2018MNRAS.478....2C -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 478, 2-27 (2018/July-3)
Investigating a population of infrared-bright gamma-ray burst host galaxies.
CHRIMES A.A., STANWAY E.R., LEVAN A.J., DAVIES L.J.M., ANGUS C.R. and GREIS S.M.L.
Abstract (from CDS):
We identify and explore the properties of an infrared-bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) host population. Candidate hosts are selected by coincidence with sources in WISE, with matching to random coordinates and a false alarm probability analysis showing that the contamination fraction is ∼0.5. This methodology has already identified the host galaxy of GRB 080517. We combine survey photometry from Pan-STARRS, SDSS, APASS, 2MASS, GALEX, and WISE with our own WHT/ACAM and VLT/X-shooter observations to classify the candidates and identify interlopers. Galaxy SED fitting is performed using MAGPHYS, in addition to stellar template fitting, yielding 13 possible IR-bright hosts. A further seven candidates are identified from the previously published work. We report a candidate host for GRB 061002, previously unidentified as such. The remainder of the galaxies have already been noted as potential hosts. Comparing the IR-bright population properties including redshift z, stellar mass M*, star formation rate SFR, and V-band attenuation AV to GRB host catalogues in the literature, we find that the infrared-bright population is biased towards low z, high M*, and high AV. This naturally arises from their initial selection - local and dusty galaxies are more likely to have the required IR flux to be detected in WISE. We conclude that while IR-bright GRB hosts are not a physically distinct class, they are useful for constraining existing GRB host populations, particularly for long GRBs.
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© 2018 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s):
gamma-ray burst: general - infrared: galaxies - galaxies: statistics - galaxies: star formation - dust, extinction
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