EP J175257.3-351923 is identified as a candidate black hole low-mass X-ray binary from its FRED outburst profile, persistent hard state, truncated disk spectrum with 217 keV cutoff, and high X-ray-to-optical ratio.
The 2175 A dust feature in a Gamma Ray Burst afterglow at redshift 2.45
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We present optical and near-infrared photometry of the afterglow of the long Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 070802 at redshift 2.45 obtained with the ESO/MPI 2.2 m telescope equipped with the multi-channel imager GROND. Follow-up observations in g'r'i'z' and JHK_S bands started ~17 min and extended up to 28 h post burst. We find an increase in brightness of the afterglow at early times, which can be explained by the superposition of reverse and forward shock (FS) emission or the onset of the afterglow FS. Additionally, we detect a strong broad-band absorption feature in the i' band, which we interpret as extinction from the redshifted 2175 A bump in the GRB host galaxy. This is one of the first and clearest detections of the 2175 A feature at high redshift. It is strong evidence for a carbon rich environment, indicating that Milky Way or Large Magellanic Cloud like dust was already formed in substantial amounts in a galaxy at z=2.45.
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Discovery of EP J175257.3-351923 as a Candidate Black Hole Low-Mass X-ray Binary
EP J175257.3-351923 is identified as a candidate black hole low-mass X-ray binary from its FRED outburst profile, persistent hard state, truncated disk spectrum with 217 keV cutoff, and high X-ray-to-optical ratio.