GCN 44476: GRB 260421B: radio observation with the VLA

2026-05-05T15:50:44.521Z | rev 0 | event: GRB 260421B
S. Giarratana (INAF-OAB), M. Giroletti (INAF-IRA),
G. Ghirlanda (INAF-OAB), N. Di Lalla (Stanford Univ.),
N. Omodei (Stanford Univ.), O. S. Salafia (INAF-OAB),
L. Nava (INAF-OAB)


At 05:08:16 UT on 2026 April 22 (T_mid = 1.07 days post-burst) 
the Karl G. Jansky VLA observed the field of GRB 260421B
(Fermi GBM team, GCN 44360, 44382; SVOM mission team, GCN 44362,
GCN 44389, 44397; Insight-HXMT team, GCN 44401) at central
frequencies of 6, 10 and 15 GHz.

The standard 3C286 was used as bandpass and flux density
calibrator, while J1239-1023 was used as phase calibrator.

From a preliminary analysis, we do not detect the radio
counterpart of GRB 260421B. We derive the following upper
limits (UL; 3sigma):

================================================================
T_mid	Freq	UL	r.m.s.	Beam		PA
[days]	[GHz]	[uJy]	[uJy/b]	[arcsec^2]	[deg]
================================================================
1.07	6	24	8	0.47x0.28	11
1.07	10	24	8	0.30x0.18	11
1.07	15	27	9	0.20x0.11	-2
================================================================

We would like to thank the staff of the VLA for approving, executing,
and processing the observations.

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National
Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated
Universities, Inc.

These observations were carried out as part of project SF181027,
approved in the framework of the Fermi - NRAO joint program agreement.