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Cold gas in the early Universe. Survey for neutral atomic-carbon in GRB host galaxies at 1 < z < 6 from optical afterglow spectroscopy
K. E. Heintz, C. Ledoux, J. P. U. Fynbo +14
We present a survey for neutral atomic-carbon (CI) along gamma-ray burst (GRB) sightlines, which probes the shielded neutral gas-phase in the interstellar medium (ISM) of GRB host…
Evidence for diffuse molecular gas and dust in the hearts of gamma-ray burst host galaxies
J. Bolmer, C. Ledoux, P. Wiseman +17
Here we built up a sample of 22 GRBs at redshifts observed with X-shooter to determine the abundances of hydrogen, metals, dust, and molecular species. This allows us to st…
The 2175 Å extinction feature in the optical afterglow spectrum of GRB 180325A at z=2.25
T. Zafar, K. E. Heintz, J. P. U. Fynbo +26
The UV extinction feature at 2175 Å is ubiquitously observed in the Galaxy but is rarely detected at high redshifts. Here we report the spectroscopic detection of the 2175 Å bump o…
ALMA observations of a metal-rich damped Lyα absorber at z = 2.5832: evidence for strong galactic winds in a galaxy group
J. P. U. Fynbo, K. E. Heintz, M. Neeleman +7
We report on the results of a search for CO(3-2) emission from the galaxy counterpart of a high-metallicity Damped Ly-alpha Absorber (DLA) at z=2.5832 towards the quasar Q0918+1636…
Highly-ionized metals as probes of the circumburst gas in the natal regions of gamma-ray bursts
K. E. Heintz, D. Watson, P. Jakobsson +18
We present here a survey of high-ionization absorption lines in the afterglow spectra of long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) obtained with the VLT/X-shooter spectrograph. Our mai…
X-shooter and ALMA spectroscopy of GRB 161023A - A study of metals and molecules in the line of sight towards a luminous GRB
A. de Ugarte Postigo, C. C. Thöne, J. Bolmer +45
Long gamma-ray bursts are produced during the dramatic deaths of massive stars with very short lifetimes, meaning that they explode close to the birth place of their progenitors. D…
The fraction of ionizing radiation from massive stars that escapes to the intergalactic medium
N. R. Tanvir, J. P. U. Fynbo, A. de Ugarte Postigo +38
The part played by stars in the ionization of the intergalactic medium remains an open question. A key issue is the proportion of the stellar ionizing radiation that escapes the ga…
VLT/X-shooter GRBs: Individual extinction curves of star-forming regions
T. Zafar, D. Watson, P. Møller +14
The extinction profiles in Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) afterglow spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are usually described by the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC)-type extinction curve. In…
Unidentified quasars among stationary objects from Gaia DR2
K. E. Heintz, J. P. U. Fynbo, E. Høg +5
We here apply a novel technique selecting quasar candidates purely as sources with zero proper motions in the Gaia data release 2 (DR2). We demonstrate that this approach is highly…
A quasar hiding behind two dusty absorbers. Quantifying the selection bias of metal-rich, damped Lyman-alpha absorption systems
K. E. Heintz, J. P. U. Fynbo, C. Ledoux +6
The cosmic chemical enrichment as measured from damped Ly absorbers (DLAs) will be underestimated if dusty and metal-rich absorbers have evaded identification. Here we report th…