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Spectroscopy of the host galaxy of the gamma-ray burst 980703

Aug, 1998

8 pages

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Astrophys.J.Lett. 508 (1998) L17-L20

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astro-ph/9808188 [astro-ph]

DOI:

10.1086/311729

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We present spectroscopic observations of the host galaxy of the gamma-ray burst (GRB) 980703. Several emission and absorption features are detected, making the redshift, z = 0.966, completely unambiguous. This is only the third known redshift for a GRB host. The implied isotropic gamma-ray energy release from the burst is in excess of 10^{53} erg, for a reasonable choice of cosmological parameters. The spectroscopic properties of the host galaxy are typical for a star formation powered object. Using the observed value of the Balmer decrement, we derived the extinction in the galaxy's restframe, A_V = 0.3 +- 0.3 mag. Using three different star formation rate indicators, we estimate SFR ~ 10 Msun/yr, or higher, depending on the extinction, with a lower limit of SFR > 7 Msun/yr. This is the highest value of the star formation rate measured for a GRB galaxy so far, and it gives some support to the idea that GRBs are closely related to massive star formation.

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