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红移2-3的矮星系对未分辨红外涨落的贡献

Contribution to Unresolved Infrared Fluctuations from Dwarf Galaxies at Redshifts of 2-3

Ranga-Ram Chary, Asantha Cooray, Ian Sullivan

摘要:

为了了解在3.6和8微米之间的斯皮策图像中检测到的聚集各向异性的起源,我们将斯皮策IRAC/大天文台起源深度调查(GOODS)图像堆叠在对应于微弱的像素位置,z_{AB} ~27等,没有明显的IR对应光源。我们获得了一个强大的检测源与堆叠的中位数通量在3.6微米的130+/-5 nJy以上的背景。GOODS中的多波长成像数据丰富,使得能够在紫外和近红外波段之间的各种波长上进行类似的叠加分析。我们获得强堆叠检测这些光学微弱的源在整个波长范围内,这些源的平均属性的限制。我们发现,中等,堆叠源的通量谱是一致的L<0.03 L_{*,UV}星系与90%的置信区间为1.9-2.7的红移。这些光源产生的绝对背景强度为3.6微米,在0.1 ~ 0.35 nW/m^2/sr之间,在4角分角标度下,聚集的红外光可以占红外背景中波动功率的30-50%。虽然这些源的确切红移分布是未知的,但这些星系似乎包含5-20%的z~2.5的共同运动恒星质量密度。

英文摘要:

In order to understand the origin of clustered anisotropies detected in Spitzer images between 3.6 and 8 microns, we stack the Spitzer IRAC/Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) images at pixel locations corresponding to faint, z_{AB}~27 mag, optical sources with no obvious IR counterparts. We obtain a strong detection of the sources with a stacked median flux at 3.6 microns of 130+/-5 nJy above the background. The wealth of multi-wavelength imaging data in GOODS enables a similar stacking analysis to be undertaken at various wavelengths between the ultraviolet and near-infrared bands. We obtain strong stacked detections of these optically faint sources over the entire wavelength range which places constraints on the average properties of these sources. We find that the flux spectrum of the median, stacked source is consistent with a L<0.03 L_{*,UV} galaxy with a 90% confidence interval for the redshift of 1.9-2.7. These sources produce a 3.6 micron absolute background intensity between 0.1 and 0.35 nW/m^2/sr and the clustered IR light could account for ~30-50% of fluctuation power in the IR background at 4 arcminute angular scales. Although the exact redshift distribution of these sources is unknown, these galaxies appear to contain 5-20% of the co-moving stellar mass density at z~2.5.

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