GRB 041219A: its host galaxy and its broad-band prompt optical-to-gamma-ray emission

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Aug 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aipc.1358..261g&link_type=abstract

GAMMA RAY BURSTS 2010. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1358, pp. 261-264 (2011).

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Telescopes, Redshift, Shock Waves, Relativity, X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation, Distances, Redshifts, Radial Velocities, Spatial Distribution Of Galaxies, Strong Motions And Shock Waves, Relativity And Gravitation

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GRB 041219A is one of the longest and brightest gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) ever observed. It was discovered by the INTEGRAL satellite, and, thanks to a precursor happening about 300 s before the bulk of the burst, ground based telescopes were able to catch the rarely-observed prompt emission in the optical and in the near-infrared bands.
Here we present the late-time multi-band near-infrared imaging data, collected at the CFHT, that allowed us to identify the host galaxy of the GRB as an under-luminous, irregular galaxy of ~5×109Msolar at best-fit redshift of z = 0.31-0.26+0.54. In addition we model the broad-band prompt optical to γ-ray emission of GRB 041219A within the internal shock model, where we were able to reproduce the spectra and light curve invoking the synchrotron emission of relativistic electrons accelerated by a series of propagating shock waves inside a relativistic outflow.

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