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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 645, Issue 1, Pages L21-L24Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/505906
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galaxies : distances and redshifts; gamma rays : bursts; supernovae : general; supernovae : individual (SN 2006aj)
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We present early photometric and spectroscopic data on the afterglow of GRB 060218 and report the evolution of the underlying supernova SN 2006aj. Our data span a time range of 4-23 days after the GRB and clearly establish that SN 2006aj is a fast-evolving broad-lined Type Ic SN with an extremely short rise time (similar to 10 days) and a large optical peak luminosity (M-V = -18.7 mag). The supernova properties are deduced well since the gamma-ray burst V (GRB) afterglow does not contribute a significant amount to the total light output. The spectra show broad lines indicative of large expansion velocities but are better matched by those of SN 2002ap and SN 1997ef ( not associated with a GRB) than those of the prototypical GRB-related SN 1998bw. We refine the redshift estimate to z = 0.03351 +/- 0.00007. The host galaxy is a low-metallicity dwarf galaxy (with M-V,M-host = -16.0 mag), similar to host galaxies of other GRB- associated SNe.
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