Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-08-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 3 figures; submitted to ApJ
Scientific paper
We present a high-resolution Keck/ESI spectrum of GRB, which exhibits four absorption systems at z=1.04329, 1.95260, 1.96337, and 1.98691. The two highest redshift systems, separated by about 2400 km/s, have been previously suspected as kinematic features arising in the circumstellar wind around the progenitor star. However, the high column densities of low-ionization species (including possibly neutral hydrogen) in the blue-shifted system, are inconsistent with the expected highly ionized state of the circumstellar wind from the massive progenitor star, even prior to the GRB explosion. This conclusion is also supported by the lack of detectable absorption from fine-structure transitions of SiII and FeII. Instead we conclude that the two redshift systems are similar to multiple DLAs found in QSO sight lines with a similar velocity separation and chemical abundance of [Cr/Fe] and [Zn/Fe]. The absorption system at z=1.96337 is likely an intervening low-mass galaxy, possibly related to the GRB host as part of a forming large-scale structure.
Berger Edo
Cote' Patrick
Fox Derek B.
Jord'an Andrés
Kulkarni Shri R.
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