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尘埃星系的远红外光谱能量分布和测光红移

Far-Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions and Photometric Redshifts of Dusty Galaxies

Sukanya Chakrabarti, Christopher F. McKee

摘要:

利用Chakrabarti & McKee(2005)提出的辐射转移分析方法,我们从观测到的尘埃星系光谱能量分布(SED)中推断出尘埃星系的大尺度源参数。对于局部超亮红外星系(ULIRGs),当采用自洽的辐射转移解时,我们证明了用标准尘埃不透明度指数2可以很好地拟合毫米远红外(FIR)SED,表明局部ULIRGs中的冷尘埃可以用单颗粒模型描述。我们开发了一种方法,用于确定光度红移的ULIRGs和亚毫米星系的毫米FIR SED的结果值的$1+z$通常是准确的约10%。因此,它可以与近红外测光红移的精度相媲美,并提供了一种从远红外数据(例如即将到来的$\it{Herschel Space Observatory}$)推导红移的补充方法。由于我们的分析辐射转移解决方案是开发均匀的,球对称的,集中加热,尘埃源,它是相关的红外明亮的星系,主要是由紧凑的光源的光度嵌入在一个尘埃信封。我们讨论了如何偏离球对称可能会影响我们的解决方案的适用性,我们对比我们的自洽的解析解与标准近似证明的主要差异。

英文摘要:

We infer the large-scale source parameters of dusty galaxies from their observed spectral energy distributions (SEDs) using the analytic radiative transfer methodology presented in Chakrabarti & McKee (2005). For local ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs), we show that the millimeter to far-infrared (FIR) SEDs can be well fit using the standard dust opacity index of 2 when self-consistent radiative transfer solutions are employed, indicating that the cold dust in local ULIRGs can be described by a single grain model. We develop a method for determining photometric redshifts of ULIRGs and sub-mm galaxies from the millimeter-FIR SED; the resulting value of $1+z$ is typically accurate to about 10%. As such, it is comparable to the accuracy of near-IR photometric redshifts and provides a complementary means of deriving redshifts from far-IR data, such as that from the upcoming $\it{Herschel Space Observatory}$. Since our analytic radiative transfer solution is developed for homogeneous, spherically symmetric, centrally heated, dusty sources, it is relevant for infrared bright galaxies that are primarily powered by compact sources of luminosity that are embedded in a dusty envelope. We discuss how deviations from spherical symmetry may affect the applicability of our solution, and we contrast our self-consistent analytic solution with standard approximations to demonstrate the main differences.

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