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z~1.8-2.8的莱曼破缺Galerkin:Subaru深场的GALEX/NUV成像

Lyman Break Galaxies at z~1.8-2.8: GALEX/NUV Imaging of the Subaru Deep Field

Chun Ly, Matthew A. Malkan, Tommaso Treu, Jong-Hak Woo, Thayne Currie, Masao Hayashi, Nobunari Kashikawa, Kentaro Motohara, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Makiko Yoshida

摘要:

摘要:利用Subaru/Suprime-Cam BVRci 'z'观测资料和Subaru深场的深GALEX/NUV影像,选取了一个~7100 V<25.3 Lyman break星系(LBG)的光度样本。后续光谱学确认了1.5<z<2.7处的24个LBG。在光谱中,12个具有Ly-alpha发射,其静止框架等效宽度为~5- 60 AA。在1.5<z<2.7时将LBG识别为NUV-脱落的成功率为86%。静止坐标系UV(1700 AA)光度函数(LF)是由光度样本构造的,并对恒星污染和z<1.5的闯入者进行了校正。LF是z~2 BX和z~3 LBG的1.7 ± 0.1倍。考虑了三种解释,有人认为,显着低估低z污染或有效的共移动量是不可能的:前者将是不一致的光谱样品在93%的置信度,和第二种解释不会解决的差异。第三种情况是,不同的光度选择的样本产生不相同的星系人口,这样,一些BX星系是LBG,反之亦然。这一论点得到了支持的一个更高的表面密度的LBG在所有的大小,而红移分布的两个人口几乎是相同的。这项研究,当结合其他恒星形成率(SFR)密度紫外测量从LBG的调查,表明有一个上升的SFR密度:3-6(3-10)倍增加从z~5(z~6)到z~2,然后下降到z~0。这一结果,以及过去的亚毫米研究发现,在z~2的红移分布的峰值,表明z~2是恒星形成的高峰时期。需要额外的光谱学来通过测量污染和精确距离来表征z~2 LBG UV LF的完整形状。

英文摘要:

Abridged: A photometric sample of ~7100 V<25.3 Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) has been selected by combining Subaru/Suprime-Cam BVRci'z' data with deep GALEX/NUV imaging of the Subaru Deep Field. Follow-up spectroscopy confirmed 24 LBGs at 1.5<z<2.7. Among the optical spectra, 12 have Ly-alpha emission with rest-frame equivalent widths of ~5-60AA. The success rate for identifying LBGs as NUV-dropouts at 1.5<z<2.7 is 86%. The rest-frame UV (1700AA) luminosity function (LF) is constructed from the photometric sample with corrections for stellar contamination and z<1.5 interlopers. The LF is 1.7+/-0.1 times higher than those of z~2 BXs and z~3 LBGs. Three explanations were considered, and it is argued that significantly underestimating low-z contamination or effective comoving volume is unlikely: the former would be inconsistent with the spectroscopic sample at 93% confidence, and the second explanation would not resolve the discrepancy. The third scenario is that different photometric selection of the samples yields non-identical galaxy populations, such that some BX galaxies are LBGs and vice versa. This argument is supported by a higher surface density of LBGs at all magnitudes while the redshift distribution of the two populations is nearly identical. This study, when combined with other star-formation rate (SFR) density UV measurements from LBG surveys, indicates that there is a rise in the SFR density: a factor of 3-6 (3-10) increase from z~5 (z~6) to z~2, followed by a decrease to z~0. This result, along with past sub-mm studies that find a peak at z~2 in their redshift distribution, suggest that z~2 is the epoch of peak star-formation. Additional spectroscopy is required to characterize the complete shape of the z~2 LBG UV LF via measurements of contamination and accurate distances.

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