GRB 060218/SN 2006aj: A Gamma-Ray Burst and Prompt Supernova at z = 0.0335

2006

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We report the imaging and spectroscopic localization of GRB 060218 to a low-metallicity dwarf starburst galaxy at z = 0.03345 ± 0.00006. In addition to making it the second nearest gamma-ray burst known, optical spectroscopy reveals the earliest detection of weak, supernova-like Si II near 5720 Å (~0.1c), starting 1.95 days after the burst trigger. UBVRI photometry obtained between 1 and 26 days postburst confirms the early rise of supernova light, and suggests a short time delay between the gamma-ray burst and the onset of SN 2006aj if the early appearance of a soft component in the X-ray spectrum is understood as a "shock breakout." Together, these results verify the long-hypothesized origin of soft gamma-ray bursts in the deaths of massive stars.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/cc0fd8697582066ab71c5672a1299beb3c2a12b1

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THE OPTICALLY UNBIASED GAMMA-RAY BURST HOST (TOUGH) SURVEY. I. SURVEY DESIGN AND CATALOGS (2012, unknown): “…2007; (18) Kawai et al. 2006; (19) Prochaska et al. 2005; (20) Jakobsson et al. 2006a; (21) Piranomonte et al. 2008; (22) Soderberg et al. 2005; (23) Mirabal et al. 2006; (24) Sollerman et al. 2006; (25) Modjaz et al. 2006; (26) Pian et al. 2006; (27) Wiersema et al. 2007; (28) Chary et al. 2007;…”
AFTERGLOW OBSERVATIONS OF FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE GAMMA-RAY BURSTS AND THE EMERGING CLASS OF HYPER-ENERGETIC EVENTS (2010, unknown): “The most notable exceptions were the handful of the most nearby events, including GRB980425 (Galama et al. 1998; Kulkarni et al. 1998), GRB031203 (Soderberg et al. 2004; Sazonov et al. 2004; Thomsen et al. 2004; Cobb et al. 2004; Malesani et al. 2004; Gal-Yam et al. 2004), and (post-Swift) GRB060218”
Low-Luminosity Gamma-Ray Bursts as a Unique Population: Luminosity Function, Local Rate, and Beaming Factor (2006, unknown): “…GRB 980425/SN 1998bw (Galama et al. 1998; Kulkarni et al. 1998), GRB 030329/SN 2003dh (Stanek et al. 2003; Hjorth et al. 2003), GRB031203/SN 2003lw (Malesani et al. 2004), and GRB 060218/SN 2006aj (Modjaz et al. 2006; Pian et al. 2006; Sollerman et al. 2006; Mirabal et al. 2006; Cobb et al. 2006).”
Probing the Interstellar Medium near Star-forming Regions with Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow Spectroscopy: Gas, Metals, and Dust (2007, unknown): “At low redshift, this association is well established: supernova have been identified at the same position as GRB events (e.g. Hjorth et al. 2003; Stanek et al. 2003; Mirabal et al. 2006, but see also Fynbo et al. (2006)).”
FROM SHOCK BREAKOUT TO PEAK AND BEYOND: EXTENSIVE PANCHROMATIC OBSERVATIONS OF THE TYPE Ib SUPERNOVA 2008D ASSOCIATED WITH SWIFT X-RAY TRANSIENT 080109 (2008, unknown): “This is in stark contrast to all SNe associated with GRBs that have been exclusively broad-lined SN 10 Ic (e.g., Galama et al. 1998; Stanek et al. 2003; Hjorth et al. 2003; Malesani et al. 2004; Modjaz et al. 2006; Mirabal et al. 2006; Campana et al. 2006; Pian et al. 2006).”
OPTICAL SPECTRA OF 73 STRIPPED-ENVELOPE CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE (2014, unknown): “SN 2006aj/GRB 060218 was a well-observed SN Ic-bl/GRB (Campana et al. 2006; Modjaz et al. 2006; Pian et al. 2006; Sollerman et al. 2006; Mirabal et al. 2006; Cobb et al. 2006; Kocevski et al. 2007; Mazzali et al. 2007; Taubenberger et al. 2009).”
Single star progenitors of long gamma-ray bursts - I. Model grids and redshift dependent GRB rate (2006, unknown): “…host galaxies appear to have sub-solar metallicity, even down to Z Z (cid:4) / 100 (e.g. Fynbo et al. 2003; Conselice et al. 2005; Gorosabel et al. 2005; Chen et al. 2005; Starling et al. 2005; Fruchter et al. 2006; Fynbo et al. 2006; Stanek et al. 2006; Mirabal et al. 2006; Wiersema et al. 2006).”
Long γ-Ray Bursts and Type Ic Core-Collapse Supernovae Have Similar Locations in Hosts (2007, unknown): “…subtracting a power-law continuum from the LGRB spectrum (Matheson et al. 2003; Stanek et al. 2003; Hjorth et al. 2003), and a SN Ic spectrum was clear in the follow-up spectra to the XRF counterpart to SN 2006aj (Modjaz et al. 2006; Mirabal et al. 2006; Sollerman et al. 2006; Pian et al. 2006).”