Published June 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

GHostS - gamma-ray burst host studies

  • 1. Max-Planck Inst. for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching (Germany)
  • 2. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore (United States)
  • 3. Swinburne Univ., Melbourne (Australia)
  • 4. CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 5. Inst. for Astronomy, Honolulu, HI (United States)
  • 6. Univ. of Chicago (United States)

Description

GHostS is the largest public data-base on gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies and is accessible at the URL http://www.grbhosts.org. Started in 2005, it currently contains photometric and spectroscopic information on 39 GRB hosts, almost 2/5 of the total number of GRBs with measured redshift. It will continue to grow, together with the unstoppable data flow from the observatories all over the world, every time a new event is discovered. Among other features, GHostS uses the Virtual Observatory resources. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Messenger (Garching)
Journal Issue
no.128
Journal Page Range
p. 47-50
ISSN
0722-6691
CODEN
MESSE4

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
38103369
Subject category
S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; GALAXIES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RED SHIFT; VISIBLE SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA