The frontier of darkness: The cases of GRB 040223, GRB 040422, GRB 040624

P. D'Avanzo; P. Filliatre; P. Goldoni; L. A. Antonelli; S. Campana; G. Chincarini; S. Covino; A. Cucchiara; M. Della Valle; A. De Luca; S. Foley; D. Fugazza; N. Gehrels; D. Götz; L. Hanlon; G. L. Israel; D. Malesani; B. McBreen; S. McBreen; S. McGlynn; S. Mereghetti; L. Moran; J. A. Nousek; R. Perna; L. Stella; G. Tagliaferri

doi:10.1063/1.2207942

The frontier of darkness: The cases of GRB 040223, GRB 040422, GRB 040624

P. D'Avanzo
, P. Filliatre
, P. Goldoni
, L. A. Antonelli
, S. Campana
, G. Chincarini
, S. Covino
, A. Cucchiara
, M. Della Valle
, A. De Luca
, S. Foley
, D. Fugazza
, N. Gehrels
, D. Götz
, L. Hanlon
, G. L. Israel
, D. Malesani
, B. McBreen
, S. McBreen
, S. McGlynn

S. Mereghetti, L. Moran, J. A. Nousek, R. Perna, L. Stella, G. Tagliaferri

Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Abstract

Understanding the reasons for the faintness of the optical/near-infrared afterglows of the so-called dark bursts is essential to assess whether they form a subclass of GRBs, and hence for the use of GRBs in cosmology. With VLT and other ground-based telescopes, we searched for the afterglows of the INTEGRAL bursts GRB 040223, GRB 040422 and GRB 040624 in the first hours after the triggers. A detection of a faint afterglow and of the host galaxy in the K band was achieved for GRB 040422, while only upper limits were obtained for GRB 040223 and GRB 040624, although in the former case the X-ray afterglow was observed. A comparison with the magnitudes of a sample of afterglows clearly shows the faintness of these bursts, which are good examples of a population that an increasing usage of large diameter telescopes is beginning to unveil.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA
Subtitle of host publication	Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference
Pages	467-470
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2207942
State	Published - May 19 2006
Event	GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: 16th Maryland Astrophysics Conference - Washington, D.C., United States Duration: Nov 29 2005 → Dec 2 2005

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	836
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Other	GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: 16th Maryland Astrophysics Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington, D.C.
Period	11/29/05 → 12/2/05

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D'Avanzo, P., Filliatre, P., Goldoni, P., Antonelli, L. A., Campana, S., Chincarini, G., Covino, S., Cucchiara, A., Della Valle, M., De Luca, A., Foley, S., Fugazza, D., Gehrels, N., Götz, D., Hanlon, L., Israel, G. L., Malesani, D., McBreen, B., McBreen, S., ... Tagliaferri, G. (2006). The frontier of darkness: The cases of GRB 040223, GRB 040422, GRB 040624. In GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IN THE SWIFT ERA: Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference (pp. 467-470). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 836). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2207942

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