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Spitzer河外首视巡天中z~3处的大质量莱曼破缺星系

Massive Lyman Break Galaxies at z~3 in the Spitzer Extragalactic First Look Survey

Hyunjin Shim, Myungshin Im, Phillip Choi, Lin Yan, Lisa Storrie-Lombardi

摘要:

利用静止系近红外光谱研究了从a~2.63 $ deg2 sub-region of the First Look Survey field using the ground-based multi-color data and the Spitzer Space Telescope mid-infrared data at 3--8 and 24 um. With the wide area and the broad wavelength coverage, we sample a large number of ``rare'' u-band dropouts which are massive (M* > 10^11 Msun), allowing us to perform a statistical analysis of these subsets of LBGs that have not been studied in detail. Optically bright (R(AB) < 24.5 mag) LBGs detected in mid-infrared (S_{3.6um} > 6 uJy) reside at the most massive and dusty end of the LBG population, with relatively high and tight $ M/L $中选出的1088个z~3处的Lyman Break半导体(LBG)的性质。大多数红外发光的LBG(S_{24um}> 100 μ Jy)都是尘埃星系,恒星形成速率为100 - 1000 Msun/yr,总红外光度> 10^12 Lsun。通过构造大质量LBG的紫外光度函数,我们估计出z~3处质量大于10^11 Msun的LBG的恒星形成率密度的下限为> 3.3 x 10 ^-3 Msun/yr/Mpc^3,这首次表明大质量星系的紫外亮星群单独对z~3处的全球恒星形成率密度有显著贡献。结合z <2时的恒星形成率密度,我们的结果揭示了从z = 0到z = 3,大质量星系对全球恒星形成的贡献稳步增加,为星系形成的缩小提供了有力的支持。

英文摘要:

We investigate the properties of 1088 Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs) at z~3 selected from a ~2.63$ deg2 sub-region of the First Look Survey field using the ground-based multi-color data and the Spitzer Space Telescope mid-infrared data at 3--8 and 24 um. With the wide area and the broad wavelength coverage, we sample a large number of ``rare'' u-band dropouts which are massive (M* > 10^11 Msun), allowing us to perform a statistical analysis of these subsets of LBGs that have not been studied in detail. Optically bright (R(AB) < 24.5 mag) LBGs detected in mid-infrared (S_{3.6um} > 6 uJy) reside at the most massive and dusty end of the LBG population, with relatively high and tight $M/L$ in rest-frame near-infrared. Most infrared-luminous LBGs (S_{24um} > 100 uJy) are dusty star-forming galaxies with star formation rates of 100--1000 Msun/yr, total infrared luminosity of > 10^12 Lsun. By constructing the UV luminosity function of massive LBGs, we estimate that the lower limit for the star formation rate density from LBGs more massive than 10^11 Msun at z~3 is > 3.3 x 10^-3 Msun/yr/Mpc^3, showing for the first time that the UV-bright population of massive galaxies alone contributes significantly to the global star formation rate density at z~3. When combined with the star formation rate densities at z < 2, our result reveals a steady increase in the contribution of massive galaxies to the global star formation from z=0 to z=3, providing strong support to the downsizing of galaxy formation.

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