GRB 230824***A***: Swift-BAT refined analysis
 
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S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), 
H. A. Krimm (NSF),
S. Laha (GSFC/UMBC),
A. Y. Lien (U Tampa),
C. B. Markwardt (GSFC),
D. M. Palmer (LANL),
T. Parsotan (GSFC/UMBC),
T. Sakamoto (AGU),
M. Stamatikos (OSU)
(i.e. the Swift-BAT team):
 
Using the data set from T-60 to T+243 sec from the recent telemetry downlink,
we report further analysis of BAT GRB 230824***A*** (trigger #1186959)
(NAME, et al., GCN Circ. xxxx).  The BAT ground-calculated position is
RA, Dec = 261.998, -16.123 deg which is 
   RA(J2000)  =  17h 27m 59.5s 
   Dec(J2000) = -16d 07' 21.8" 
with an uncertainty of 4.2 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment).
The partial coding was 89%.
 
[Description about the mask-weighted light curve]
T90 (15-350 keV) is 118.08 +- 82.83 sec (estimated error including systematics).
 
The time-averaged spectrum from T+3.01 to T+205.68 sec is best fit by a power law
with an exponential cutoff.  This fit gives a photon index 1.12 +- 0.34, 
and Epeak of 77.7 +- 25.9 keV (chi squared 50.95 for 56 d.o.f.).  For this
model the total fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 4.3 +- 0.2 x 10^-06 erg/cm2
and the 1-sec peak flux measured from T+17.20 sec in the 15-150 keV band is
0.9 +- 0.2 ph/cm2/sec.  A fit to a simple power law gives a photon index
of 1.69 +- 0.08 (chi squared 60.02 for 57 d.o.f.).  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/1186959/BA/