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作为宇宙学工具的莱曼α发射线

The Lyman-alpha Emission Line as a Cosmological Tool

Kim K. Nilsson

摘要:

本论文研究了一类特殊的高红移星系,即Ly-alpha发射体。Ly-alpha发射体是通过它们的Ly-alpha发射发现的星系,其红移大于z >~ 2,其中发射线已经红移到光学或近红外区域。本论文分为两个主要部分:低红移观测部分(z ~ 3)和技术性/理论性更强的甚高红移部分(z ~ 9)。在第一部分中,较低的红移部分I呈现了对在GOODS-S场中拍摄的窄带图像的分析,重点是z = 3.15的Ly-alpha的红移。覆盖GOODS-S场中心部分的图像显示了25个Ly-alpha发射候选者,其中一个被证明是所谓的Ly-alpha斑点。在第二部分中,我将讨论未来,非常高的红移窄带调查的Ly-alpha发射体。最后,在一个项目无关的其他两个部分的论文中,我提出了一个搜索的“基本面”的Ly-alpha发射器在颜色空间产生的大规模多波长调查,如GOODS或COSMOS。[删节]

英文摘要:

This thesis deals with different aspects of a special kind of high redshift galaxy, namely Ly-alpha emitters. Ly-alpha emitters are galaxies found through their Ly-alpha emission, at redshifts larger than z >~ 2 where the emission line has been redshifted into the optical or near-infrared regime. The thesis has two main parts; a lower redshift, observational part (z ~ 3) and a more technical/theoretical very high redshift part (z ~ 9). In the first, lower redshift part I present the analysis of a narrow-band image taken in the GOODS-S field, focused on a redshift for Ly-alpha of z = 3.15. The image, covering a central part of the GOODS-S field revealed 25 Ly-alpha emitting candidates, of which one turned out to be a so-called Ly-alpha blob. In the second part, I discuss future, very high redshift narrow-band surveys for Ly-alpha emitters. Finally, in a project unrelated to the other two parts of the thesis, I present a search for a 'Fundamental plane' of Ly-alpha emitters in the colour space produced by large-scale multi-wavelength surveys such as GOODS or COSMOS. [Abridged]

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