A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225

N. Gehrels; C. L. Sarazin; P. T. O'Brien; B. Zhang; L. Barbier; S. D. Barthelmy; A. Blustin; D. N. Burrows; J. Cannizzo; J. R. Cummings; M. Goad; S. T. Holland; C. P. Hurkett; J. A. Kennea; A. Levan; C. B. Markwardt; K. O. Mason; P. Meszaros; M. Page; D. M. Palmer; E. Rol; T. Sakamoto; R. Willingale; L. Angelini; A. Beardmore; P. T. Boyd; A. Breeveld; S. Campana; M. M. Chester; G. Chincarini; L. R. Cominsky; G. Cusumano; M. De Pasquale; E. E. Fenimore; P. Giommi; C. Gronwall; D. Grupe; J. E. Hill; D. Hinshaw; J. Hjorth; D. Hullinger; K. C. Hurley; S. Klose; S. Kobayashi; C. Kouveliotou; H. A. Krimm; V. Mangano; F. E. Marshall; K. McGowan; A. Moretti; R. F. Mushotzky; K. Nakazawa; J. P. Norris; J. A. Nousek; J. P. Osborne; K. Page; A. M. Parsons; S. Patel; M. Perri; T. Poole; P. Romano; P. W A Roming; S. Rosen; G. Sato; P. Schady; A. P. Smale; J. Sollerman; R. Starling; M. Still; M. Suzuki; G. Tagliaferri; T. Takahashi; M. Tashiro; J. Tueller; A. A. Wells; N. E. White; R. A M J Wijers

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A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225

N. Gehrels^*, C. L. Sarazin, P. T. O'Brien, B. Zhang, L. Barbier, S. D. Barthelmy, A. Blustin, D. N. Burrows, J. Cannizzo, J. R. Cummings, M. Goad, S. T. Holland, C. P. Hurkett, J. A. Kennea, A. Levan, C. B. Markwardt, K. O. Mason, P. Meszaros, M. Page, D. M. PalmerE. Rol, T. Sakamoto, R. Willingale, L. Angelini, A. Beardmore, P. T. Boyd, A. Breeveld, S. Campana, M. M. Chester, G. Chincarini, L. R. Cominsky, G. Cusumano, M. De Pasquale, E. E. Fenimore, P. Giommi, C. Gronwall, D. Grupe, J. E. Hill, D. Hinshaw, J. Hjorth, D. Hullinger, K. C. Hurley, S. Klose, S. Kobayashi, C. Kouveliotou, H. A. Krimm, V. Mangano, F. E. Marshall, K. McGowan, A. Moretti, R. F. Mushotzky, K. Nakazawa, J. P. Norris, J. A. Nousek, J. P. Osborne, K. Page, A. M. Parsons, S. Patel, M. Perri, T. Poole, P. Romano, P. W A Roming, S. Rosen, G. Sato, P. Schady, A. P. Smale, J. Sollerman, R. Starling, M. Still, M. Suzuki, G. Tagliaferri, T. Takahashi, M. Tashiro, J. Tueller, A. A. Wells, N. E. White, R. A M J Wijers

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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) come in two classes¹: long (>2 s), soft-spectrum bursts and short, hard events. Most progress has been made on understanding the long GRBs, which are typically observed at high redshift (z ≈ 1) and found in subluminous star-forming host galaxies. They are likely to be produced in core-collapse explosions of massive stars². In contrast, no short GRB had been accurately (<10″) and rapidly (minutes) located. Here we report the detection of the X-ray afterglow from-and the localization of-the short burst GRB 050509B. Its position on the sky is near a luminous, non-star-forming elliptical galaxy at a redshift of 0.225, which is the location one would expect^3,4 if the origin of this GRB is through the merger of neutron-star or black-hole binaries. The X-ray afterglow was weak and faded below the detection limit within a few hours; no optical afterglow was detected to stringent limits, explaining the past difficulty in localizing short GRBs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	851-854
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	437
Issue number	7060
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04142
Publication status	Published - 2005 Oct 6

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Gehrels, N., Sarazin, C. L., O'Brien, P. T., Zhang, B., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S. D., Blustin, A., Burrows, D. N., Cannizzo, J., Cummings, J. R., Goad, M., Holland, S. T., Hurkett, C. P., Kennea, J. A., Levan, A., Markwardt, C. B., Mason, K. O., Meszaros, P., Page, M., ... Wijers, R. A. M. J. (2005). A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225. Nature, 437(7060), 851-854. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04142

Gehrels, N, Sarazin, CL, O'Brien, PT, Zhang, B, Barbier, L, Barthelmy, SD, Blustin, A, Burrows, DN, Cannizzo, J, Cummings, JR, Goad, M, Holland, ST, Hurkett, CP, Kennea, JA, Levan, A, Markwardt, CB, Mason, KO, Meszaros, P, Page, M, Palmer, DM, Rol, E, Sakamoto, T, Willingale, R, Angelini, L, Beardmore, A, Boyd, PT, Breeveld, A, Campana, S, Chester, MM, Chincarini, G, Cominsky, LR, Cusumano, G, De Pasquale, M, Fenimore, EE, Giommi, P, Gronwall, C, Grupe, D, Hill, JE, Hinshaw, D, Hjorth, J, Hullinger, D, Hurley, KC, Klose, S, Kobayashi, S, Kouveliotou, C, Krimm, HA, Mangano, V, Marshall, FE, McGowan, K, Moretti, A, Mushotzky, RF, Nakazawa, K, Norris, JP, Nousek, JA, Osborne, JP, Page, K, Parsons, AM, Patel, S, Perri, M, Poole, T, Romano, P, Roming, PWA, Rosen, S, Sato, G, Schady, P, Smale, AP, Sollerman, J, Starling, R, Still, M, Suzuki, M, Tagliaferri, G, Takahashi, T, Tashiro, M, Tueller, J, Wells, AA, White, NE & Wijers, RAMJ 2005, 'A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225', Nature, vol. 437, no. 7060, pp. 851-854. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04142

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