Issue |
A&A
Volume 464, Number 3, March IV 2007
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Page(s) | L25 - L27 | |
Section | Letters | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066592 | |
Published online | 29 January 2007 |
Letter to the Editor
Near real-time selection of high redshift GRBs with Swift
1
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate (Lc), Italy e-mail: campana@merate.mi.astro.it
2
Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Dipartimento di Fisica e Matematica, via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy
3
University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Physics, Piazza delle Scienze 3, 20126 Milano, Italy
Received:
18
October
2006
Accepted:
12
January
2007
A good fraction of GRBs detected by Swift have a high redshift (up to
, so far). Their study allows us to investigate, among other things,
cosmic star formation in the early Universe (possibly up to the
re-ionization era) and the chemical enrichment of the high-redshift gas. Here
we present and discuss a selection procedure that identifies
high-redshift (
) candidates based only upon the promptly-available
information provided by Swift. This method relies upon Galactic extinction,
GRB duration, and the absence of an optical counterpart in the UVOT telescope
onboard Swift. This tool may provide an extremely effective way to locate
high-redshift astrophysical objects and to follow them in the optical/NIR band
in near real time.
Key words: gamma rays: bursts / cosmology: early Universe
© ESO, 2007
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