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The Host Galaxy of GRB 031203: Implications of Its Low Metallicity, Low Redshift, and Starburst Nature

J. X. ProchaskaUCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064J. S. BloomHarvard Society of Fellows, 78 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138Hsiao‐Wen ChenCenter for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 70 Vassar Street, Building 37, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307K. HurleyUniversity of California, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450J. MelbourneUCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064Alan DresslerCarnegie Observatories, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101James R. GrahamDepartment of Astronomy, University of California, 601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411D. J. OsipLas Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Observatories, Casilla 601, La Serena, ChileWilliam D. VaccaNASA/AMES Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035

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We present Keck/NIRSPEC near-IR images and Magellan/IMACS optical spectroscopy of the host galaxy of GRB 031203. The host is an actively star-forming galaxy at z=0.1055 +/- 0.0001. This is the lowest redshift GRB to-date, aside from GRB 980425. From the hydrogen Balmer lines, we infer an extinction of A_V = 3.62 +/- 0.25 or a total reddening E_T(B-V) = 1.17 +/- 0.1 toward the sightline to the nebular regions. After correcting for reddening, we perform an emission-line analysis and derive an ISM temperature of T=13400+/-2000K and electron density of n_e = 300 cm^(-3). These imply a metallicity [O/H]=-0.72+/-0.15 dex and a roughly solar abundance pattern for N, Ne, S, and Ar. Integrating Ha, we infer a dust-corrected star formation rate (SFR) of > 11 Msol/yr. These observations have the following implications: (1) the galaxy has a low K'-band luminosity L ~ L^*/5, typical of GRB host galaxies; (2) the low redshift indicates GRB 031203 had an isotropic-equivalent gamma-ray energy release smaller than all previous confirmed GRB events. The burst discovery, near the detection limit of INTEGRAL, raises the likelihood of identifying many additional low z, low flux events with Swift; (3) the large SFR, low metallicity, and the inferred hard radiation field is suggestive of massive star formation, supporting the collapsar model; (4) several lines of evidence argue against the identification of GRB 031203 as an X-ray flash event.

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DOI: 10.1086/421988

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