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强CaII-absorber宿主星系z~1的K波段成像

K-band Imaging of strong CaII-absorber host galaxies at z~1

Paul Hewett, Vivienne Wild

摘要:

我们提出了K波段成像的领域周围的30强钙II吸收线系统,在0.7<z<1.1,其中三个被证实是阻尼莱曼α系统。在距吸收器视线6“0(~ 50 kpc)范围内发现了大量的星系。与场星系相比,多余的星系优先发光。在一个模型中,场星系对CaII的吸收具有一个依赖于光度的截面,其形式为(L/L*)^[0.7],这个模型很好地再现了观测结果。CaII吸收体的光度依赖性截面似乎明显强于MgII吸收体的已建立的(L/L*)^0.4依赖性。关联星系位于大的物理距离的调用吸收气体,我们发现一个平均的碰撞参量为24千秒差距(H 0 = 70公里\s \Mpc)。结合所观察到的数密度的钙吸收剂的大的物理分离的结果推断填充因子只有~ 10%.The物理起源的强钙吸收仍然不清楚,可能的解释各不相同,从非常扩展磁盘的发光星系相关的矮星系邻居,残余的流出发光星系,或潮汐碎片从较小的星系同类相食。

英文摘要:

We present K-band imaging of fields around 30 strong CaII absorption line systems, at 0.7<z<1.1, three of which are confirmed Damped Lyman-alpha systems. A significant excess of galaxies is found within 6"0 (~50kpc) from the absorber line-of-sight. The excess galaxies are preferentially luminous compared to the population of field galaxies. A model in which field galaxies possess a luminosity-dependent cross-section for CaII absorption of the form (L/L*)^0.7 reproduces the observations well. The luminosity-dependent cross-section for the CaII absorbers appears to be significantly stronger than the established (L/L*)^0.4 dependence for MgII absorbers. The associated galaxies lie at large physical distances from the CaII-absorbing gas; we find a mean impact parameter of 24kpc (H0=70km\s\Mpc). Combined with the observed number density of CaII absorbers the large physical separations result in an inferred filling factor of only ~10 per cent. The physical origin of the strong CaII absorption remains unclear, possible explanations vary from very extended disks of the luminous galaxies to associated dwarf galaxy neighbours, remnants of outflows from the luminous galaxies, or tidal debris from cannibalism of smaller galaxies.

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