A photometric redshift of z = 6.39  0.12 for GRB 050904

Haislip, J B; Nysewander, M C; Reichart, D E; Levan, A; Cenko, Stephen B; Fox, Derek B; Price, Paul Antony; Castro-Tirado, A J; Figueredo, E; Cypriano, E S; Graham, J; Rhoads, J; Lamb, D Q; Kouveliotou, C; Wijers, R A M J; Schmidt, Brian; Harrison, F A; Hudec, R; Vitek, S; Kubanek, P; Canterna, R; Hartmann, D H; Henden, A A; Klose, S; Park, H-S; Williams, G G; Rol, E; Bersier, D; Jarvis, M J; Gehrels, N

A photometric redshift of z = 6.39 0.12 for GRB 050904

Date

2006

Authors

Haislip, J B

Nysewander, M C

Reichart, D E

Levan, A

Cenko, Stephen B

Fox, Derek B

Price, Paul Antony

Castro-Tirado, A J

Figueredo, E

Cypriano, E S

Publisher

Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Abstract

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and their afterglows are the most brilliant transient events in the Universe. Both the bursts themselves and their afterglows have been predicted to be visible out to redshifts of z ≈ 20, and therefore to be powerful probes of th