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一个z = 3.03的候选布里渊原星系团

A Candidate Brightest Proto-Cluster Galaxy at z = 3.03

Jeff Cooke, Elizabeth J. Barton, James S. Bullock, Kyle R. Stewart, Arthur M. Wolfe

摘要:

我们发现了一个非常明亮(m_R = 22.2)的莱曼break星系,其星系的z = 3.03,看起来是一个处于合并后期的大质量星系。深度成像揭示了亮度曲线中的多个峰,角间距为~0。'' 8(~25 h^-1 kpc共动)。此外,高信噪比静止坐标系紫外光谱显示,基于恒星光球层和ISM吸收线的~5个分量存在,其中3个最强分量的速度色散σ ~460 km s^-1。动力学和高光度,以及我们对LCDM数值模拟的分析,都表明这是一个非常大的系统,晕质量为M ~ 10^13 M_solar。模拟发现,在z = 3时,该质量的所有晕都包含子晕,这与这些观测到的成分的性质一致,并且这些系统通常在z = 0时演化成M ~ 10^14 M_的太阳晕。这一发现为研究z ~ 3系统的性质和单个成分提供了难得的机会,z ~ 3系统很可能是最亮星系团的祖先。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of a very bright (m_R = 22.2) Lyman break galaxy at z = 3.03 that appears to be a massive system in a late stage of merging. Deep imaging reveals multiple peaks in the brightness profile with angular separations of ~0.''8 (~25 h^-1 kpc comoving). In addition, high signal-to-noise ratio rest-frame UV spectroscopy shows evidence for ~5 components based on stellar photospheric and ISM absorption lines with a velocity dispersion of sigma ~460 km s^-1 for the three strongest components. Both the dynamics and high luminosity, as well as our analysis of a LCDM numerical simulation, suggest a very massive system with halo mass M ~ 10^13 M_solar. The simulation finds that all halos at z = 3 of this mass contain sub-halos in agreement with the properties of these observed components and that such systems typically evolve into M ~ 10^14 M_solar halos in groups and clusters by z = 0. This discovery provides a rare opportunity to study the properties and individual components of z ~ 3 systems that are likely to be the progenitors to brightest cluster galaxies.

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