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Table 1.

Characteristics of Swift/UVOT filters.

Filter Central Wavelength FWHM AB Zero-point (a) Counts to Flux (Fλ) Ratio
(Å) (Å) (mag) ( 10 16 erg count 1 cm 2 Å 1 $ 10^{-16}\,\mathrm{erg\,count}^{-1}\,\mathrm{cm}^{-2}\,\AA^{-1} $)
UVW2 1928 657 19.11 ± 0.03 6.225 ± 0.1300
UVM2 2246 498 18.54 ± 0.03 8.489 ± 0.0530
UVW1 2600 693 18.95 ± 0.03 4.623 ± 0.1400
U 3465 785 19.36 ± 0.02 1.663 ± 0.0250
B 4392 975 18.98 ± 0.02 1.480 ± 0.0056
V 5468 769 17.88 ± 0.01 2.611 ± 0.0087

Notes. The central wavelength corresponds to the mid-point between the wavelengths at the full width at half maximum (FWHM). The zero-point magnitude represents the magnitude of a source producing one count per second.

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