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扩展Chandra深场南中z = 3.1的Ly-alpha发射线Galerkin

Ly-alpha Emission-Line Galaxies at z = 3.1 in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South

C. Gronwall, R. Ciardullo, T. Hickey, E. Gawaiser, J. J. Feldmeier, P. G. van Dokkum, C. M. Urry, D. Herrera, B. D. Lehmer, L. Infante, A. Orsi, D. Marchesini, … 展开作者

C. Gronwall, R. Ciardullo, T. Hickey, E. Gawaiser, J. J. Feldmeier, P. G. van Dokkum, C. M. Urry, D. Herrera, B. D. Lehmer, L. Infante, A. Orsi, D. Marchesini, G. A. Blanc, H. Francke, P. Lira, E. Treister

摘要:

我们描述了在扩展的钱德拉深场南部对z = 3.1 Ly-alpha发射线星系进行的0.28 deg^2极深巡天的结果。通过使用MUSYC巡天中的5000埃窄带滤波器和互补宽带测光,我们确定了一个统计上完整的162个星系样本,这些星系的单色光通量大于1.5 x 10^-17尔格·cm^-2·s^-1,观测者的框架等效宽度大于80埃。我们表明,这些对象的等效宽度分布遵循指数与休息帧尺度长度为w_0 = 76 +/- 10埃。此外,我们还发现,在发射谱线上,Ly-alpha星系的光度函数具有α = -1.49 +/- 0.4的弱端幂律斜率,log L^* = 42.64 +/- 0.2的亮端截止值,空间密度高于我们的探测阈值1.46 +/- 0.12 x 10^-3 h70^3星系Mpc^-3。最后,通过比较LAEs的发射线和连续谱的性质,我们表明,来自Ly-alpha的恒星形成率比从静止帧UV连续谱推断的低3倍。我们使用这个偏移量来推断宿主星系内存在少量的内部消光。这种灭绝,加上缺乏极高的等效宽度发射体,认为这些星系不是原始的Pop III天体,尽管它们很年轻,化学上相对未进化。

英文摘要:

We describe the results of an extremely deep, 0.28 deg^2 survey for z = 3.1 Ly-alpha emission-line galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South. By using a narrow-band 5000 Anstrom filter and complementary broadband photometry from the MUSYC survey, we identify a statistically complete sample of 162 galaxies with monochromatic fluxes brighter than 1.5 x 10^-17 ergs cm^-2 s^-1 and observers frame equivalent widths greater than 80 Angstroms. We show that the equivalent width distribution of these objects follows an exponential with a rest-frame scale length of w_0 = 76 +/- 10 Angstroms. In addition, we show that in the emission line, the luminosity function of Ly-alpha galaxies has a faint-end power-law slope of alpha = -1.49 +/- 0.4, a bright-end cutoff of log L^* = 42.64 +/- 0.2, and a space density above our detection thresholds of 1.46 +/- 0.12 x 10^-3 h70^3 galaxies Mpc^-3. Finally, by comparing the emission-line and continuum properties of the LAEs, we show that the star-formation rates derived from Ly-alpha are ~3 times lower than those inferred from the rest-frame UV continuum. We use this offset to deduce the existence of a small amount of internal extinction within the host galaxies. This extinction, coupled with the lack of extremely-high equivalent width emitters, argues that these galaxies are not primordial Pop III objects, though they are young and relatively chemically unevolved.

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