Swift BAT Sub-Threshold Detection of EPW20240219aa
Abstract
Swift/BAT did not localize EPW20240219aa onboard (ATel 16463; ATel 16472). In a ground analysis of a 300 s BAT survey exposure starting at 2024-02-19T06:18:06 we find a source matching the position of EPW20240219aa at a SNR of 5.4. The BAT position is RA, Dec = 80.046, +25.500 deg which is RA(J2000) = 05h 20m 11.04s Dec(J2000) = +25d 30' 00.0″ with an estimated uncertainty of 4 arcmin radius. An inspection of the BAT rates data shows this burst starting at ~2024-02-19T06:21:44 and lasting ~55 s, matching the observation by Fermi GBM (GCN 35773, GCN 35776). With the observation by BAT that matches spatially and temporally we conclude that EPW20240219aa is most likely a GRB.
- Publication:
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- February 2024
- Bibcode:
- 2024GCN.35784....1D