The Observer's Guide to the Gamma‐Ray Burst Supernova Connection

Z Cano, SQ Wang, ZG Dai, XF Wu - Advances in Astronomy, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present a detailed report of the connection between long‐duration gamma‐ray bursts
(GRBs) and their accompanying supernovae (SNe). The discussion presented here places …

A lanthanide-rich kilonova in the aftermath of a long gamma-ray burst

YH Yang, E Troja, B O'Connor, CL Fryer, M Im… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Observationally, kilonovae are astrophysical transients powered by the radioactive decay of
nuclei heavier than iron, thought to be synthesized in the merger of two compact objects …

Cosmic evolution and metal aversion in superluminous supernova host galaxies

S Schulze, T Krühler, G Leloudas… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The SUperluminous Supernova Host galaxIES survey aims to provide strong new
constraints on the progenitors of superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) by understanding the …

GRB hosts through cosmic time-VLT/X-Shooter emission-line spectroscopy of 96 γ-ray-burst-selected galaxies at 0.1< z< 3.6

T Krühler, D Malesani, JPU Fynbo, OE Hartoog… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
We present data and initial results from VLT/X-Shooter emission-line spectroscopy of 96
galaxies selected by long γ-ray bursts (GRBs) at 0.1< z< 3.6, the largest sample of GRB host …

The swift GRB host galaxy legacy survey. ii. rest-frame near-ir luminosity distribution and evidence for a near-solar metallicity threshold

DA Perley, NR Tanvir, J Hjorth, T Laskar… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present rest-frame near-IR (NIR) luminosities and stellar masses for a large and
uniformly selected population of gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies using deep Spitzer …

Connecting the gamma ray burst rate and the cosmic star formation history: implications for reionization and galaxy evolution

BE Robertson, RS Ellis - The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The contemporary discoveries of galaxies and gamma ray bursts (GRBs) at high redshift
have supplied the first direct information on star formation when the universe was only a few …

Spectroscopy of superluminous supernova host galaxies. A preference of hydrogen-poor events for extreme emission line galaxies

G Leloudas, S Schulze, T Krühler… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) are very bright explosions that were only discovered
recently and that show a preference for occurring in faint dwarf galaxies. Understanding why …

A population of massive, luminous galaxies hosting heavily dust-obscured gamma-ray bursts: implications for the use of GRBs as tracers of cosmic star formation

DA Perley, AJ Levan, NR Tanvir… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present observations and analysis of the host galaxies of 23 heavily dust-obscured
gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed by the Swift satellite during the years 2005–2009 …

The spectral evolution of AT 2018dyb and the presence of metal lines in tidal disruption events

G Leloudas, L Dai, I Arcavi, PM Vreeswijk… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present light curves and spectra of the tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-18pg/AT
2018dyb spanning a period of one year. The event shows a plethora of strong emission …

The offset and host light distributions of long gamma-ray bursts: a new view from hst observations of swift bursts

PK Blanchard, E Berger, W Fong - The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of an extensive Hubble Space Telescope imaging study of 105,
mostly Swift, long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) spanning $0.03\lesssim z\lesssim …