[vsnet-grb-info 10190] GRB 110205A: FAST Redshift
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sat Feb 5 16:58:33 JST 2011
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 11638
SUBJECT: GRB 110205A: FAST Redshift
DATE: 11/02/05 07:57:29 GMT
FROM: S. Bradley Cenko at Caltech <cenko at srl.caltech.edu>
S. B. Cenko (UC Berkeley), J. L. Hora (CfA), and J. S. Bloom (UC Berkeley)
report on behalf of a larger collaboration:
We obtained a pair of spectra of the optical afterglow of GRB 110205A
(Beardmore et al., GCN 11629) with the FAST spectrograph mounted on the
FLWO 1.5 m telescope. Observations began at 6:27 UT (~ 4.5 hours after
the burst) and cover the wavelength range from 3500-7400 A.
As reported by da Silva et al (GCN 11635), the spectrum exhibits a
prominent DLA absorption feature; however, we observe this feature at a
slightly larger wavelength (~ 3900 A). We further identify a series of
narrow absorption features, including Si II, Si II*, C IV, and Al II, at a
common redshift of z=2.22. The detection of Si II*, together with the DLA
system, strongly suggest this is the host galaxy of GRB 110205A.
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