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Lyman α星系的演化:z ~ 0.3处的恒星星族

Evolution of Lyman Alpha Galaxies: Stellar Populations at z ~ 0.3

Steven L. Finkelstein, Seth H. Cohen, Sangeeta Malhotra, James E. Rhoads

摘要:

我们提出了一个恒星星族分析的结果,30莱曼α发射星系(LAEs)在z ~ 0.3,以前发现的星系演化探测器(GALEX)。除了少数例外,我们可以准确地将模型光谱能量分布拟合到这些物体上,这是第一次对z < 3的大型LAE样本进行拟合,这是宇宙历史上约8 Gyr的差距。从我们可以拟合的26/30个LAE中,我们发现年龄和恒星质量的范围分别为2亿年至10亿年和10^9至10^11兆索尔。因此,这些天体看起来比高红移的LAEs更古老,质量更大。我们还发现,这些LAE显示出一个温和的趋势,更高的金属比那些在高红移,以及更严格的范围内的尘埃衰减和星际介质的几何形状。这些结果表明,低红移LAEs已经从那些在高红移显着演变。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a stellar population analysis of 30 Lyman alpha emitting galaxies (LAEs) at z ~ 0.3, previously discovered with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). With a few exceptions, we can accurately fit model spectral energy distributions to these objects, representing the first time this has been done for a large sample of LAEs at z < 3, a gap of ~ 8 Gyr in the history of the Universe. From the 26/30 LAEs which we can fit, we find an age and stellar mass range of 200 Myr - 10 Gyr and 10^9 - 10^11 Msol, respectively. These objects thus appear to be significantly older and more massive than LAEs at high-redshift. We also find that these LAEs show a mild trend towards higher metallicity than those at high redshift, as well as a tighter range of dust attenuation and interstellar medium geometry. These results suggest that low-redshift LAEs have evolved significantly from those at high redshift.

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