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z=6.3时的GRB 050904是否被灰尘吸收?

Is GRB 050904 at z=6.3 absorbed by dust?

G. Stratta, S. Gallerani, R. Maiolino

摘要:

过去,关于这种伽玛暴的尘埃灭绝的说法一直存在争议。我们认为,出现不一致的结果主要是因为大多数以前的研究没有同时调查的X射线近红外光谱的能量分布的伽玛暴。这种爆发的困难在于,X射线余辉在早期由强烈的耀斑主导,而在后期监测得很差。此外,Z波段测光,这是最敏感的尘埃消光,已被发现受到强烈的系统性。在本文中,我们仔细重新分析雨燕/XRT余辉观测的GRB,使用广泛的过去的研究X射线耀斑的属性时,计算X射线余辉通量水平和利用最近的再分析的光学(UV休息帧)数据相同的GRB。我们提取的X射线光学/近红外余辉SED的三个时代,其中最好的光谱覆盖范围是:0.47,1.25,和3.4天后,触发。光谱幂律模型已被拟合到提取的SED。我们讨论,没有光谱中断或色的时间中断,预计在感兴趣的时代。为了拟合任何紫外静止框架尘埃吸收,我们测试了小麦哲伦云(SMC)消光曲线,在$z>4$的类星体样本中发现的平均消光曲线(MEC)及其相应的衰减曲线,以及星暴衰减曲线,消光曲线与超新星尘埃起源(SN型)一致。SMC消光曲线和SN型曲线提供了很好的拟合的数据在所有的时代,在$λ_{rest} = 3000 Å$的平均尘埃吸收量为$A_{3000} = 0.25\pm 0.07$马格。这些结果表明,原始星系在$z = 6.3$托管这个伽玛暴已经丰富了它的ISM与尘埃。

英文摘要:

Claim of dust extinction for this GRB has been debated in the past. We suggest that the discrepant results occur primarily because most of previous studies have not simultaneously investigated the X-ray to near-IR spectral energy distribution of this GRB. The difficulty with this burst is that the X-ray afterglow is dominated by strong flares at early times and is poorly monitored at late times. In addition, the Z band photometry, which is the most sensitive to dust extinction, has been found to be affected by strong systematics. In this paper we carefully re-analyze the Swift/XRT afterglow observations of this GRB, using extensive past studies of X-ray flare properties when computing the X-ray afterglow flux level and exploiting the recent reanalysis of the optical (UV rest frame) data of the same GRB. We extract the X-ray to optical/near-IR afterglow SED for the three epochs where the best spectral coverage is available: 0.47, 1.25, and 3.4 days after the trigger. A spectral power-law model has been fitted to the extracted SEDs. We discuss that no spectral breaks or chromatic temporal breaks are expected in the epochs of interest. To fit any UV rest-frame dust absorption, we tested the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) extinction curve, the mean extinction curve (MEC) found for a sample of QSO at $z>4$ and its corresponding attenuation curve, as well as a starburst attenuation curve, and the extinction curve consistent with a supernova dust origin (SN-type). The SMC extinction curve and the SN-type one provide good fit to the data at all epochs, with an average amount of dust absorption at $λ_{rest} = 3000 Å$ of $A_{3000} = 0.25\pm 0.07$ mag. These results indicate that the primeval galaxy at $z = 6.3$ hosting this GRB has already enriched its ISM with dust.

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