SCUBA observations of the host galaxies of four dark gamma-ray bursts

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dc.creatorBarnard, V. E.
dc.creatorBlain, A. W.
dc.creatorTanvir, N. R.
dc.creatorNatarajan, P.
dc.creatorSmith, I. A.
dc.creatorWijers, R. A. M. J.
dc.creatorKouveliotou, C.
dc.creatorRol, E.
dc.creatorTilanus, R. P. J.
dc.creatorVreeswijk, P.
dc.date2002-07-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:31:20Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:31:20Z
dc.descriptionWe present the results of a search for submillimetre-luminous host galaxies of optically dark gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) using the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). We made photometry measurements of the 850-micron flux at the location of four `dark bursts', which are those with no detected optical afterglow despite rapid deep searches, and which may therefore be within galaxies containing substantial amounts of dust. We were unable to detect any individual source significantly. Our results are consistent with predictions for the host galaxy population as a whole, rather than for a subset of dusty hosts. This indicates that optically dark GRBs are not especially associated with very submillimetre-luminous galaxies and so cannot be used as reliable indicators of dust-enshrouded massive star-formation activity. Further observations are required to establish the relationship between the wider GRB host galaxy population and SCUBA galaxies.
dc.description6 pages. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207666
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207666
dc.identifierMon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.338:1,2003; AIPConf.Proc.662:342-345,2003
dc.identifierdoi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.05860.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178375
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleSCUBA observations of the host galaxies of four dark gamma-ray bursts
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