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Ly-alpha发射体的质光比:红移z=5.7,6.5,7和8.8处Ly-alpha巡天的意义

Mass-to-light Ratio of Ly-alpha Emitters: Implications of Ly-alpha Surveys at Redshifts z=5.7, 6.5, 7, and 8.8

Elizabeth R. Fernandez, Eiichiro Komatsu

摘要:

利用一种简单的方法来解释Ly-alpha发射体的光度函数,我们探讨了Ly-alpha发射体在5.7 < z < 8.8范围内的性质,并对金属丰度和恒星质量谱进行了各种假设。我们限制了质量与“观察”光的比率,M_h/L_band。对于窄带巡天,L_band与固有的Ly-alpha光度以及Ly-alpha光子的存活分数alpha_esc简单相关。一旦给出了金属丰度和恒星质量谱,就可以推导出质量与辐射热光的比值M_h/L_bol。推测的M_h/L_bol对金属丰度比质谱更敏感。我们发现在5.7 < z < 7的范围内,Ly-alpha发射体的质光比存在以下约束:(M_h/L_bol)对于Z=0、1/50和1 Z_sun,(alpha_{esc} γ ^{1/gamma})γ ^{-1}分别=21-38、14-26和9-17,其中γ是Ly-alpha发射器的“占空比”,γ ~ 2是累积光度函数的局部斜率。对于z=8.8,仅得到弱下限。因此,Ly-alpha发射体与具有较小Ly-alpha存活分数alpha_{esc} ^{1/gamma} ~0.01-0.05的星暴星系M_h/L_bol ~ 0.1-1或正常群体(M_h/L_bol ~ 10)相一致,如果Ly-alpha光子的良好分数存活,alpha_{esc} ^{1/gamma} ~ 0.5-1。我们没有发现任何证据表明,在目前的Ly-alpha调查中发现的Ly-alpha发射体的光度函数中,再电离的结束,包括最近发现的一个Ly-alpha发射体在z=7。这些数据是一致的,没有演化的内在属性的Ly-alpha发射器或中性分数在星系际介质中z=7。在z=8.8处没有检测到源还没有产生显著的约束。我们还表明,在z=8.8检测的缺乏并不排除高z星系是多余的NIRB的起源。

英文摘要:

Using a simple method to interpret the luminosity function of Ly-alpha emitters, we explore properties of Ly-alpha emitters from 5.7 < z < 8.8 with various assumptions about metallicity and stellar mass spectra. We constrain a mass-to-'observed' light ratio, M_h/L_band. For narrow-band surveys, L_band is simply related to the intrinsic Ly-alpha luminosity with a survival fraction of Ly-alpha photons, alpha_esc. The mass-to-'bolometric light', M_h/L_bol, can also be deduced, once the metallicity and stellar mass spectrum are given. The inferred M_h/L_bol is more sensitive to metallicity than to the mass spectrum. We find the following constraints on a mass-to-light ratio of Ly-alpha emitters from 5.7 < z < 7: (M_h/L_bol)(alpha_{esc}epsilon^{1/gamma})^{-1}=21-38, 14-26, and 9-17 for Z=0, 1/50, and 1 Z_sun, respectively, where epsilon is the 'duty cycle' of Ly-alpha emitters, and gamma ~ 2 is a local slope of the cumulative luminosity function. Only weak lower limits are obtained for z=8.8. Therefore, Ly-alpha emitters are consistent with either starburst galaxies M_h/L_bol ~ 0.1-1 with a smaller Ly-alpha survival fraction, alpha_{esc}epsilon^{1/gamma} ~0.01-0.05, or normal populations (M_h/L_bol ~ 10) if a good fraction of Ly-alpha photons survived, alpha_{esc}epsilon^{1/gamma} ~ 0.5-1. We find no evidence for the end of reionization in the luminosity functions of Ly-alpha emitters discovered in the current Ly-alpha surveys, including recent discovery of one Ly-alpha emitter at z=7. The data are consistent with no evolution of intrinsic properties of Ly-alpha emitters or neutral fraction in the intergalactic medium up to z=7. No detection of sources at z=8.8 does not yield a significant constraint yet. We also show that the lack of detection at z=8.8 does not rule out the high-z galaxies being the origin of the excess NIRB.

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