GRB 010921: Discovery of the first high energy transient explorer afterglow

P. A. Price; S. R. Kulkarni; E. Berger; S. G. Djorgovski; D. A. Frail; A. Mahabal; D. W. Fox; F. A. Harrison; J. S. Bloom; S. A. Yost; D. E. Reichart; A. A. Henden; G. R. Ricker; R. Van Der Spek; K. Hurley; J. L. Atteia; N. Kawai; E. Fenimore; C. Graziani

doi:10.1086/341332

GRB 010921: Discovery of the first high energy transient explorer afterglow

P. A. Price^*, S. R. Kulkarni, E. Berger, S. G. Djorgovski, D. A. Frail, A. Mahabal, D. W. Fox, F. A. Harrison, J. S. Bloom, S. A. Yost, D. E. Reichart, A. A. Henden, G. R. Ricker, R. Van Der Spek, K. Hurley, J. L. Atteia, N. Kawai, E. Fenimore, C. Graziani

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We report the discovery of the optical and radio afterglow of GRB 010921, the first gamma-ray burst afterglow to be found from a localization by the High Energy Transient Explorer satellite. We present optical spectroscopy of the host galaxy, which we find to be a dusty and apparently normal star-forming galaxy at z = 0.451. The unusually steep optical spectral slope of the afterglow can be explained by heavy extinction, A_v > 0.5 mag, along the line of sight to the GRB. Dust with similar A_v for the host galaxy as a whole appears to be required by the measurement of a Balmer decrement in the spectrum of the host galaxy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L121-L125
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	571
Issue number	2 II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/341332
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2002

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Price, P. A., Kulkarni, S. R., Berger, E., Djorgovski, S. G., Frail, D. A., Mahabal, A., Fox, D. W., Harrison, F. A., Bloom, J. S., Yost, S. A., Reichart, D. E., Henden, A. A., Ricker, G. R., Van Der Spek, R., Hurley, K., Atteia, J. L., Kawai, N., Fenimore, E., & Graziani, C. (2002). GRB 010921: Discovery of the first high energy transient explorer afterglow. Astrophysical Journal, 571(2 II), L121-L125. https://doi.org/10.1086/341332

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