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GRB060418揭示的四种强吸收体MgII的成像光谱研究

An Imaging and Spectroscopic Study of Four Strong MgII Absorbers Revealed By GRB060418

L. K. Pollack, H. -W. Chen, J. X. Prochaska, J. S. Bloom

摘要:

我们目前的结果,从成像和光谱研究的四个强Mg II吸收的W(2796)>~ 1Ang揭示的余辉GRB 060418在z_GRB=1.491。这些吸收体在z= 0.603,0.656,1.107和z_GRB处表现出大的离子丰度,表明中性气柱密度是阻尼Lya系统的特征。成像数据包括使用凯克I望远镜上的LRIS和使用HST上的ACS获得的光学图像,以及使用麦哲伦巴德望远镜上的PANIC获得的近红外H波段图像和使用凯克II望远镜上的NIRC 2和LGSAO获得的K '波段图像。这些图像显示了在余辉位置<~ 3.5“处的六个不同的物体,其中两个表现出清晰的成熟盘形态,一个显示红色,三个是蓝色紧凑源。使用LRIS的后续光谱观测证实,其中一个盘星系与z=0.656的MgII吸收体相吻合。观测到的第二盘星系和红色源的宽带光谱能量分布表明,它们分别与z=0.603和z=1.107的吸收体有关。这些结果表明,在伽玛暴余辉光谱中发现的强MgII吸收体与亮度为~(0.1-1)L*、碰撞参量<~ 10 h^-1 kpc的典型星系有关。如此接近的角距,将使我们无法轻易侦测到明亮的类星体。最后,我们将剩下的三个蓝色致密源与伽玛暴宿主星系联系起来,注意到它们很可能是恒星形成节点,位于距余辉2-12 h^-1 kpc的投影距离处。在余辉的位置,我们推导出潜在的SFR强度的2 σ上限为0.0074 M_sun yr^-1 kpc^-2。

英文摘要:

We present results from an imaging and spectroscopic study of four strong MgII absorbers of W(2796) >~ 1 Ang revealed by the afterglow of GRB060418 at z_GRB=1.491. These absorbers, at z=0.603,0.656,1.107 and z_GRB, exhibit large ion abundances that suggest neutral gas column densities characteristic of damped Lya systems. The imaging data include optical images obtained using LRIS on the Keck I telescope and using ACS on board HST, and near-infrared H-band images obtained using PANIC on the Magellan Baade Telescope and K'-band images obtained using NIRC2 with LGSAO on the Keck II telescope. These images reveal six distinct objects at <~ 3.5'' of the afterglow's position, two of which exhibit well-resolved mature disk morphology, one shows red colors, and three are blue compact sources. Follow-up spectroscopic observations using LRIS confirm that one of the disk galaxies coincides with the MgII absorber at z=0.656. The observed broad-band spectral energy distributions of the second disk galaxy and the red source indicate that they are associated with the absorbers at z=0.603 and z=1.107, respectively. These results show that strong MgII absorbers identified in GRB afterglow spectra are associated with typical galaxies of luminosity ~ (0.1-1) L* at impact parameter <~ 10 h^-1 kpc. The close angular separation would preclude easy detections toward a bright quasar. Finally, we associate the remaining three blue compact sources with the GRB host galaxy, noting that they are likely star-forming knots located at projected distances 2-12 h^-1 kpc from the afterglow. At the afterglow's position, we derive a 2-sigma upper limit to the underlying SFR intensity of 0.0074 M_sun yr^-1 kpc^-2.

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