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UV光度函数在z~2-3处的陡暗端斜率:对低质量晕中恒星质量密度和恒星形成的意义

A Steep Faint-End Slope of the UV Luminosity Function at z~2-3: Implications for the Global Stellar Mass Density and Star Formation in Low Mass Halos

Naveen A. Reddy, Charles C. Steidel

摘要:

我们使用莱曼布雷克星系巡天(LBG)的深地光学测光方法,在总面积为3261弧分的31个空间独立的视场中,获得了红移为1.9&lt;z 2000光谱红移和~31000 LBG的紫外LF的弱端斜率(α)的可靠测量结果<3.4. Our sample includes >^[2]。这些数据使我们能够在z~2和z~3分别选择0.07L* 和0.10L* 的星系。极大似然分析表明α(z=2)=-1.73+/-0.07和α(z=3)=-1.73+/-0.13的陡峭值。这一结果对Ly-alpha等效宽度和红化分布中的光度依赖系统学是稳健的,与z&gt;4时的陡峭值相似,并意味着z~2-3时约93%的未遮蔽UV光度密度来自亚L * 星系。在真实的光度相关变红分布下,当积分范围为1.9&lt;z&lt;3.4时,微弱到中等亮度的星系分别占热光度密度和现今恒星质量密度的70%和25%。我们发现在z~6和z~2之间的恒星形成率密度增加了8-9倍,这是由于L* 的增亮和对较低红移的尘埃修正的增加。先前观测到的恒星形成历史积分与z~2处恒星质量密度测量值之间的差异可以通过对恒星形成历史进行光度相关的红化修正并结合考虑UV微弱星系贡献的恒星质量来调和。在z&gt;2处UV LF的陡峭和相对恒定的α与局部推断的较浅的值形成对比,这表明暗端斜率的演变可能只是由能够支持z&lt;2处恒星形成的低质量晕的可用性决定的。[摘要]

英文摘要:

We use the deep ground-based optical photometry of the Lyman Break Galaxy (LBG) Survey to derive robust measurements of the faint-end slope (alpha) of the UV LF at redshifts 1.9<z<3.4. Our sample includes >2000 spectroscopic redshifts and ~31000 LBGs in 31 spatially-independent fields over a total area of 3261 arcmin^2. These data allow us to select galaxies to 0.07L* and 0.10L* at z~2 and z~3, respectively. A maximum likelihood analysis indicates steep values of alpha(z=2)=-1.73+/-0.07 and alpha(z=3)=-1.73+/-0.13. This result is robust to luminosity dependent systematics in the Ly-alpha equivalent width and reddening distributions, is similar to the steep values advocated at z>4, and implies that ~93% of the unobscured UV luminosity density at z~2-3 arises from sub-L* galaxies. With a realistic luminosity dependent reddening distribution, faint to moderately luminous galaxies account for >70% and >25% of the bolometric luminosity density and present-day stellar mass density, respectively, when integrated over 1.9<z<3.4. We find a factor of 8-9 increase in the star formation rate density between z~6 and z~2, due to both a brightening of L* and an increasing dust correction proceeding to lower redshifts. The previously observed discrepancy between the integral of the star formation history and stellar mass density measurements at z~2 may be reconciled by invoking a luminosity dependent reddening correction to the star formation history combined with an accounting for the stellar mass contributed by UV-faint galaxies. The steep and relatively constant alpha of the UV LF at z>2 contrasts with the shallower value inferred locally, suggesting that the evolution in the faint-end slope may be dictated simply by the availability of low mass halos capable of supporting star formation at z<2. [Abridged]

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