On the Lyα emission from gamma-ray burst host galaxies: Evidence for low metallicities

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 406, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Fynbo, J P U ^a,b   Jakobsson, P ^b   Moller P ^c   Hjorth, J ^b   Thomsen, B ^a   Andersen, M I ^d   Fruchter, A S ^e   Gorosabel, J ^e,f   Holland, S T ^g   Ledoux, C ^h   Pedersen, H ^b   Rhoads, J ^e   Weidinger, M ^a   Wijers, R A M J ⁱ  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen ^*  (Denmark)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^d ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e STScI   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^h EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Galaxies: high redshift; Gamma rays: bursts; Technique: photometric

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; CALCULATIONS; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BURSTS GALAXY; COLLAPSAR MODEL; LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; METALLICITY; OPTICAL AFTERGLOW;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0043199783     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030931     Document Type: Letter

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