The host galaxies of core-collapse supernovae and gamma ray bursts

Details The host galaxies of core-collapse supernovae and gamma ray bursts The host galaxies of core-collapse supernovae and gamma ray bursts

2010-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/1001.5042v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

23 pages, 10 figures, 6 tables. Accepted to MNRAS

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We present a comparative study of the galactic and small scale environments of gamma-ray bursts (GRB) and core collapse supernovae (CCSN). We use a sample of 34 GRB hosts at z<1.2, and a comparison sample of 58 supernova hosts located within the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey footprint. We fit template spectra to the available photometric data, which span the range 0.45-24 micron, and extract absolute magnitudes, stellar masses and star formation rates from the resulting fits. Our results broadly corroborate previous findings, but offer significant enhancements in spectral coverage and a factor 2-3 increase in sample size. Specifically, we find that CCSN occur frequently in massive spirals (spiral fraction ~50%). In contrast GRBs occur in small, relatively low mass galaxies with high specific and surface star formation rates, and have a spiral fraction of only ~10%. A comparison of the rest frame absolute magnitudes of the GRB and CCSN sample is less conclusive than found in previous work, suggesting that while GRB hosts are typically both smaller and bluer than those of CCSN their total blue light luminosities are only slightly lower. We suggest this is likely due to rapid periods of intensified star formation activity, as indicated by the high specific star formation rates, which both create the GRB progenitors and briefly significantly enhance the host galaxy blue luminosity. Finally, our analysis of local environments of GRBs and CCSN shows that GRBs are highly concentrated on their host light, and further occur in regions of higher absolute surface luminosity than CCSN.

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