Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-08-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
4 pages, 5 ps figures, proceeding of the workshop "GRBs as probes: from the progenitor's environment to the high redshift Univ
Scientific paper
We study the GRB 081008 environment with simultaneous high- and low-resolution spectroscopy using UVES and FORS2 data acquired ~5 hr after the Swift trigger. The interstellar medium (ISM) of the host galaxy at z=1.9683 is constituted by at least three components which contribute to the line profiles. Component I is the redmost one, and is 20 km/s and 78 km/s redward component II and III, respectively. We detect several ground state and excited absorption features in components I and II. These features have been used to compute the distances between the GRB and the absorbers. Component I is found to be 52 +/-6 pc away from the GRB, while component II presents few excited transitions and its distance is 200+60-80 pc. Component III only features a few, low ionization and saturated lines suggesting that it is even farther from the GRB. The hydrogen column density associated to GRB 081008 is log N_H/cm^-2 = 21.11 +/- 0.10, and the metallicity of the host galaxy is in the range [X/H] = -1.29 to -0.52. In particular, we found [Fe/H]=-1.19 +/- 0.11 and [Zn/H]=-0.52+/- 0.11 with respect to solar values. This discrepancy can be explained by the presence of dust in the GRB ISM, given the opposite refractory properties of iron and zinc. By deriving the depletion pattern for GRB 081008, we find the optical extinction in the visual band to be A_V ~0.19 mag. The Curve of Growth analysis applied to the FORS2 spectra brings column densities consistent at the 3 sigma level to that evaluated from the UVES data using the line fitting procedure. This reflects the low saturation of the detected GRB 081008 absorption features.
Campana Sergio
Covino Stefano
D'Avanzo Paolo
D'Elia Valerio
Piranomonte Silvia
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