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Long GRBs are metallicity-biased tracers of star formation: evidence from host galaxies and redshift distribution
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Long GRBs are metallicity-biased tracers of star formation: evidence from host galaxies and redshift distribution
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We investigate the mass distribution of long gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxies and the redshift distribution of long GRBs by considering that long GRBs occur in low-metallicity environments. We calculate the upper limit on the stellar mass of a galaxy which can produce long GRBs by utilizing the mass-metallicity (M-Z) relation of galaxies. After comparing with the observed GRB host galaxies masses, we find that the observed GRB host galaxy masses can fit the predicted masses well if GRBs occur in low-metallicity $12+\log\rm(O/H)_{\rm KK04}<8.7$. GRB host galaxies have low metallicity, low mass, and high star formation rate compared with galaxies of seventh data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We also study the cumulative redshift distribution of the latest \emph{Swift} long GRBs by adding dark GRBs and 10 new GRBs redshifts from TOUGH survey. The observed discrepancy between the GRB rate and the star formation history can be reconciled by considering that GRBs tend to occur in low-metallicity galaxies with $12+\log\rm(O/H)_{\rm KK04}<8.7$. We conclude that the metallicity cutoff that can produce long GRBs is about $12+\log\rm(O/H)_{\rm KK04}<8.7$ from the host mass distribution and redshift distribution.
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