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dc.contributor.authorSymeonidis, M.
dc.contributor.authorOates, S.
dc.contributor.authorde Pasquale, M.
dc.contributor.authorPage, M.
dc.contributor.authorWiersema, K.
dc.contributor.authorStarling, R.
dc.contributor.authorSchady, P.
dc.contributor.authorSeymour, Nick
dc.contributor.authorO'Halloran, B.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:47:13Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:47:13Z
dc.date.created2016-01-18T20:00:50Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationSymeonidis, M. and Oates, S. and de Pasquale, M. and Page, M. and Wiersema, K. and Starling, R. and Schady, P. et al. 2014. Herschel/PACS observations of the host galaxy of GRB 031203. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 443 (1): pp. L124-L128.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35039
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/mnrasl/slu090
dc.description.abstract

We present Herschel/PACS observations of the nearby (z = 0.1055) dwarf galaxy that has hosted the long gamma-ray burst (LGRB) 031203. Using the PACS data, we have been able to place constraints on the dust temperature, dust mass, total infrared (IR) luminosity and IR-derived star formation rate (SFR) for this object. We find that the GRB host galaxy (GRBH) 031203 has a total IR luminosity of 3 × 1010 L⊙ placing it in the regime of the IR-luminous galaxy population. Its dust temperature and specific SFR are comparable to that of many high-redshift (z = 0.3–2.5) IR-detected GRB hosts (Tdust > 40 K; sSFR > 10 Gyr−1); however, its dust-to-stellar mass ratio is lower than what is commonly seen in IR-luminous galaxies. Our results suggest that GRBH 031203 is undergoing a strong starburst episode and its dust properties are different to those of local dwarf galaxies within the same metallicity and stellar mass range. Furthermore, our measurements place it in a distinct class to the well-studied nearby host of GRB 980425 (z = 0.0085), confirming the notion that GRB host galaxies can span a large range in properties even at similar cosmological epochs, making LGRBs an ideal tool in selecting samples of star-forming galaxies up to high redshift.

dc.titleHerschel/PACS observations of the host galaxy of GRB 031203
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume443
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPageL124
dcterms.source.endPageL128
dcterms.source.issn1745-3925
dcterms.source.titleMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2014 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

curtin.departmentDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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