GRB091127/SN2009nz and the VLT/X-shooter spectroscopy of its host galaxy: probing the faint end of the mass-metallicity relation
S. D. Vergani, H. Flores, S. Covino, D. Fugazza, J. Gorosabel, A. J. Levan, M. Puech, R. Salvaterra, J. C. Tello, A. de Ugarte Postigo, P. D'Avanzo, V. D'Elia, … 展开作者
S. D. Vergani, H. Flores, S. Covino, D. Fugazza, J. Gorosabel, A. J. Levan, M. Puech, R. Salvaterra, J. C. Tello, A. de Ugarte Postigo, P. D'Avanzo, V. D'Elia, M. Fernández, J. P. U. Fynbo, G. Ghirlanda, M. Jelínek, A. Lundgren, D. Malesani, E. Palazzi, S. Piranomonte, M. Rodrigues, R. Sánchez-Ramírez, V. Terrón, C. C. Thöne, L. A. Antonelli, S. Campana, A. J. Castro-Tirado, P. Goldoni, F. Hammer, J. Hjorth, P. Jakobsson, L. Kaper, A. Melandri, B. Milvang-Jensen, J. Sollerman, G. Tagliaferri, N. R. Tanvir, K. Wiersema, R. A. M. J. Wijers
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10 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in A&A. Major revision on the host metallicity
We perform a detailed study of the gamma-ray burst GRB091127/SN2009nz host galaxy at z=0.490 using the VLT/X-shooter spectrograph in slit and integral-field unit (IFU). From the analysis of the optical and X-ray afterglow data obtained from ground-based telescopes and Swift-XRT we confirm the presence of a bump associated with SN2009nz and find evidence of a possible jet break in the afterglow lightcurve. The X-shooter afterglow spectra reveal several emission lines from the underlying host, from which we derive its integrated properties. These are in agreement with those of previously studied GRB-SN hosts and, more generally, with those of the long GRB host population. We use the Hubble Space Telescope and ground based images of the host to determine its stellar mass (M_star). Our results extend to lower M_star values the M-Z plot derived for the sample of long GRB hosts at 0.3<z<1.0 adding new information to probe the faint end of the M-Z relation and the shift of the LGRB host M-Z relation from that found from emission line galaxy surveys. Thanks to the IFU spectroscopy we can build the 2D velocity, velocity dispersion and star formation rate (SFR) maps. They show that the host galaxy has a perturbed rotation kinematics with evidence of a SFR enhancement consistent with the afterglow position.
Strong Candidate for AGN Feedback: VLT/X-shooter Observations of BALQSO SDSS J0831+0354
我们测量的SIV BALQSO流出的位置和能量。这个外流的速度为10,800 km s $^{-1}$,动力学光度为$10^{45.7}$ erg s $^{-1}$,是类星体爱丁顿光度的5.2%。从所观察到的SIV $/$ SIV* 吸收槽的碰撞激发模型中,我们测量了$n_\mathrm{\scriptscriptstyle H}=10^{4.3}$ cm $^{-3}$的氢数密度,这使我们能够确定流出位于距离类星体110 pc处。由于SIV与CIV在相同的电离阶段形成,因此我们的结果可以推广到无处不在的CIV BALs。我们的累积距离测量表明,所观察到的BAL流出位于更远离中央源比一般假设(0.01-0.1 pc)。
上下文X-shooter是第一个在ESO甚大望远镜(VLT)上运行的第二代仪器。这是一台宽带中分辨率摄谱仪,设计时将伽马射线暴余辉光谱学作为其主要科学驱动力之一。目标。在仪器完全组装好的第一个调试夜晚,X-shooter观察到GRB 090313的余辉,作为仪器能力的演示。方法. GRB 090313在爆发开始后几乎两天就被观测到了,当时物体已经褪色到R~21.6。而且,那九成的月亮,距离操场只有三十度。尽管条件不利,我们获得了一个频谱,在伽玛射线暴研究中的第一次,同时覆盖范围从5700到23000埃。结果光谱在红移3.3736处显示出多重吸收特征,这是伽玛暴的红移。这些特征由具有不同电离水平和速度的3个分量组成。有些特征以前从未在如此高红移的伽玛暴中观察到过。此外,我们检测到两个干预系统的红移为1.8005和1.9597。结论.这些结果证明了X-射手在GRB领域的潜力,因为它能够观察到GRB下降到一个大小限制,将包括72%的长GRB余辉爆发开始后2小时。再加上VLT提供的快速响应模式,反应时间只需几分钟,X-shooter构成了对GRB,其宿主星系和干预系统的中等分辨率光谱研究的重要飞跃,探索了宇宙的早期历史。
The stellar velocity dispersion of a compact massive galaxy at z=1.80 using X-Shooter: confirmation of the evolution in the mass-size and mass-dispersion relations
最近的光度学研究表明,恒星质量固定的早型星系在早期更小,密度更大。在本文中,我们评估发现,推导出这样一个紧凑的静态星系在z=1.8的动力学质量。我们使用VLT上的X-Shooter获得了NMBS-C7447星系全UV-NIR波长覆盖的高质量光谱。我们确定的速度色散为294 +- 51公里/秒。考虑到这种速度色散和1.64 +- 0.15 kpc的有效半径(由HST-WFC 3 F160 W的观测结果确定),我们得出动力学质量为1.7 +- 0.5 x 10^11 Msun。全光谱与恒星星族合成模型的比较表明,NMBS-C774有一个相对年轻的恒星星族(0.40 Gyr),几乎没有恒星形成,恒星质量约为1.5 x 10^11 Msun。动力学和光度恒星质量是很好的协议。因此,我们的研究支持了这样的结论,即静止星系的质量密度在早期确实较高,而这一早期结果不是由系统测量误差引起的。通过结合不同红移下的光谱测量,我们发现在固定动力学质量下,z=1.8时的速度色散比z=0时高出约1.8倍。最后,我们表明,在z>1.5的几个可用的速度色散测量值之间的明显差异是一致的质量-尺寸关系的内在散射。