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超长GRB130925A位置的超太阳金属丰度

Super-solar metallicity at the position of the ultra-long GRB130925A

P. Schady, T. Kruehler, J. Greiner, J. F. Graham, D. A. Kann, J. Bolmer, C. Delvaux, J. Elliott, S. Klose, F. Knust, A. Nicuesa Guelbenzu, A. Rau, A. Rossi, S. … 展开作者

P. Schady, T. Kruehler, J. Greiner, J. F. Graham, D. A. Kann, J. Bolmer, C. Delvaux, J. Elliott, S. Klose, F. Knust, A. Nicuesa Guelbenzu, A. Rau, A. Rossi, S. Savaglio, S. Schmidl, T. Schweyer. V. Sudilovsky, M. Tanga, N. R. Tanvir, K. Varela, P. Wiseman

摘要:

在过去的十年里,在短和长伽玛暴的后续工作方面取得了巨大的进展,导致X射线和光学余辉的探测率,伽玛暴红移的确定以及对潜在宿主星系的识别的显着上升。然而,我们对这些巨大爆炸的祖先和中央发动机的理论理解是落后的,新发现的一类“超长”GRB引发了对GRB形成新通道存在的猜测。在本文中,我们提出了高信噪比的X射线观测的宿主星系GRB 130925 A,这是第四个明确确定的超长伽玛射线暴,与即时伽玛射线辐射检测约20千秒。GRB的视线接近宿主星系核,我们的光谱观测覆盖了沿着星系凸起/盘的这一区域,以及星系外围的明亮恒星形成区域。从我们广泛的波长覆盖范围,我们获得准确的金属丰度和尘埃消光测量在星系核和外部恒星形成区域,并测量超太阳金属丰度在这两个位置,将这个星系内的10-20%最富金属的伽玛射线暴宿主星系。如此高的金属富集对长和超长GRB的祖先模型都有影响,尽管宿主星系的边缘方向不允许我们排除沿着我们视线的大金属丰度变化。本文提出的空间分辨光谱数据提供了重要的洞察伽玛暴宿主星系内的金属和尘埃丰度的变化。它们还说明了需要在不同金属丰度的GRB宿主星系的更大样本上进行IFU观测,以提供更定量的GRB环暴和星系整体性质之间的关系。

英文摘要:

Over the last decade there has been immense progress in the follow-up of short and long GRBs, resulting in a significant rise in the detection rate of X-ray and optical afterglows, in the determination of GRB redshifts, and of the identification of the underlying host galaxies. Nevertheless, our theoretical understanding on the progenitors and central engines powering these vast explosions is lagging behind, and a newly identified class of `ultra-long' GRBs has fuelled speculation on the existence of a new channel of GRB formation. In this paper we present high signal-to-noise X-shooter observations of the host galaxy of GRB130925A, which is the fourth unambiguously identified ultra-long GRB, with prompt gamma-ray emission detected for ~20ks. The GRB line of sight was close to the host galaxy nucleus, and our spectroscopic observations cover both this region along the bulge/disk of the galaxy, in addition to a bright star-forming region within the outskirts of the galaxy. From our broad wavelength coverage we obtain accurate metallicity and dust-extinction measurements at both the galaxy nucleus, and an outer star-forming region, and measure a super-solar metallicity at both locations, placing this galaxy within the 10-20% most metal-rich GRB host galaxies. Such a high metal enrichment has implications on the progenitor models of both long and ultra-long GRBs, although the edge-on orientation of the host galaxy does not allow us to rule out a large metallicity variation along our line of sight. The spatially resolved spectroscopic data presented in this paper offer important insight into variations in the metal and dust abundance within GRB host galaxies. They also illustrate the need for IFU observations on a larger sample of GRB host galaxies at varies metallicities to provide a more quantitative view on the relation between the GRB circumburst and the galaxy-whole properties.

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