[vsnet-grb-info 20604] GRB 180510B: VLT/X-shooter observations
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Fri May 11 20:34:35 JST 2018
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 22702
SUBJECT: GRB 180510B: VLT/X-shooter observations
DATE: 18/05/11 11:34:10 GMT
FROM: Andrea Rossi at INAF <a.rossi at iasfbo.inaf.it>
J. Palmerio (IAP, Paris), A. Rossi (INAF-OAS), D. Malesani (DAWN/NBI and
DARK/NBI), N. R. Tanvir (Univ. Leicester), V. D'Elia (ASI-SSDC), A. de
Ugarte Postigo (HETH/IAA-CSIC and DARK/NBI), S. D. Vergani (GEPI/Obs.
Paris), D. Xu (NAOC), D. A. Kann (HETH/IAA-CSIC), J.P.U. Fynbo
(DAWN/NBI), and B. Sbarufatti (PSU), report on behalf of the Stargate
Consortium:
We observed the optical afterglow of GRB 180510B (Tohuvavohu et al., GCN
22696; Schady et al., GCN 22701) with the ESO VLT/X-shooter
spectrograph, covering the wavelength range 3000-21000 AA.
The afterglow is clearly detected in the 10s acquisition images taken
starting at 23:09 UT (~3.7 hours after the GRB trigger) with brightness
R~19.8 (Vega), calibrated against USNO-B1 stars in the field.
Spectroscopy started at 23:19 UT on 2018-05-10 (~3.9 hours after the GRB
trigger) and consisted of 2 exposures of 600 s.
Preliminary analysis of the spectrum reveals continuum flux down to 3600
AA, which sets an upper limit to the redshift z <~ 2 via the lack of any
obvious DLA feature. In addition, we identify several absorption lines
at a common redshift of z=1.305, the most prominent being ZnII/CrII,
FeII, MgII, and MgI. Moreover, we also identify another absorption
system at z=0.63 based on the detection of the MgII doublet. Therefore,
we propose the most probable redshift of the GRB to be z=1.305, with an
intervening system at 0.638.
We acknowledge the excellent support from the ESO staff, particularly
Boris Haeussler, Karleyne Silva and Emanuela Pompei in obtaining these
observations.
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