The nature of H I absorbers in gamma-ray burst afterglows: clues from hydrodynamic simulations

@article{Pontzen2010TheNO,
  title={The nature of H I absorbers in gamma-ray burst afterglows: clues from hydrodynamic simulations},
  author={Andrew Pontzen and Alis J. Deason and Fabio Governato and Max Pettini and James Wadsley and Thomas R. Quinn and Alyson M. Brooks and Jillian M. Bellovary and Johan P. U. Fynbo},
  journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  year={2010},
  volume={402},
  pages={1523-1535}
}
In recent work, we have shown that it is possible to link quantitatively many aspects of damped Lyman α (DLA) absorbers in the spectra of quasars to high-resolution simulations of galaxy formation. Using runs from the same series of hydrodynamic numerical studies, we consider the expected properties of intrinsic Lyman α absorbers seen in the spectra of high-redshift (z > 2) gamma-ray burst afterglows (GRB–DLAs). If GRBs are associated with the death of massive stars, their afterglows provide… Expand
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