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GRB 080517 : a local, low-luminosity gamma-ray burst in a dusty galaxy at z = 0.09
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Stanway, Elizabeth R., Levan, Andrew J., Tanvir, N., Wiersema, K., van der Horst, A., Mundell, C. G. and Guidorzi, C. (2015) GRB 080517 : a local, low-luminosity gamma-ray burst in a dusty galaxy at z = 0.09. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446 (4). pp. 3911-3925. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu2286 ISSN 0035-8711.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2286
Abstract
We present an analysis of the photometry and spectroscopy of the host galaxy of Swift-detected GRB 080517. From our optical spectroscopy, we identify a redshift of z = 0.089 ± 0.003, based on strong emission lines, making this a rare example of a very local, low-luminosity, long gamma-ray burst. The galaxy is detected in the radio with a flux density of S4.5 GHz = 0.22 ± 0.04 mJy – one of relatively few known gamma-ray bursts hosts with a securely measured radio flux. Both optical emission lines and a strong detection at 22 μm suggest that the host galaxy is forming stars rapidly, with an inferred star formation rate ∼16 M⊙ yr−1 and a high dust obscuration (E(B − V) > 1, based on sightlines to the nebular emission regions). The presence of a companion galaxy within a projected distance of 25 kpc, and almost identical in redshift, suggests that star formation may have been triggered by galaxy–galaxy interaction. However, fitting of the remarkably flat spectral energy distribution from the ultraviolet through to the infrared suggests that an older, 500 Myr post-starburst stellar population is present along with the ongoing star formation. We conclude that the host galaxy of GRB 080517 is a valuable addition to the still very small sample of well-studied local gamma-ray burst hosts.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0035-8711 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | February 2015 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 446 | ||||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 3911-3925 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stu2286 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 October 2016 |
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