GRB progenitors and their environments

dc.creatorLazzati, Davide
dc.date2006-11-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:40:47Z
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dc.descriptionThe detection of supernova features in the late spectra of several gamma-ray burst afterglows has shown that at least a fraction of long-duration gamma-ray bursts are associated to the final evolutionary stages of massive stars. Such direct observations are impossible for bursts located at redshift beyond z~0.5 and different methods must be used to understand the nature and properties of their progenitors. We review the observational evidence for two particular bursts, for which high quality data are available: GRB 021004 (at z=2.323) and the record redshift GRB 050904 (at z=6.29). We show that both GRBs are likely to be associated to very massive stars, and that in both cases the progenitor stars were able to modify their immediate environments with their radiative and mechanic (wind) luminosity.
dc.descriptionTo appear in the proceedings of the conference "The multicoloured landscape of compact objects and their explosive origins", Cefalu', Italy, June 11-24 2006
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611242
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611242
dc.identifierAIPConf.Proc.924:82-89,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2774843
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/181437
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleGRB progenitors and their environments
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