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X-shooter slit observations of GRB host galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2013

S.D. Vergani
S.D. Vergani*
Affiliation:
INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate, Italy GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Univ. Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France
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Abstract

The Italian-French X-shooter GRB host program started at the end of 2009 and allowed us to collect the spectra of about 30 host galaxies in the 300–2400 nm range from a redshift of about z = 0.1 to z = 2.7. We are using these spectra to retrieve information on the host metallicities, star formation rates and extinctions. An accurate slit positioning allowed us to discover in some cases close-by galaxies at the same redshift than the GRB host. Thanks to the comparison of the afterglow and host spectra, it is possible to assess for possible interactions of these systems. We also looked for the counterparts of the foreground absorbers present in the afterglow spectra, but we obtained very few identifications.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 61: Gamma-ray Bursts: 15 Years of GRB Afterglows – Progenitors, Environments and Host Galaxies from the Nearby to the Early Universe , 2013 , pp. 407 - 411
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2013

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