The low distance, , of GRB 100316D and its association with SN
2010bh represent two important motivations for studying this host galaxy and
the GRB's immediate environment with the Integral-Field Spectrographs like
VLT/MUSE. Its large field-of-view allows us to create 2D maps of gas
metallicity, ionization level, and the star-formation rate distribution maps,
as well as to investigate the presence of possible host companions. The host is
a late-type dwarf irregular galaxy with multiple star-forming regions and an
extended central region with signatures of on-going shock interactions. The GRB
site is characterized by the lowest metallicity, the highest star-formation
rate and the youngest ( 20-30 Myr) stellar population in the galaxy,
which suggest a GRB progenitor stellar population with masses up to 20 -- 40
. We note that the GRB site has an offset of $\simL_{H\alpha} \leq 10^{36}$ erg/s) companion.
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gamma-ray burst: general, gamma-ray burst: individual: GRB 100316D, galaxies: abundances, galaxies: general, galaxies: star formation