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| Paper: |
The Dark Side of GRB 020819 |
| Volume: |
312, Third Rome Workshop on Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era |
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217 |
| Authors: |
Klose, S.; Stecklum, B.; Henden, A.A.; Greiner, J.; Hartmann, D.H.; Cardiel, N.; Gallego, J.; Tanvir, N.R.; Castro-Tirado, A.J.; Pian, E. |
| Abstract: |
We report rapid near-infrared observations of GRB 020819. We find that any afterglow was fainter than K′=19 only 9 hrs after the burst. We discuss if extinction by cosmic dust in the GRB host galaxy can explain the faintness of this afterglow. |
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