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GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: 15 YEARS OF GRB AFTERGLOWS - PROGENITORS, ENVIRONMENTS AND HOST GALAXIES FROM THE NEARBY TO THE EARLY UNIVERSE
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages 247-249Publisher
E D P SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1051/eas/1361037
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We analyze two X-shooter spectra of the GRB 120327A afterglow, acquired 2.1 and 30 hrs after the trigger. The ISM in the ORB host galaxy at z = 2.8145 is extremely rich in absorption features, with three components contributing to the line profiles. The hydrogen column density associated with GRB 120327A is log N-HI/cm(2) = 22.01 +/- 0.09, and the metallicity of the host galaxy is in the range [X/H] = -1.7 to -1 with respect to the solar values, i.e., a typical value for a GRB host galaxy. In addition to the ground state lines, we detect in the first observation several excited absorption features, which disappeared in the second observation. Using these features, we derive that component I is at d(I) = 200(-60)(+100) pc from the GRB, while component II is located closer, at d(II) = 100(30)(+40) pc. These values are among the lowest found in GRBs. Comparing the abundances with star formation history models, we find that the ORB 120327A host galaxy abundances are compatible with a star formation efficiency of 10 Gyr(-1), typical of spheroids (elliptical or bulge).
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