux (15-150 keV)    in 9.616 sec: 0.453137 ( -0.044842  0.044842 ) ph/cm2/s
    Energy fluence (15-150 keV)             : 2.59439e-07 ( -3.15072e-08  3.22599e-08 ) ergs/cm2
     
    
    Cutoff power-law model
    Time interval is from    0.000 sec. to    9.616 sec.
    Spectral model in the cutoff power-law:
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Parameters  : value       lower 90%   higher 90%
    Photon index: -1.05212     ( -0.814532   1.01865 )
    Epeak [keV] : 36.2502      ( -17.2694 11.0482 )
    Norm@50keV  : 1.20164E-02    ( -0.0120164   0.0385409 )
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    #Fit statistic : Chi-Squared =          55.38 using 59 PHA bins.
    # Reduced chi-squared =         0.9889 for     56 degrees of freedom 
    # Null hypothesis probability =   4.983024e-01
     
    Photon flux (15-150 keV)    in 9.616 sec: 0.438822 ( -0.045703  0.045898 ) ph/cm2/s
    Energy fluence (15-150 keV)             : 2.34533e-07 ( -3.3015e-08  3.61519e-08 ) ergs/cm2
     
    

    1-s peak spectrum fit

    Power-law model
    Time interval is from    0.976 sec. to    1.976 sec.
     
    Spectral model in power-law:
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Parameters  : value       lower 90%   higher 90%
    Photon index: -1.69029     ( -0.171427   0.166385 )
    Norm@50keV  : 1.09598E-02    ( -0.00126858   0.00125397 )
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    #Fit statistic : Chi-Squared =          56.92 using 59 PHA bins.
    # Reduced chi-squared =         0.9985 for     57 degrees of freedom 
    # Null hypothesis probability =   4.781834e-01
     
    Photon flux (15-150 keV)    in 1 sec: 1.45074 ( -0.15185  0.15189 ) ph/cm2/s
    Energy fluence (15-150 keV)             : 1.01571e-07 ( -1.22569e-08  1.24199e-08 ) ergs/cm2
     
    
    Cutoff power-law model
    Time interval is from    0.976 sec. to    1.976 sec.
    Spectral model in the cutoff power-law:
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Parameters  : value       lower 90%   higher 90%
    Photon index: -0.248767     ( -0.833295   1.04337 )
    Epeak [keV] : 53.6625      ( -8.57201 17.9425 )
    Norm@50keV  : 6.95718E-02    ( -0.0695724   0.197736 )
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    #Fit statistic : Chi-Squared =          47.01 using 59 PHA bins.
    # Reduced chi-squared =         0.8395 for     56 degrees of freedom 
    # Null hypothesis probability =   7.983061e-01
     
    Photon flux (15-150 keV)    in 1 sec: 1.39987 ( -0.15424  0.15444 ) ph/cm2/s
    Energy fluence (15-150 keV)             : 9.10794e-08 ( -1.27022e-08  1.33926e-08 ) ergs/cm2
     
    

    Time-resolved spectra




    Distribution

    T90 vs. Hardness ratio plot

    T90                                   = 8.348 sec.
    Hardness ratio (energy fluence ratio) = 0.946259078231
    

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

    S(15-50 keV)  = 1.4158592e-07
    S(50-150 keV) = 1.1785367e-07
    

    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