Metallicities of high redshift GRB hosts: The case of GRB 100219A

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Mar 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011an....332..281t&link_type=abstract

Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.332, Issue 3, p.281-282

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Gamma Rays: Bursts, Galaxies: Ism, Ism: Abundances

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GRB 100219A at z=4.667 has been the highest redshift gamma-ray burst observed with the X-shooter spectrograph up to now. The spectrum covering the range from 5000 to 24 000 Åand a large number of absorption lines allows to make a detailed study of the interstellar medium in a high redshift galaxy. The ISM in the low ionisation state and the kinematics of the absorption line components reveal a complex velocity field. The metallicity measured from different absorption lines is around 0.1 solar. Other GRB hosts at redshift beyond ˜3 have similar metallicities albeit with a large scatter in the metallicity distribution. X-shooter will allow us to determine metallicities of a larger number of GRB hosts beyond redshift 5, to probe the early chemical enrichment of the Universe and to study its evolution from redshift 2 to beyond 10.
Based on observations made with ESO/Paranal Telescopes under programme ID 084.A-0260, PI: J. Fynbo.

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