No correlation between host galaxy metallicity and gamma-ray energy release for long-duration gamma-ray bursts

Levesque, E M; Soderberg, Alicia M; Kewley, Lisa; Berger, E

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No correlation between host galaxy metallicity and gamma-ray energy release for long-duration gamma-ray bursts

Date

2010

Authors

Levesque, E M

Soderberg, Alicia M

Kewley, Lisa

Berger, E

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.

Abstract

We compare the redshifts, host galaxy metallicities, and isotropic (Eaγiso) and beaming-corrected (Eaγ ) gammaray energy release of 16 long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) at z < 1. From this comparison, we find no statistically significant correlatio