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The X-shooter GRB afterglow legacy sample (XS-GRB)

  • In this work we present spectra of all gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows that have been promptly observed with the X-shooter spectrograph until 31/03/2017. In total, we have obtained spectroscopic observations of 103 individual GRBs observed within 48 hours of the GRB trigger. Redshifts have been measured for 97 per cent of these, covering a redshift range from 0.059 to 7.84. Based on a set of observational selection criteria that minimise biases with regards to intrinsic properties of the GRBs, the follow-up effort has been focused on producing a homogeneously selected sample of 93 afterglow spectra for GRBs discovered by the Swift satellite. We here provide a public release of all the reduced spectra, including continuum estimates and telluric absorption corrections. For completeness, we also provide reductions for the 18 late-time observations of the underlying host galaxies. We provide an assessment of the degree of completeness with respect to the parent GRB population, in terms of the X-ray properties of the bursts in the sampleIn this work we present spectra of all gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows that have been promptly observed with the X-shooter spectrograph until 31/03/2017. In total, we have obtained spectroscopic observations of 103 individual GRBs observed within 48 hours of the GRB trigger. Redshifts have been measured for 97 per cent of these, covering a redshift range from 0.059 to 7.84. Based on a set of observational selection criteria that minimise biases with regards to intrinsic properties of the GRBs, the follow-up effort has been focused on producing a homogeneously selected sample of 93 afterglow spectra for GRBs discovered by the Swift satellite. We here provide a public release of all the reduced spectra, including continuum estimates and telluric absorption corrections. For completeness, we also provide reductions for the 18 late-time observations of the underlying host galaxies. We provide an assessment of the degree of completeness with respect to the parent GRB population, in terms of the X-ray properties of the bursts in the sample and find that the sample presented here is representative of the full Swift sample. We have constrained the fraction of dark bursts to be <28 per cent and confirm previous results that higher optical darkness is correlated with increased X-ray absorption. For the 42 bursts for which it is possible, we have provided a measurement of the neutral hydrogen column density, increasing the total number of published HI column density measurements by similar to 33 per cent. This dataset provides a unique resource to study the ISM across cosmic time, from the local progenitor surroundings to the intervening Universe.show moreshow less

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Author details:Jonatan SelsingORCiD, D. Malesani, P. Goldoni, Johan FynboORCiD, T. Krühler, L. A. Antonelli, M. Arabsalmani, J. Bolmer, Z. Cano, L. Christensen, S. Covino, A. De Cia, A. de Ugarte Postigo, H. Flores, M. Fliis, A. Gomboc, J. Greiner, P. Groot, F. Hammer, O. E. Hartoog, K. E. Heintz, J. Hjorth, P. Jakobsson, J. Japelj, D. A. Kann, L. Kaper, C. Ledoux, G. Leloudas, A. J. Levan, E. Maiorano, A. Melandri, B. Milvang-Jensen, E. Palazzi, J. T. Palmerio, D. A. Perley, E. Pian, S. Piranomonte, G. Pugliese, R. Sanchez-Ramirez, S. Savaglio, P. Schady, S. Schulze, J. Sollerman, Martin SparreORCiDGND, G. Tagliaferri, N. R. Tanvir, C. C. Thone, S. D. Vergani, P. Vreeswijk, D. Watson, K. Wiersema, R. Wijers, D. Xu, T. Zafar
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832835
ISSN:1432-0746
ISSN:0004-6361
Title of parent work (English):Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal
Publisher:EDP Sciences
Place of publishing:Les Ulis
Publication type:Article
Language:English
Date of first publication:2019/03/12
Publication year:2019
Release date:2021/03/16
Tag:ISM: general; catalogs; galaxies: high-redshift; galaxies: star formation; gamma-ray burst: general; techniques: spectroscopic
Volume:623
Number of pages:42
Funding institution:ERC-StG grant [EGGS-278202]; Danish National Research FoundationDanmarks Grundforskningsfond; VILLUM FONDEN Investigator grant [16599]; European Commission under the Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship Programme in FP7European Union (EU); NOVA; NWO-FAPESP grant for advanced instrumentation in astronomy; Icelandic Research Fund [162948-051]; Slovenian Research AgencySlovenian Research Agency - Slovenia [P1-0031, J1-8136]; Spanish National Research Grant of Excellence [AYA 2014-58381-P]; Ramon y Cajal fellowshipSpanish Government [RyC-2012-09984]; BBVA Foundation Grant for Researchers and Cultural CreatorsBBVA Foundation; Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [AYA2014-58381-P]; Spanish research project [AYA 2014-58381-P]; Juan de la Cierva Incorporacion [IJCI-2014-21669, IJCI-2015-26153]; ASI (Italian Space Agency)Italian Space Agency [2015-046-R.0]; European Union Horizon 2020 Programme under the AHEAD project [654215]; VILLUM FONDEN [19054]; French National Research Agency (ANR)French National Research Agency (ANR) [ANR-16-CE31-0003 BEaPro]; Instrument Center for Danish Astrophysics (IDA); National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNational Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) [NNX08AR22G]; National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation (NSF) [AST-1238877]
Organizational units:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie
DDC classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Peer review:Referiert
Publishing method:Open Access / Bronze Open-Access
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