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Z~ 2.24微米超铝红外镓的HST NICMOS成像

HST NICMOS imaging of z~2, 24 micron-selected Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

Kalliopi M. Dasyra, Lin Yan, George Helou, Jason Surace, Anna Sajina, James Colbert

摘要:

本文介绍了哈勃空间望远镜NICMOS H波段对33个Z~2波段超铝红外星系团(ULIRGs)的成像,这些星系团是从斯皮策河外首视巡天24微米星表中选出的。这些图像显示,33个物体中至少有17个与互动有关。在我们的样本中,多达五分之一的源可能是小合并,而只有2个系统是合并的光度比<=3:1的双星,这是本地ULIRGs的特征。这些光源的静止坐标系光学光度为10^10-10^11 L_sun量级,有效半径为1.4 - 4.9 kpc。最紧凑的源要么是那些具有强烈的活动核连续性的源,要么是那些在中红外区域具有严重遮蔽的源,这是由斯皮策的红外光谱仪数据确定的。由多环芳烃分子产生的7.7微米特征的光度在紧凑系统中变化很大,而对于扩展系统来说通常很大。对我们样本中6个最亮(m_H<20)源进行的凸起到盘分解表明,它们最适合于具有小凸起或可忽略凸起的盘状轮廓,而不像局部ULIRG的凸起主导的残留物。我们的研究结果提供了证据,与超铝红外活动在z~2的相互作用可以不同于那些在z~0。

英文摘要:

We present Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS H-band imaging of 33 Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs) at z~2 that were selected from the 24 micron catalog of the Spitzer Extragalactic First Look Survey. The images reveal that at least 17 of the 33 objects are associated with interactions. Up to one fifth of the sources in our sample could be minor mergers whereas only 2 systems are merging binaries with luminosity ratio <=3:1, which is characteristic of local ULIRGs. The rest-frame optical luminosities of the sources are of the order 10^10-10^11 L_sun and their effective radii range from 1.4 to 4.9 kpc. The most compact sources are either those with a strong active nucleus continuum or those with a heavy obscuration in the mid-infrared regime, as determined from Spitzer Infra-Red Spectrograph data. The luminosity of the 7.7 micron feature produced by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules varies significantly among compact systems whereas it is typically large for extended systems. A bulge-to-disk decomposition performed for the 6 brightest (m_H<20) sources in our sample indicates that they are best fit by disk-like profiles with small or negligible bulges, unlike the bulge-dominated remnants of local ULIRGs. Our results provide evidence that the interactions associated with ultraluminous infrared activity at z~2 can differ from those at z~0.

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