The redshift and the ordinary host galaxy of GRB 970228

Details The redshift and the ordinary host galaxy of GRB 970228 The redshift and the ordinary host galaxy of GRB 970228

2000-07-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0007244v1

Astrophys.J. 554 (2001) 678-683

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal. 8 LaTex pages including 4 Postscript files. Uses macros psfig and emulateapj

Scientific paper

10.1086/321398

The gamma-ray burst of 28 February 1997 (GRB 970228) ushered in the discovery of the afterglow phenomenon. Despite intense study of the host galaxy, however, the nature of the host and the distance to the burst eluded the community. Here we present the measurement of the redshift of GRB 970228, and, based on its spectroscopic and photometric properties, identify the host as an underluminous, but otherwise normal galaxy at redshift z=0.695 undergoing a modest level of star formation. At this redshift, the GRB released an isotropic equivalent energy of E = (6.8 +/- 0.5) x 10^51 erg [30-2000 keV restframe]. We find no evidence that the host is much bluer or forming stars more rigorously than the general field population. In fact, by all accounts in our analysis (color-magnitude, magnitude-radius, star-formation rate, Balmer-break amplitude) the host properties appear typical for faint blue field galaxies at comparable redshifts.

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