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Catalogue XRT results for GRB 121229A

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Summary Information

RA:12h 40m 24.36sLC breaks:1
Dec:-50° 35′ 37.9′′LC type:One-break, steep first.
Err:1.4′′NH,intr.:1.49×1016 cm-2
Gal long:301.141Redshift2.707
Gal lat:12.239Γ2.2
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If you use any of these data, please cite Evans et al. (2009), which describes how these products were created (see the usage policy for more information).

Light curve

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This light curve comes from the light curve repository (if you use it, please cite Evans et al [2007, 2009]. Flares, marked by cross-hatched regions, are identified automatically, but may have been manually corrected. These are excluded from the fit. Any power-law breaks added to the fit must be required at the 4-σ level (according to an f-test) to be included in the best-fit. Details of all fits attempted are given below the plot. For more information see the light curve fitting documentation.

Fitted light curve of GRB 121229A

Fit Details

Nbreaksχ2dofCommentsImage
094.743Image of this fit
144.941Break required.

(2.34e-05 % probability of chance improvement).
This is the best fit.
Image of this fit
242.039Break significance <4-σ
(26.47 % probability of chance improvement)
Image of this fit
332.837Break significance <4-σ
(1.77 % probability of chance improvement)
Image of this fit

There are 2 flares excluded from the fit:

  • 358—619 s
  • 9704—2.29×105 s

The best-fitting light curve has 1 break.

Click on the number of breaks in the table to the right to change which fit is plotted above and detailed below.

Currently showing the best fit.

α14.7 (+0.7, -0.4)
Tb,1193 (+9, -11) s
α21.97 (+0.19, -0.12)

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Spectra

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Spectra have been created for each power-law segment in the best fitting light curve (shown above). Times of flaring have not been removed, however this makes little difference to most spectra (see Fig 7/8c of Evans et al. 2009). For more information see the time-resolved spectroscopy documentation.

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phase1 spectrum (T0 + 152 to 192 s)

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WT mode spectrum of GRB 121229A

WT mode. Mean photon arrival: T0+168 s

NH (Galactic)2.08 × 1021 cm-2
NH (intrinsic)7.3 (+10.8, -7.3) × 1021 cm-2
z of absorber2.707
Photon index2.68 (+0.22, -0.20)
Flux (0.3-10 keV)
(Observed)
4.9 (+0.5, -0.5) × 10-10 erg cm-2 s-1
Flux (0.3-10 keV)
(Unabsorbed)
1.02 (+0.18, -0.12) × 10-9 erg cm-2 s-1
Counts to flux (obs)2.55 × 10-11 erg cm-2 ct-1
Counts to flux (unabs)5.28 × 10-11 erg cm-2 ct-1
W-stat (dof)
What's this?
227.43 (255)
Spectrum exposure40 s

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phase2 spectrum (T0 + 192 to 229345 s)

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WT and PC mode spectra of GRB 121229A

WT mode. Mean photon arrival: T0+449 s

NH (Galactic)2.08 × 1021 cm-2
NH (intrinsic)1.1 (+0.4, -0.4) × 1022 cm-2
z of absorber2.707
Photon index2.02 (+0.05, -0.05)
Flux (0.3-10 keV)
(Observed)
8.07 (+0.25, -0.24) × 10-10 erg cm-2 s-1
Flux (0.3-10 keV)
(Unabsorbed)
1.16 (+0.03, -0.03) × 10-9 erg cm-2 s-1
Counts to flux (obs)3.52 × 10-11 erg cm-2 ct-1
Counts to flux (unabs)5.07 × 10-11 erg cm-2 ct-1
W-stat (dof)
What's this?
591.99 (611)
Spectrum exposure330 s

PC mode. Mean photon arrival: T0+26040 s

NH (Galactic)2.08 × 1021 cm-2
NH (intrinsic)0 (+1.27 × 1022, -0) cm-2
z of absorber2.707
Photon index2.23 (+0.23, -0.19)
Flux (0.3-10 keV)
(Observed)
5.5 (+0.6, -0.8) × 10-13 erg cm-2 s-1
Flux (0.3-10 keV)
(Unabsorbed)
8.5 (+1.0, -0.9) × 10-13 erg cm-2 s-1
Counts to flux (obs)3.13 × 10-11 erg cm-2 ct-1
Counts to flux (unabs)4.80 × 10-11 erg cm-2 ct-1
W-stat (dof)
What's this?
151.13 (173)
Spectrum exposure26.6 ks

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Comparison with other bursts

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Parameter distributions

The plots below show the probability density functions of the temporal and time-averaged spectral parameters for all GRBs, with the data for GRB 121229A shown on in colour. Click the images for larger versions.

For all plots, the solid vertical lines mark the values for this GRB, and the dashed lines the 1-σ uncertainties. For α and Tb, the colour changes for each phase. For the spectral parameters, the WT fits are shown in blue and the PC in red. These figures correspond to Figs. 5,6, 7a and 8a of Evans et al. (2009). See the PDF documentation for more information.

Temporal indicesBreak TimesNHSpectral indices
Comparison of decay indices Comparison of light curve break times Comparison of intrinsic column densities Comparison of spectral energy indices

Closure Relationships

The plots below show (α, β) scatter plots for each phase of all One-break, steep first light curves. GRB 121229A is shown in colour; where multiple points appear in a given phase (e.g. WT and PC mode spectra for that phase), the different colours refer to different spectra. α and β are the temporal and spectral energy power-law indices respectively. The shaded regions mark those allowed by the standard closure relationships. These figures correspond to Fig. 10 of Evans et al. (2009). See the closure relationship documentation for more information.

One-break, steep first
Steep phase
One-break, steep first
Shallow phase
Comparison of One-break, steep first, steep phase closuresComparison of One-break, steep first, shallow phase closures

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