The host of GRB 171205A in 3D -- A resolved multiwavelength study of a rare grand-design spiral GRB host

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Autori principali: Thöne, C. C., Postigo, A. de Ugarte, Izzo, L., Michalowski, M. J., Levan, A. J., Leung, J. K., Fernández, J. F. Agüí, Géron, T., Friesen, R., Christensen, L., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., Hartmann, D. H., Jakobsson, P., De Pasquale, M., Pugliese, G., Rossi, A., Schady, P., Wiersema, K., Zafar, T.
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author Thöne, C. C.
Postigo, A. de Ugarte
Izzo, L.
Michalowski, M. J.
Levan, A. J.
Leung, J. K.
Fernández, J. F. Agüí
Géron, T.
Friesen, R.
Christensen, L.
Covino, S.
D'Elia, V.
Hartmann, D. H.
Jakobsson, P.
De Pasquale, M.
Pugliese, G.
Rossi, A.
Schady, P.
Wiersema, K.
Zafar, T.
author_facet Thöne, C. C.
Postigo, A. de Ugarte
Izzo, L.
Michalowski, M. J.
Levan, A. J.
Leung, J. K.
Fernández, J. F. Agüí
Géron, T.
Friesen, R.
Christensen, L.
Covino, S.
D'Elia, V.
Hartmann, D. H.
Jakobsson, P.
De Pasquale, M.
Pugliese, G.
Rossi, A.
Schady, P.
Wiersema, K.
Zafar, T.
contents Long GRB hosts at z<1 are usually low-mass, low metallicity star-forming galaxies. Here we present the until now most detailed, spatially resolved study of the host of GRB 171205A, a grand-design barred spiral galaxy at z=0.036. Our analysis includes MUSE integral field spectroscopy, complemented by high spatial resolution UV/VIS HST imaging and CO(1-0) and HI 21cm data. The GRB is located in a small star-forming region in a spiral arm of the galaxy at a deprojected distance of ~ 8 kpc from the center. The galaxy shows a smooth negative metallicity gradient and the metallicity at the GRB site is half solar, slightly below the mean metallicity at the corresponding distance from the center. Star formation in this galaxy is concentrated in a few HII regions between 5-7 kpc from the center and at the end of the bar, inwards of the GRB region, however, the HII region hosting the GRB is in the top 10% of regions with highest specific star-formation rate. The stellar population at the GRB site has a very young component (< 5 Myr) contributing a significant part of the light. Ionized and molecular gas show only minor deviations at the end of the bar. A parallel study found an asymmetric HI distribution and some additional gas near the position of the GRB, which might explain the star-forming region of the GRB site. Our study shows that long GRBs can occur in many types of star-forming galaxies, however, the actual GRB sites consistently have low metallicity, high star formation and a young population. Furthermore, gas inflow or interactions triggering the star formation producing the GRB progenitor might not be evident in ionized or even molecular gas but only in HI.
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spellingShingle The host of GRB 171205A in 3D -- A resolved multiwavelength study of a rare grand-design spiral GRB host
Thöne, C. C.
Postigo, A. de Ugarte
Izzo, L.
Michalowski, M. J.
Levan, A. J.
Leung, J. K.
Fernández, J. F. Agüí
Géron, T.
Friesen, R.
Christensen, L.
Covino, S.
D'Elia, V.
Hartmann, D. H.
Jakobsson, P.
De Pasquale, M.
Pugliese, G.
Rossi, A.
Schady, P.
Wiersema, K.
Zafar, T.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Long GRB hosts at z<1 are usually low-mass, low metallicity star-forming galaxies. Here we present the until now most detailed, spatially resolved study of the host of GRB 171205A, a grand-design barred spiral galaxy at z=0.036. Our analysis includes MUSE integral field spectroscopy, complemented by high spatial resolution UV/VIS HST imaging and CO(1-0) and HI 21cm data. The GRB is located in a small star-forming region in a spiral arm of the galaxy at a deprojected distance of ~ 8 kpc from the center. The galaxy shows a smooth negative metallicity gradient and the metallicity at the GRB site is half solar, slightly below the mean metallicity at the corresponding distance from the center. Star formation in this galaxy is concentrated in a few HII regions between 5-7 kpc from the center and at the end of the bar, inwards of the GRB region, however, the HII region hosting the GRB is in the top 10% of regions with highest specific star-formation rate. The stellar population at the GRB site has a very young component (< 5 Myr) contributing a significant part of the light. Ionized and molecular gas show only minor deviations at the end of the bar. A parallel study found an asymmetric HI distribution and some additional gas near the position of the GRB, which might explain the star-forming region of the GRB site. Our study shows that long GRBs can occur in many types of star-forming galaxies, however, the actual GRB sites consistently have low metallicity, high star formation and a young population. Furthermore, gas inflow or interactions triggering the star formation producing the GRB progenitor might not be evident in ionized or even molecular gas but only in HI.
title The host of GRB 171205A in 3D -- A resolved multiwavelength study of a rare grand-design spiral GRB host
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16725