Properties of GRB Host Galaxies
Astrophysics
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
The transients following GRB970228 and GRB970508 showed that these (and probably all) GRBs are cosmological. However, the host galaxies expected to be associated with these and other bursts are largely absent, indicating that either bursts are further than expected or the host galaxies are underluminous. This apparent discrepancy does not invalidate the cosmological hypothesis, but instead host galaxy observations can test more sophisticated models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9712125,
title = {Properties of GRB Host Galaxies},
author = {Dieter H. Hartmann and David L. Band},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9712125},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, AIPPROC LaTeX, to appear in "Gamma-Ray Bursts, 4th Huntsville Symposium," eds. C. Meegan, R. Preece and T. Koshut