The nature of Long-GRB host galaxies from chemical abundances

Details The nature of Long-GRB host galaxies from chemical abundances The nature of Long-GRB host galaxies from chemical abundances

2010-07-26

arxiv.org/abs/1007.4435v2

2010A&A...521A..73F

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

8 pages, 9 figures, two references added

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361/201015293

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic events after the Big Bang and they have been observed up to very high redshift. By means of measures of chemical abundances now available for the galaxies hosting such events,thought to originate from the explosion of very powerful supernovae (Type Ib/c), we have the opportunity to study the nature of these host galaxies. The aim of this paper is to identify the hosts of Long GRBs (LGRBs) observed both at low and high redshift to see whether the hosts can be galaxies of the same type observed at different cosmic epochs. We adopt detailed chemical evolution models for galaxies of different morphological type (ellipticals, spirals, irregulars) which follow the time evolution of the abundances of several chemical elements (H, He, $\alpha$-elements, Fe), and compare the results with the observed abundances and abundance ratios in galaxies hosting LGRBs. We find that the abundances and abundance ratios predicted by models devised for typical irregular galaxies can well fit the abundances in the hosts both at high and low redshift. We also find that the predicted Type Ib/c supernova rate for irregulars is in good agreement with observations. Models for spirals and particularly ellipticals do not fit the high-redshift hosts of LGRBs (DLA systems) nor the low redshift hosts: in particular, ellipticals cannot possibly be the hosts of gamma-ray-bursts at low redshift since they do not show any star formation, and therefore no supernovae Ib/c. We conclude that the observed abundance and abundance ratios in LGRBs hosts suggest that these hosts are irregular galaxies both at high and low redshift thus showing that the host galaxies belong to in an evolutionary sequence.

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