Discovery of the nearby long, soft GRB100316D with an associated supernova

R. L.C. Starling; K. Wiersema; A. J. Levan; T. Sakamoto; D. Bersier; P. Goldoni; S. R. Oates; A. Rowlinson; S. Campana; J. Sollerman; N. R. Tanvir; D. Malesani; J. P.U. Fynbo; S. Covino; P. D'Avanzo; P. T. O'Brien; K. L. Page; J. P. Osborne; S. D. Vergani; S. Barthelmy; D. N. Burrows; Z. Cano; P. A. Curran; M. De Pasquale; V. D'Elia; P. A. Evans; H. Flores; A. S. Fruchter; P. Garnavich; N. Gehrels; J. Gorosabel; J. Hjorth; S. T. Holland; A. J. Van Der Horst; C. P. Hurkett; P. Jakobsson; A. P. Kamble; C. Kouveliotou; N. P.M. Kuin; L. Kaper; P. A. Mazzali; P. E. Nugent; E. Pian; M. Stamatikos; C. C. Thöne; S. E. Woosley

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Discovery of the nearby long, soft GRB100316D with an associated supernova

R. L.C. Starling, K. Wiersema, A. J. Levan, T. Sakamoto, D. Bersier, P. Goldoni, S. R. Oates, A. Rowlinson, S. Campana, J. Sollerman, N. R. Tanvir, D. Malesani, J. P.U. Fynbo, S. Covino, P. D'Avanzo, P. T. O'Brien, K. L. Page, J. P. Osborne, S. D. Vergani, S. BarthelmyD. N. Burrows, Z. Cano, P. A. Curran, M. De Pasquale, V. D'Elia, P. A. Evans, H. Flores, A. S. Fruchter, P. Garnavich, N. Gehrels, J. Gorosabel, J. Hjorth, S. T. Holland, A. J. Van Der Horst, C. P. Hurkett, P. Jakobsson, A. P. Kamble, C. Kouveliotou, N. P.M. Kuin, L. Kaper, P. A. Mazzali, P. E. Nugent, E. Pian, M. Stamatikos, C. C. Thöne, S. E. Woosley

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We report the Swift discovery of the nearby long, soft gamma-ray burst GRB100316D, and the subsequent unveiling of its low-redshift host galaxy and associated supernova. We derive the redshift of the event to be z= 0.0591 ± 0.0001 and provide accurate astrometry for the gamma-ray burst (GRB) supernova (SN). We study the extremely unusual prompt emission with time-resolved γ-ray to X-ray spectroscopy and find that the spectrum is best modelled with a thermal component in addition to a synchrotron emission component with a low peak energy. The X-ray light curve has a remarkably shallow decay out to at least 800 s. The host is a bright, blue galaxy with a highly disturbed morphology and we use Gemini-South, Very Large Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope observations to measure some of the basic host galaxy properties. We compare and contrast the X-ray emission and host galaxy of GRB100316D to a subsample of GRB-SNe. GRB100316D is unlike the majority of GRB-SNe in its X-ray evolution, but resembles rather GRB060218, and we find that these two events have remarkably similar high energy prompt emission properties. Comparison of the host galaxies of GRB-SNe demonstrates, however, that there is a great diversity in the environments in which GRB-SNe can be found. GRB100316D is an important addition to the currently sparse sample of spectroscopically confirmed GRB-SNe, from which a better understanding of long GRB progenitors and the GRB-SN connection can be gleaned.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2792-2803
Number of pages	12
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	411
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17879.x
State	Published - Mar 2011

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Starling, R. L. C., Wiersema, K., Levan, A. J., Sakamoto, T., Bersier, D., Goldoni, P., Oates, S. R., Rowlinson, A., Campana, S., Sollerman, J., Tanvir, N. R., Malesani, D., Fynbo, J. P. U., Covino, S., D'Avanzo, P., O'Brien, P. T., Page, K. L., Osborne, J. P., Vergani, S. D., ... Woosley, S. E. (2011). Discovery of the nearby long, soft GRB100316D with an associated supernova. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 411(4), 2792-2803. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17879.x

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