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高红移阻尼莱曼α星系的积分场光谱巡天

An integral field spectroscopic survey for high redshift damped Lyman-alpha galaxies

L. Christensen, L. Wisotzki, M. M. Roth, S. F. Sanchez, A. Kelz, K. Jahnke

摘要:

我们在9个类星体中寻找z>2的阻尼莱曼α吸收体(DLAs)的对应星系,它们的光谱中有14个DLAs和8个sub-DLAs。我们使用积分场光谱搜索Ly-alpha发射线对象的红移的吸收系统。除了恢复两个先前确认的对象,我们发现六个统计上显着的候选Ly-alpha发射线对象。候选者被识别为具有接近DLA线的波长,在DLA线处背景类星体发射被吸收。与目前已知的六个Ly-alpha发射DLA星系相比,候选星系具有相似的线通量和线宽,而发射线和系统DLA红移之间的速度偏移较大。碰撞参量大于10 kpc,在较大的碰撞参量下发现较低的柱密度系统。假设单个气体云从类星体视线延伸到候选发射线的位置,我们发现平均候选DLA星系被指数尺度长度约为5 kpc的中性气体所包围。

英文摘要:

We search for galaxy counterparts to damped Lyman-alpha absorbers (DLAs) at z>2 towards nine quasars, which have 14 DLAs and 8 sub-DLAs in their spectra. We use integral field spectroscopy to search for Ly-alpha emission line objects at the redshifts of the absorption systems. Besides recovering two previously confirmed objects, we find six statistically significant candidate Ly-alpha emission line objects. The candidates are identified as having wavelengths close to the DLA line where the background quasar emission is absorbed. In comparison with the six currently known Ly-alpha emitting DLA galaxies the candidates have similar line fluxes and line widths, while velocity offsets between the emission lines and systemic DLA redshifts are larger. The impact parameters are larger than 10 kpc, and lower column density systems are found at larger impact parameters. Assuming that a single gas cloud extends from the QSO line of sight to the location of the candidate emission line, we find that the average candidate DLA galaxy is surrounded by neutral gas with an exponential scale length of ~5 kpc.

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