TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 6954 SUBJECT: GRB 071020, Swift-BAT refined analysis DATE: 07/10/20 16:46:43 GMT FROM: Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC J. Tueller (GSFC), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), J. Cummings (GSFC/UMBC), E. Fenimore (LANL), N. Gehrels (GSFC), S. T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC), H. Krimm (GSFC/USRA), C. Markwardt (GSFC/UMD), J. Norris (U. Denver), D. Palmer (LANL), A. Parsons (GSFC), T. Sakamoto (GSFC/UMBC), G. Sato (GSFC/ISAS), M. Stamatikos (GSFC/ORAU), T. Ukwatta (GWU) (i.e. the Swift-BAT team): Using the data set from T-239 to T+625 sec from recent telemetry downlinks, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 071020 (trigger #294835) (Holland, et al., GCN Circ. 6949). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 119.666, 32.857 deg, which is RA(J2000) = 07h 58m 39.9s Dec(J2000) = 32d 51' 25" with an uncertainty of 1.0 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 90%. The mask-weighted lightcurve shows at least 8 overlapping pulses in the initial burst. They all have approximately the same peak flux values. This emission starts at ~T-3 sec, peaks at ~T-1.5 sec, and ends at ~T+0.9 sec. T90 (15-350 keV) is 4.2 +- 0.2 sec (estimated error including systematics). The spectral lag for this burst is: 59 +7-9 msec for the 150-300 to 25-50 keV bands, and 10 +8-7 msec for the 50-100 to 15-25 keV bands. The time-averaged spectrum from T-3.0 to T+7.4 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 1.11 +- 0.05. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 2.3 +- 0.1 x 10^-6 erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T-0.36 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 8.4 +- 0.3 ph/cm2/sec. All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level. Folding in the borderline results of the T90, the hardness ratio, the spectral lag, and very marginal detection of extended emission in the lightcurve; we think this is a Long burst, but we can not rule out the possibility of a SHB classification.