A multiband study of the optically dark GRB 051028

	A multiband study of the optically dark GRB 051028
	Urata, Yuji ; Huang, Kui-Yun ; Kuo, Ping-Hung ; Ip, Wing-Huen ; Qiu, Yulei; Masuno, Keisuke ; Tashiro, Makoto ; Abe, Keiichi ; Onda, Kaori ; Kodaka, Natsuki
刊名	PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
	2007
卷号	59 期号:4 页码:L29-L33
关键词	gamma-rays : bursts : optical afterglow techniques : photometric
英文摘要	Observations were made of the optical afterglow of GRB 051028 with the Lulin observatory 1.0 m telescope and the Wide-Field Telescope for GRB Early Timing (WIDGET) robotic telescope system. R-band photometric data were obtained on 2005 October 28 (UT), or 0.095-0.180 d after the burst. There is a possible plateau in the optical light curve around 0.1 d after the burst; the afterglow of GRB 051028 resembles optically bright afterglows (e.g., GRB 041006, GRB 050319, GRB 060605) in shape of the light curve, but not in brightness. The brightness of the GRB 051028 afterglow is 3 mag fainter than that of one of the dark events, GRB 020124. Optically dark GRBs have been attributed to dust extinction within the host galaxy or a high redshift. However, a spectrum analysis of the X-rays implies that there is no significant absorption by the host galaxy. Furthermore, according to a theoretical calculation of the Ly alpha absorption to find the limit of the GRB 051028's redshift, the expected R-band absorption is not high enough to explain the darkness of the afterglow. The present results disfavor either the high-redshift hypothesis or the high-extinction scenario for optically dark bursts; rather, they are consistent with the possibility that the brightness of the optical afterglow is intrinsically dark.
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000249977200003
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.bao.ac.cn/handle/114a11/8312]
专题	国家天文台_空间科学研究部
作者单位	1.Saitama Univ, Dept Phys, Sakura Ku, Wako, Saitama 3388570, Japan 2.Natl Cent Univ, Inst Astron, Chungli 32054, Taiwan 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China 4.Tokyo Univ Sci, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 1628601, Japan 5.RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan 6.Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy, Inst Space & Astron Sci, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan 7.Kyoto Univ, Dept Phys, Sakyo Ku, Kyoto 6068602, Japan 8.Univ Tokyo, Dept Phys, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Urata, Yuji,Huang, Kui-Yun,Kuo, Ping-Hung,et al. A multiband study of the optically dark GRB 051028[J]. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN,2007,59(4):L29-L33.
APA	Urata, Yuji.,Huang, Kui-Yun.,Kuo, Ping-Hung.,Ip, Wing-Huen.,Qiu, Yulei.,...&Makishimai, Kazuo.(2007).A multiband study of the optically dark GRB 051028.PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN,59(4),L29-L33.
MLA	Urata, Yuji,et al."A multiband study of the optically dark GRB 051028".PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 59.4(2007):L29-L33.