• Title of article

    GRB host galaxies: An unbiased sample Original Research Article

  • Author/Authors

    P. Jakobsson، نويسنده , , D. Malesani، نويسنده , , J. Hjorth، نويسنده , , J.P.U. Fynbo، نويسنده , , B. Milvang-Jensen، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    1416
  • To page
    1420
  • Abstract
    We describe the current status and recent results from our Swift/VLT legacy survey, a VLT Large Programme aimed at characterizing the host galaxies of a homogeneously selected sub-sample of Swift GRBs. The immediate goals are to determine the host luminosity function, study the effects of reddening, determine the fraction of image emitters in the hosts, and obtain redshifts for targets without a reported one. The main effort so far has been the definition of a very carefully selected sample, obeying strict and well-defined criteria: 68 targets in total. Among the preliminary results is a large optical detection rate, the lack of extremely red objects (only one possible case in the sample) and an update of the Swift GRB redshift distribution with image.
  • Keywords
    Galaxies: high redshift , Extinction , ?-ray bursts , Dust , Early universe
  • Journal title
    Advances in Space Research
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    Advances in Space Research
  • Record number

    1133352