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Resolved Host Studies of Stellar Explosions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Emily M. Levesque
Emily M. Levesque*
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Department of Astronomy, Box 351580, Seattle, WA 98195USA email: emsque@uw.edu
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Abstract

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The host galaxies of nearby (z<0.3) core-collapse supernovae and long-duration gamma-ray bursts offer an excellent means of probing the environments and populations that produce these events' varied massive progenitors. These same young stellar progenitors make LGRBs and SNe valuable and potentially powerful tracers of star formation, metallicity, the IMF, and the end phases of stellar evolution. However, properly utilizing these progenitors as tools requires a thorough understanding of their formation and, consequently, the physical properties of their parent host environments. In this talk I will review some of the recent work on LGRB and SN hosts with resolved environments that allows us to probe the precise explosion sites and surrounding environments of these events in incredible detail.

Keywords

gamma rays: burstsgalaxies: ISM
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , General Assembly A29B: Astronomy in Focus , August 2015 , pp. 267 - 269
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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