The GRB Host Galaxies and Redshifts

Details The GRB Host Galaxies and Redshifts The GRB Host Galaxies and Redshifts

2001-07-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0107535v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Invited review, latex, 8 pages with 3 eps figures, style files included. To appear in proc. "Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow

Scientific paper

10.1007/10853853_60

Observations of GRB host galaxies and their environments in general can provide valuable clues about the nature of progenitors. Bursts are associated with faint, ~ 25 mag, galaxies at cosmological redshifts, ~ 1. The host galaxies span a range of luminosities and morphologies, and appear to be broadly typical for the normal, evolving, actively star-forming galaxy populations at comparable redshifts and magnitudes, but may have somewhat elevated SFR per unit luminosity. There are also spectroscopic hints of massive star formation, from the ratios of [Ne III] and [O II] lines. The observed, unobscured star formation rates are typically a few M_sun/yr, but a considerable fraction of the total star formation in the hosts may be obscured by dust. A census of detected optical afterglows provides a powerful new handle on the obscured fraction of star formation in the universe; the current results suggest that at most a half of the massive star formation was hidden by dust.

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