Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope observations of dark gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies

Chrimes, A. A.; Levan, A. J.; Stanway, Elizabeth R.; Lyman, J.; Fruchter, A. S.; Jakobsson, P.; O’Brien, P. T.; Perley, D. A.; Tanvir, N. R.; Wheatley, P. J.; Wiersema, K.

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“…Conversely, at z 3, such faint hosts become the norm, with most host galaxies undetected at this level. We note that in the sample of Chrimes et al (2019), GRB 100205A is the only burst for which no host is detected in F160W. If we assume that GRB 100205A occurred at z = 5, the rest-frame UV absolute magnitude of the host is M UV > −19.74, placing it at least one magnitude fainter than M * at that redshift (Bouwens et al 2015) -demonstrating the ability of GRBs to select low mass star forming galaxies in the distant Universe.…”

Section: Non-detection Of the Hostmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…In Figure 7, we show F160W apparent magnitudes for GRB hosts with known redshift (either from host emission or afterglow absorption lines, Blanchard et al 2016;Lyman et al 2017;Chrimes et al 2019). We also include three high F160W Apparent Magnitude Blanchard et al 2016Lyman et al 2017Chrimes et al 2019McGuire et al 2016Tanvir et al 2012 Figure 7. GRB host galaxy apparent magnitudes, measured in the HST F160W band (Blanchard et al 2016;Lyman et al 2017;Chrimes et al 2019).…”

Section: Non-detection Of the Hostmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We also include three high F160W Apparent Magnitude Blanchard et al 2016Lyman et al 2017Chrimes et al 2019McGuire et al 2016Tanvir et al 2012 Figure 7. GRB host galaxy apparent magnitudes, measured in the HST F160W band (Blanchard et al 2016;Lyman et al 2017;Chrimes et al 2019). Four high-redshift GRB host detections in the J and F140W bands, and two 2 σ upper limits (F160W, triangles), are also shown (McGuire et al 2016;Tanvir et al 2012).…”

Section: Non-detection Of the Hostmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Non-detection Of the Hostmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Contours representing the 67, 95 and 99.5 per cent frequentist probability intervals are overlaid in black. tion (see for examplePerley et al 2009;Greiner et al 2011;Svensson et al 2012;Perley et al 2013;Zauderer et al 2013;Jeong et al 2014a;van der Horst et al 2015;Higgins et al 2019;Chrimes et al 2019…”

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The case for a high-redshift origin of GRB 100205A

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Levan

Stanway

et al. 2019

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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The number of long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) known to have occurred in the distant Universe (z > 5) is small (∼15), however these events provide a powerful way of probing star formation at the onset of galaxy evolution. In this paper, we present the case for GRB 100205A being a largely overlooked high-redshift event. While initially noted as a high-z candidate, this event and its host galaxy have not been explored in detail. By combining optical and near-infrared Gemini afterglow imaging (at t < 1.3 days since burst) with deep late-time limits on host emission from the Hubble Space Telescope, we show that the most likely scenario is that GRB 100205A arose in the range 4 < z < 8. GRB 100205A is an example of a burst whose afterglow, even at ∼ 1 hour post burst, could only be identified by 8-m class IR observations, and suggests that such observations of all optically dark bursts may be necessary to significantly enhance the number of high-redshift GRBs known.

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confidence: 99%

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Are the host galaxies of long gamma-ray bursts more compact than star-forming galaxies of the field?

Schneider

Floc’h

Arabsalmani

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Context. Long Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) offer a promising tool to trace the cosmic history of star formation, especially at high redshift where conventional methods are known to suffer from intrinsic biases. Previous studies of GRB host galaxies at low redshift showed that high surface densities of stellar mass and star formation rate (SFR) can potentially enhance the GRB production. Evaluating the effect of such stellar densities at high redshift is therefore crucial to fully control the ability of long GRBs for probing the activity of star formation in the distant Universe. Aims. We assess how the size, the stellar mass and star formation rate surface densities of distant galaxies affect their probability to host a long GRB, using a sample of GRB hosts at z > 1 and a control sample of star-forming sources from the field. Methods. We gather a sample of 45 GRB host galaxies at 1 < z < 3.1 observed with the Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 camera in the near-infrared. Our subsample at 1 < z < 2 has cumulative distributions of redshift and stellar mass consistent with the host galaxies of already-known unbiased GRB samples, while our GRB host selection at 2 < z < 3.1 has lower statistics and is probably biased to the high end of the stellar mass function. Using the GALFIT parametric approach, we model the GRB host light profile with a Sérsic component and derive the half-light radius for 35 GRB hosts, which we use to estimate the star formation rate and stellar mass surface densities of each object. We compare the distribution of these physical quantities to the SFR-weighted properties of a complete sample of star-forming galaxies from the 3D-HST deep survey at comparable redshift and stellar mass. Results. We show that, similarly to z < 1, GRB hosts are smaller in size and they have higher stellar mass and star formation rate surface densities than field galaxies at 1 < z < 2. Interestingly, this result is robust even when considering separately the hosts of GRBs with optically-bright afterglows and the hosts of dark GRBs, as the two subsamples share similar size distributions. At z > 2 though, GRB hosts appear to have sizes and stellar mass surface densities more consistent with those characterizing the field galaxies. This may reveal an evolution with redshift of the bias between GRB hosts and the overall population of star-forming sources, although we cannot exclude that our result at z > 2 is also affected by the prevalence of dark GRBs in our selection. Conclusions. In addition to a possible trend toward low metallicity environment, other environmental properties such as stellar density appears to play a role in the formation of long GRBs, at least up to z ∼ 2. This might suggest that GRBs require special environments to be produced.

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Primordial black hole origin for thermal gamma-ray bursts

Barco

2021

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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A binary black hole astrophysical scenario where a mass-constrained (2.5 × 10−13M⊙) primordial black hole (PBH) undergoes a radial fall on to its heavier component (such as a supermassive black hole (SMBH)) is described as an intense gamma-ray emission event. As the relativistic PBH approaches the Schwarschild SMBH event horizon, its Lorentz-boosted Hawking radiation progressively reduces to a near-zero emission cone resulting in a highly collimated thermal beam. Accordingly, our numerically calculated PBH flux density Sν and νSν fluence spectrum show a decreasing Planck-like spectral dependence consistent with the cooling behaviour of thermal-dominant gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Our results might provide an alternative explanation for thermal GRBs based on PBH origin.

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Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope observations of dark gamma-ray bursts and their host galaxies

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The case for a high-redshift origin of GRB 100205A

The case for a high-redshift origin of GRB 100205A

Are the host galaxies of long gamma-ray bursts more compact than star-forming galaxies of the field?

Primordial black hole origin for thermal gamma-ray bursts

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