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HiZELS:对H-α发射体的高红移巡天。II:z=0.84恒星形成星系的性质

HiZELS: a high redshift survey of H-alpha emitters. II: the nature of star-forming galaxies at z=0.84

D. Sobral, P. N. Best, J. E. Geach, Ian Smail, J. Kurk, M. Cirasuolo, M. Casali, R. J. Ivison, K. Coppin, G. B. Dalton

摘要:

使用WFCAM/UKIRT和J波段的自定义窄带滤波器对z=0.84的H-α发射线星系进行大规模调查的新结果作为HiZELS调查的一部分。在1.8e5 Mpc ^3的同向运动体积中,有效通量极限达到了1 e-16 erg/s/cm ^2,这是迄今为止在z~1处进行的最大和最深的测量。在COSMOS和UKIDSS UDS领域的1.4平方度范围内检测到1517个潜在的线发射体,其中743个被选为H-α发射体。这些用于计算H-alpha光度函数,该函数与Schechter函数很好地拟合,其中phi*=10^(-1.92+-0.10)Mpc^-3,L*=10^(42.26+-0.05)erg/s,alpha=-1.65+-0.15。在z=0.845处,恒星形成率密度(SFRD)的积分值为0.15+-0.01 M_sun/yr/Mpc ^[3]。结果有力地证实了SFRD从现在到z~1的强烈演化,然后平坦化到z~2,使用一个单一的恒星形成指标。在z~1处,H-α发射体的特征光度和空间密度都显著增加;在更高的红移处,L* 继续增加,但phi* 减小。z=0.84的H-α发射体大部分是盘星系(82+-3%),而28+-4%的样本显示出合并活动的迹象,占总SFRD的20%。不规则星和合并星在L* 以上的H-α光度函数中占主导地位,而盘在较暗的光度中占主导地位。这些结果表明,这是“正常”盘星系的演化,驱动的SFRD从当前的时代到z~1的强烈增加,虽然L* 超过z=1的持续强烈的演化表明,在更高的红移合并活动的重要性越来越大。

英文摘要:

New results from a large survey of H-alpha emission-line galaxies at z=0.84 using WFCAM/UKIRT and a custom narrow-band filter in the J band are presented as part of the HiZELS survey. Reaching an effective flux limit of 1e-16 erg/s/cm^2 in a comoving volume of 1.8e5 Mpc^3, this represents the largest and deepest survey of its kind ever done at z~1. There are 1517 potential line emitters detected across 1.4 sq.deg of the COSMOS and UKIDSS UDS fields, of which 743 are selected as H-alpha emitters. These are used to calculate the H-alpha luminosity function, which is well-fitted by a Schechter function with phi*=10^(-1.92+-0.10) Mpc^-3, L*=10^(42.26+-0.05)erg/s, and alpha=-1.65+-0.15. The integrated star formation rate density (SFRD) at z=0.845 is 0.15+-0.01 M_sun/yr/Mpc^3. The results robustly confirm a strong evolution of SFRD from the present day out to z~1 and then flattening to z~2, using a single star-formation indicator. Out to z~1, both the characteristic luminosity and space density of the H-alpha emitters increase significantly; at higher redshifts, L* continues to increase, but phi* decreases. The z=0.84 H-alpha emitters are mostly disk galaxies (82+-3%), while 28+-4% of the sample show signs of merger activity and contribute ~20% to the total SFRD. Irregulars and mergers dominate the H-alpha luminosity function above L*, while disks are dominant at fainter luminosities. These results demonstrate that it is the evolution of 'normal' disk galaxies that drives the strong increase in the SFRD from the current epoch to z~1, although the continued strong evolution of L* beyond z=1 suggests an increasing importance of merger activity at higher redshifts.

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