Gamma-ray burst afterglows as probes of environment and blast wave physics. I. Absorption by host-galaxy gas and dust

We use a new approach to obtain limits on the absorbing columns toward an initial sample of 10 long gamma-ray bursts observed with BeppoSAX and selected on the basis of their good optical and near-infrared (NIR) coverage, from simultaneous fits to NIR, optical, and X-ray afterglow data, in count spa...

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Main Authors: Starling, R., Wijers, R., Wiersema, K., Rol, E., Curran, Peter, Kouveliotou, C., van der Horst, A., Heemskerk, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2007
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Online Access:http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/661/2/787/pdf/0004-637X_661_2_787.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11067