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Spectroscopy and multiband photometry of the afterglow of intermediate duration γ-ray burst GRB 040924 and its host galaxy
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(2008) Spectroscopy and multiband photometry of the afterglow of intermediate duration γ-ray burst GRB 040924 and its host galaxy. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.481 (No.2). pp. 319-326. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078050 ISSN 0004-6361.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078050
Abstract
Aims. We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of the afterglow and host galaxy of gamma-ray burst GRB040924. This GRB had a rather short duration of T90 ∼ 2.4 s, and a well sampled optical afterglow light curve. We aim to use this dataset to find further evidence that this burst is consistent with a massive star core-collapse progenitor.
Methods. We combine the afterglow data reported here with those from the literature and compare the host properties with survey data.
Results. We find that the global behaviour of the optical afterglow is well fit by a broken power-law, with a break at ∼0.03 days. We determine the redshift z = 0.858 ± 0.001 from the detected emission lines in our spectrum. Using the spectrum and photometry we derive global properties of the host, showing it to have similar properties to other long GRB hosts.We detect the [Ne iii] emission line
in the spectrum, and compare the fluxes of this line of a sample of 15 long GRB host galaxies with survey data, showing the long GRB hosts to be comparable to local metal-poor emission line galaxies in their [Ne iii] emission. We fit the supernova bump accompanying this burst, and find that it is similar to other long GRB supernova bumps, but fainter.
Conclusions. All properties of GRB 040924 (the associated supernova, the spectrum and SED of host and afterglow) are consistent with an origin in the core-collapse of a massive star.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Gamma ray bursts, Red shift, Astronomical photometry, Astronomical spectroscopy | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Astronomy & Astrophysics | ||||
Publisher: | EDP Sciences | ||||
ISSN: | 0004-6361 | ||||
Official Date: | April 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.481 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 319-326 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361:20078050 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Fifth Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP5), Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research] (NWO), Spain. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research] (NWO) | ||||
Grant number: | 639.043.302 (NWO), ESP2002-04124-C03-01 (MEC), AYA2004-01515 (MEC), 073.D-0465(B) (ESO), HPRN-CT-2002-00294 (FP5) |
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