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29 March 2024
 
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Probing a GRB progenitor at a redshift of z=2: a comprehensive observing campaign of the afterglow of GRB 030226
S. Klose ; J. Greiner ; A. Rau ; A.A. Henden ; D.H. Hartmann ; A. Zeh ; C. Ries ; N. Masetti ; D. Malesani ; E. Guenther ; J. Gorosabel ; B. Stecklum ; L.A. Antonelli ; C. Brinkworth ; J.M. Castro Cerón ; A.J. Castro-Tirado ; S. Covino ; A. Fruchter ; J.P. Fynbo ; G. Ghisellini ; J. Hjorth ; R. Hudec ; M. Jel’{i}nek ; L. Kaper ; C. Kouveliotou ; K. Lindsay ; E. Maiorano ; F. Mannucci ; M. Nysewander ; E. Palazzi ; K. Pedersen ; E. Pian ; D. Reichart ; J. Rhoads ; E. Rol ; I. Smail ; N.R. Tanvir ; A. de Ugarte Postigo ; P.M. Vreeswijk ; R.A.M.J. Wijers ; E.P.J. van den Heuvel ;
Date 3 Aug 2004
Journal Astron.J. 128 (2004) 1942-1954 DOI: 10.1086/424539
Subject astro-ph
AbstractWe report results from a comprehensive follow-up observing campaign of the afterglow of GRB 030226, including VLT spectroscopy, VLT polarimetry, and Chandra X-ray observations. In addition, we present BOOTES-1 wide-field observations at the time of the occurrence of the burst. First observations at ESO started 0.2 days after the event when the GRB afterglow was at a magnitude of R~19 and continued until the afterglow had faded below the detection threshold (R>26). No underlying host galaxy was found. The optical light curve shows a break around 0.8 days after the burst, which is achromatic within the observational errors, supporting the view that it was due to a jetted explosion. Close to the break time the degree of linear polarization of the afterglow light was less than 1.1%, which favors a uniform jet model rather than a structured one. VLT spectra show two absorption line systems at redshifts z=1.962+/-0.001 and at z=1.986+/-0.001, placing the lower limit for the redshift of the GRB close to 2. We emphasize that the kinematics and the composition of the absorbing clouds responsible for these line systems is very similar to those observed in the afterglow of GRB 021004. This corroborates the picture in which at least some GRBs are physically related to the explosion of a Wolf-Rayet star.
Source arXiv, astro-ph/0408041
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