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沿GRB视线的超强MgII吸收剂过量的可能内在来源的测试

Testing the Possible Intrinsic Origin of the Excess of Very Strong MgII Absorbers Along GRB Lines-of-Sight

A. Cucchiara, T. Jones, J. C. Charlton, D. B. Fox, D. Einsig, A. Narayanan

摘要:

Prochter等人(2006)的惊人发现:在类似的红移范围内,沿伽马射线暴(GRB)视线([dN/dz]_{GRB} = 0.90)的非常强(W_r(2796)>1 A)的MgII吸收体的频率是沿类星体视线([dN/dz]_{QSO} = 0.24)频率的三倍以上,这一发现还有待理解。我们重新考虑了这样一种可能性,即对伽玛暴来说,过量的非常强的MgII吸收剂是伽玛暴本身或其周围环境所固有的,并且与速度高达v_{max} ~ 0.3c的大量外流有关。为了验证这一假设,我们收集了81个类星体的27个W_r(2796)> 1 A吸收系统的样本,并将它们的性质与6个伽玛暴的9个W_r(2796)>1 A吸收系统的性质进行了比较;所有的系统都是用甚大望远镜上的紫外和可见中阶梯摄谱仪以高光谱分辨率(R = 45,000)观测的。我们在两个人口的吸收剂性能进行多重比较,测试金属丰度,电离状态,丰度模式,尘埃丰度,运动学和相结构的差异。我们发现使用任何这些指标的两个吸收人口之间没有显着差异,这意味着,如果对伽玛射线暴视线的过剩吸收确实是内在的,他们必须在一个过程中产生的过程具有很强的相似性,产生强大的MgII系统与介入星系。虽然这似乎是一个先验不可能的,考虑到任何内禀模型所需的高流出速度,我们注意到,同样的结论是得出的,最近,在一些类星体中看到的窄吸收线系统。

英文摘要:

The startling discovery of Prochter et al. (2006) that the frequency of very strong (W_r(2796)>1 A) MgII absorbers along gamma-ray burst (GRB) lines of sight ([dN/dz]_{GRB} = 0.90) is more than three times the frequency along quasar lines of sight ([dN/dz]_{QSO} = 0.24), over similar redshift ranges, has yet to be understood. We reconsider the possibility that the excess of very strong MgII absorbers toward GRBs is intrinsic either to the GRBs themselves or to their immediate environment, and associated with bulk outflows with velocities as large as v_{max} ~ 0.3c. In order to examine this hypothesis, we accumulate a sample of 27 W_r(2796) > 1 A absorption systems found toward 81 quasars, and compare their properties to those of 9 W_r(2796)>1 A absorption systems found toward 6 GRBs; all systems have been observed at high spectral resolution (R = 45,000) using the Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope. We make multiple comparisons of the absorber properties across the two populations, testing for differences in metallicity, ionization state, abundance patterns, dust abundance, kinematics, and phase structure. We find no significant differences between the two absorber populations using any of these metrics, implying that, if the excess absorbers toward GRB lines of sight are indeed intrinsic, they must be produced in a process which has strong similarities to the processes yielding strong MgII systems in association with intervening galaxies. Although this may seem a priori unlikely, given the high outflow velocities required for any intrinsic model, we note that the same conclusion was reached, recently, with respect to the narrow absorption line systems seen in some quasars.

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