The dark nature of GRB 130528A and its host galaxy

2014/04/30 by S. Jeong, A. J. Castro‐Tirado, A. J. Castro-Tirado +26
Physics and Astronomy · #Afterglow #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Extinction (optical mineralogy) #Galaxy #Gamma-ray burst #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Optics #Physics #Redshift #Spectral energy distribution #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423979

published as A&A 569, A93 (2014) · 6 pages, 4 figures

openalex publication_date 2014/09/01 · arxiv created 2014/09/02 · arxiv updated 2014/10/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. We study the dark nature of GRB 130528A through multi-wavelength observations and conclude that the main reason for the optical darkness is local extinction inside of the host galaxy.

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