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GRB 160203A的快速响应模式观测:寻找z=3.52处的精细结构线变率

Rapid Response Mode observations of GRB 160203A: Looking for fine-structure line variability at z=3.52

G. Pugliese, A. Saccardi, V. D Elia, S. D. Vergani, K. E. Heintz, S. Savaglio, L. Kaper, A. de Ugarte Postigo, D. H. Hartmann, A. De Cia, S. Vejlgaard, J. P. U.… 展开作者

G. Pugliese, A. Saccardi, V. D Elia, S. D. Vergani, K. E. Heintz, S. Savaglio, L. Kaper, A. de Ugarte Postigo, D. H. Hartmann, A. De Cia, S. Vejlgaard, J. P. U. Fynbo, L. Christensen, S. Campana, D. van Rest, J. Selsing, K. Wiersema, D. B. Malesani, S. Covino, D. Burgarella, M. De Pasquale, P. Jakobsson, J. Japelj, D. A. Kann, C. Kouveliotou, A. Rossi, N. R. Tanvir, C. C. Thoene, D. Xu

AI总结:

本文报告了GRB 160203A及其宿主星系的光度与光谱研究,通过X-shooter观测精细结构吸收线变率,测定了其金属丰度与尘埃耗散,并确定了GRB距吸收体距离的上限。

摘要:

伽马射线暴是已知最剧烈的爆炸。尽管衰减迅速,它们仍允许测量红移及其宿主星系的重要性质。我们报告了对GRB 160203A及其宿主星系的光度和光谱研究。在余辉不同阶段探测到的精细结构吸收线,使我们能够研究由强衰减背景源引起的变率。我们在爆发后18分钟和5.7小时,利用ESO/VLT上的X-shooter获得了两份余辉的光学到近红外光谱,从而研究精细结构吸收线的时间变化。我们测量了HI柱密度log N(HI/cm-2)=21.75+/-0.10,以及宿主星系中沿GRB视线方向的几种重元素离子:SiII、AlII、AlIII、CII、NiII、SiIV、CIV、ZnII、FeII,以及由余辉激发的能级产生的FeII和SiII精细结构跃迁,红移为z=3.518。我们测得[M/H]TOT=-0.78+/-0.13和[Zn/Fe]FIT=0.69+/-0.15,分别代表总(尘埃校正)金属丰度和尘埃耗散。我们探测到沿视线方向在z=1.03、z=1.26、z=1.98、z=1.99、z=2.20和z=2.83处的额外介入系统。在所有观测中,我们未能测得精细结构线的显著变率,并在采用标准UV抽运机制下,确定了GRB距吸收体的距离上限d<300 pc。然而,我们注意到数据质量不足以明确排除碰撞作为替代机制。GRB 160203A属于Swift/X-shooter遗留项目提供的、具有中分辨率光谱的GRB不断增长的样本,该项目能够详细研究高红移GRB宿主星系的星际介质。特别是,当宇宙仅18亿年时,该宿主星系已经表现出相对较高的金属富集和尘埃耗散。

英文摘要:

Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic known explosions. Despite fading rapidly, they allow to measure redshift and important properties of their host-galaxies. We report the photometric and spectroscopic study of GRB 160203A and its host-galaxy. Fine-structure absorption lines, detected in the afterglow at different epochs, allow us to investigate variability due to the strong fading background source. We obtained two optical to near-infrared spectra of the afterglow with X-shooter on ESO/VLT, 18 min and 5.7 hrs after the burst, allowing us to investigate temporal changes of fine-structure absorption lines. We measured HI column density log N(HI/cm-2)=21.75+/-0.10, and several heavy-element ions along the GRB sight-line in the host-galaxy: SiII,AlII,AlIII,CII,NiII,SiIV,CIV,ZnII,FeII, and FeII and SiII fine structure transitions from energetic levels excited by the afterglow, at a redshift z=3.518. We measured [M/H]TOT=-0.78+/-0.13 and [Zn/Fe]FIT=0.69+/-0.15, representing the total(dust-corrected) metallicity and dust depletion, respectively. We detected additional intervening systems along the line of sight at z=1.03,z=1.26,z=1.98,z=1.99,z=2.20 and z=2.83. We could not measure significant variability in the fine-structure lines throughout all the observations and determined an upper limit for the GRB distance from the absorber of d<300 pc, adopting the canonical UV pumping scenario. However, we note that the quality of our data is not sufficient to conclusively rule out collisions as an alternative mechanism. GRB 160203A belongs to a growing sample of GRBs with medium resolution spectroscopy, provided by the Swift/X-shooter legacy program, which enables detailed investigation of the interstellar medium in high-redshift GRB host-galaxies. In particular, this host galaxy shows relatively high metal enrichment and dust depletion already in place when the universe was only 1.8 Gyr old.

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