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GOODS-South场中红移~ 4,5,6的Lyman-Break Galerkin光谱观测

Spectroscopic Observations of Lyman-Break Galaxies at Redshift ~ 4, 5 and 6 in the GOODS-South Field

E. Vanzella, M. Giavalisco, M. Dickinson, S. Cristiani, M. Nonino, H. Kuntschner, P. Popesso, P. Rosati, A. Renzini, D. Stern, C. Cesarsky, H. C. Ferguson, R. A… 展开作者

E. Vanzella, M. Giavalisco, M. Dickinson, S. Cristiani, M. Nonino, H. Kuntschner, P. Popesso, P. Rosati, A. Renzini, D. Stern, C. Cesarsky, H. C. Ferguson, R. A. E. Fosbury, the GOODS Team

摘要:

本文报道了在欧洲南方天文台-甚大望远镜(ESO-VLT)上用FORS 2摄谱仪对起源深巡天中的莱曼破裂星系(Lyman-break galaxies,LBG)在平均红移z~4,5和6处的观测结果,共得到114个星系的光谱鉴别,其中z~4,z~5,z~6各有51个,32个。所采用的选择标准是有效的,识别星系在预期的红移与最小的前景污染。一旦选择效应被适当地考虑,高红移LBG的静止坐标系UV光谱似乎与z~3处的对应物相似。在z~3处,z~4和z~5处的LBG在发射和吸收中都显示Lya;当在吸收时,观察到强星际线和红UV光谱,这一事实在z~2和3处也测量到。在z~6处,灵敏度问题使我们的样本偏向于发射Lya的星系;然而,这些光谱似乎与它们的低红移对应物相似。在类似的红移的其他研究中,我们发现明确的证据表明,较亮的LBG往往有较弱的Lya发射线。在固定的静止帧紫外光度,在较高的红移的Lya发射线的等效宽度较大。在所有可以可靠测量的红移中,Lya发射线的红移都大于星际吸收线的红移,在z~4和5处的中位速度差Δ V约为400 km/s,与较低红移的结果一致。这表明在高红移时,强有力的大尺度风是常见的。一般来说,紫外光的形态和光谱特性之间没有很强的相关性。然而,具有深星际吸收线和强Lya吸收的星系似乎比具有Lya发射的星系更弥散。(节略)

英文摘要:

We report on observations of Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) selected from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey at mean redshift z~4, 5 and 6, obtained with FORS2 spectrograph at the ESO-VLT.This program has yielded spectroscopic identifications for 114 galaxies of which 51 are at z~4, 31 at z~5, and 32 at z~6. The adopted selection criteria are effective, identifying galaxies at the expected redshift with minimal foreground contamination. Once selection effects are properly accounted for, the rest-frame UV spectra of the higher-redshift LBGs appear to be similar to their counterparts at z~3. As at z~3, LBGs at z~4 and z~5 show Lya both in emission and in absorption; when in absorption, strong interstellar lines and red UV spectra are observed, a fact also measured at z~2 and 3. At z~6, sensitivity issues bias our sample towards galaxies with Lya in emission; nevertheless, these spectra appear to be similar to their lower-redshift counterparts. As in other studies at similar redshifts, we find clear evidence that brighter LBGs tend to have weaker Lya emission lines. At fixed rest-frame UV luminosity, the equivalent width of the Lya emission line is larger at higher redshifts. At all redshifts where the measurements can be reliably made, the redshift of the Lya emission line turns out to be larger than that of the interstellar absorption lines,with a median velocity difference DeltaV~400 km/s at z~4 and 5, consistent with results at lower redshifts. This shows that powerful, large-scale winds are common at high redshift.In general,there is no strong correlation between the morphology of the UV light and the spectroscopic properties. However, galaxies with deep interstellar absorption lines and strong Lya absorption appear to be more diffuse than galaxies with Lya in emission.(abridged)

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