MODELING THE GRB HOST GALAXY MASS DISTRIBUTION: ARE GRBs UNBIASED TRACERS OF STAR FORMATION?

We model the mass distribution of long gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies given recent results suggesting that GRBs occur in low-metallicity environments. By utilizing measurements of the redshift evolution of the mass-metallicity relationship for galaxies, along with a sharp host metallicity cutof...

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Main Authors: Kocevski, Daniel (Author), Modjaz, Maryam (Author), West, A. A. (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), West, Andrew A. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-03-16T13:35:50Z.
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