On Dust Extinction of Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxies

Details On Dust Extinction of Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxies On Dust Extinction of Gamma-ray Burst Host Galaxies

2008-08-29

arxiv.org/abs/0808.4115v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 4 figures; The Astrophysical Journal, in press (2008 Oct 1 issue)

Scientific paper

10.1086/591049

Although it is well recognized that gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows are obscured and reddened by dust in their host galaxies, the wavelength-dependence and quantity of dust extinction are still poorly known. Current studies on this mostly rely on fitting the afterglow spectral energy distributions (SEDs) with template extinction models. The inferred extinction (both quantity and wavelength-dependence) and dust-to-gas ratios are often in disagreement with that obtained from dust depletion and X-ray spectroscopy studies. We argue that this discrepancy could result from the prior assumption of a template extinction law. We propose an analytical formula to approximate the GRB host extinction law. With the template extinction laws self-contained, and the capability of revealing extinction laws differing from the conventional ones, it is shown that this is a powerful approach in modeling the afterglow SEDs to derive GRB host extinction.

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