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星云辐射对z~6星系年龄的影响

The impact of nebular emission on the ages of z~6 galaxies

Daniel Schaerer, Stephane de Barros

摘要:

我们研究了在高红移恒星形成星系的星云连续和线发射的影响,确定他们的年龄,形成红移和其他性质的SED拟合。我们在SED拟合工具中包含了与恒星辐射一致的星云辐射,并对Eyles等人(2007)研究的GOODS-S场中的10个z~6星系样本进行了差分分析。我们发现,明显的Balmer/4000 Ang的断裂中观察到的z~6星系的IRAC/斯皮策检测到在>~3.6微米,可以模仿的存在下,强大的restframe光发射线,这意味着在特别年轻的年龄比以前认为的。将这些模型应用到z~6星系的小样本中,我们发现这种效应可能导致它们的恒星年龄典型地向下修正约3倍。因此,它们的平均形成红移可能会大大减少,这些物体可能不会在z>6时对宇宙再电离做出贡献。灭绝和恒星质量的估计也可能会有所修改,但程度较小。仔细的SED拟合,包括星云发射和适当处理的不确定性和简并性是必要的,更准确地确定的物理参数的高z星系。

英文摘要:

We examine the influence of nebular continuous and line emission in high redshift star forming galaxies on determinations of their age, formation redshift and other properties from SED fits. We include nebular emission consistently with the stellar emission in our SED fitting tool and analyse differentially a sample of 10 z~6 galaxies in the GOODS-S field studied earlier by Eyles et al. (2007). We find that the apparent Balmer/4000 Ang breaks observed in a number of z~6 galaxies detected at >~3.6 micron with IRAC/Spitzer can be mimicked by the presence of strong restframe optical emission lines, implying in particular younger ages than previously thought. Applying these models to the small sample of z~6 galaxies, we find that this effect may lead to a typical downward revision of their stellar ages by a factor ~3. In consequence their average formation redshift may drastically be reduced, and these objects may not have contributed to cosmic reionisation at z>6. Extinction and stellar mass estimates may also be somewhat modified, but to a lesser extent. Careful SED fits including nebular emission and treating properly uncertainties and degeneracies are necessary for more accurate determinations of the physical parameters of high-z galaxies.

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