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系统观测z~3-5扩展莱曼α源的深部光谱

Deep Spectroscopy of Systematically Surveyed Extended Lyman-alpha Sources at z~3-5

Tomoki Saito, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Sadanori Okamura, Masami Ouchi, Masayuki Akiyama, Michitoshi Yoshida, Yoshihiro Ueda

摘要:

在圆锥体中,空间扩展的Ly-alpha源是微弱和/或紧凑的,是极年轻(~< 10^7年)的高红移星系的候选者。我们提出了中等分辨率(R~2000)光谱的扩展Ly-alpha源在我们以前的研究中发现在z~3-5,使用VLT/VIMOS。深能谱表明,我们观察到的所有18个天体都具有超过100 A的大等效宽度(EW)。对于大约30%的样本(5个物体),我们在Ly-alpha线的轮廓上发现了明显的不对称。它们在红边显示出宽的机翼辐射成分,在Ly-alpha线的蓝边显示出尖锐的截止。这种不对称性在迄今已知的超风星系中经常可见,并且与超风活动的理论预测一致。有8个天体(8/18 ~ 40%)具有超过200 A的大EW,没有明显的超风活动特征。如此大的EW不能用中等年龄(>10^7岁)的恒星星族的光电离来解释,即使是头重脚轻的IMF或极低的金属丰度。这八个天体清楚地显示出Ly-alpha光度和速度宽度之间的正相关性。这表明这八个天体是在气体冷却阶段形成星系的良好候选者。

英文摘要:

Spatially extended Ly-alpha sources that are faint and/or compact in coninuum are candidates for extremely young (~< 10^7 yrs) galaxies at high redshifts. We present medium-resolution (R~2000) spectroscopy of such extended Ly-alpha sources found in our previous study at z~3-5, using VLT/VIMOS. The deep spectroscopy showed that all 18 objects we observed have large equivalent widths (EWs) exceeding 100 A. For about 30% of our sample (five objects), we identified conspicuous asymmetry on the profiles of the Ly-alpha line. They show broad wing emission components on the red side, and sharp cut-off on the blue side of the Ly-alpha line. Such asymmetry is often seen in superwind galaxies known to date, and also consistent with a theoretical prediction of superwind activity. There are eight objects (8/18 ~ 40%) that have large EWs exceeding 200 A, and no clear signature of superwind activities. Such large EWs cannot be explained in terms of photo-ionization by a moderately old (>10^7 yrs) stellar population, even with a top-heavy IMF or an extremely low metallicity. These eight objects clearly show a positive correlation between the Ly-alpha luminosity and the velocity width. This suggests that these eight objects are good candidates for forming-galaxies in a gas-cooling phase.

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