Published May 22, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Unraveling the dynamics and kinematics of GRB hosts with high resolution spectroscopy

  • 1. Dark Cosmology Centre, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • 2. European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Santiago 19 (Chile)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Leicester, University Road, Leicester (United Kingdom)
  • 4. University of California Berkeley, 601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)

Description

In the last years the research on GRB host galaxies has proceeded to more detailed studies both using high resolution afterglow spectroscopy and spatially resolved spectra of nearby hosts. High resolution spectra give a detailed picture of the kinematic properties of matter along the line-of-sight in the host. Two afterglow spectra show clear indications for outflows from their host, namely GRB 030329 and GRB 060206, derived from the position of absorption and host emission lines, nonvariability of Mg I and the radiation field calculated from fine-structure line detections. In nearby GRB hosts it is possible to resolve the actual GRB site. GRB 060505, a SN-less GRB, originated in a relatively metal poor, star forming region with similar properties as other long-duration hosts. A similar conclusion is reached for the site of GRB 980425/SN 1998 bw

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1000
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 492-495
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
Santa Fe conference on gamma-ray bursts 2007
Dates
5-9 Nov 2007
Place
Santa Fe, NM (United States)

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(c) 2008 American Institute of Physics