[vsnet-grb-info 3603] GRB 060805B: pseudo-z from spectral parameters of the prompt emission

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TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  5437
SUBJECT: GRB 060805B: pseudo-z from spectral parameters of the prompt emission
DATE:    06/08/11 08:36:17 GMT
FROM:    Alexandre Pelangeon at LATT,OMP,Toulouse  <apelange at ast.obs-mip.fr>

A. Pelangeon & J-L. Atteia (LATT-OMP) report:

We have used the spectral parameters of GRB 060805B
provided by Bellm et al. (GCNC 5418)
to compute the spectral pseudo-redshift** of this burst
localized by IPN (Hurley et al., GCNC 5407).

We find a pseudo-redshift pz= 1.3 +/- 0.2 (90% error).

** cf. http://www.ast.obs-mip.fr/grb/pz