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z~9处的亮莱曼α发射体:对HiZELS光度函数的约束

Bright Lyman-alpha Emitters at z~9: constraints on the luminosity function from HiZELS

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:

作为Hi-z发射线调查(HiZELS)的一部分,提出了迄今为止最大面积调查(1.4平方度)的莱曼α发射体(LAE)在z~9。这次巡天主要以z<3的H-α发射体为目标,使用了英国红外望远镜上的宽视场照相机和J波段的定制窄带滤光片,在z=8.96+-0.06的1.12 × 10^6 Mpc ^3的同向移动体积内达到了莱曼α光度极限~10^43.8 erg/s。在1517个线发射体中仅发现2个候选体,在后续观察后,这些候选体被拒绝为LAE。明亮LAEs的空间密度的限制提高了3个数量级,与超过z~6的莱曼α光度函数的亮端的抑制一致。结合更小但更深的调查的上限,这排除了一些最极端的高红移LAEs模型。我们还研究了未来在z>7的窄带莱曼α巡天可能受到银河系棕矮星的污染,得出的结论是,这种污染对于在7.7<z<8.0,9.1<z<9.5和11.7 < z < 12.2的搜索可能是重要的。

英文摘要:

New results are presented, as part of the Hi-z Emission Line Survey (HiZELS), from the largest area survey to date (1.4 sq.deg) for Lyman-alpha emitters (LAEs) at z~9. The survey, which is primarily targeting H-alpha emitters at z<3, uses the Wide Field CAMera on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope and a custom narrow-band filter in the J band and reaches a Lyman-alpha luminosity limit of ~10^43.8 erg/s over a co-moving volume of 1.12x10^6 Mpc^3 at z=8.96+-0.06. Only 2 candidates were found out of 1517 line emitters and those were rejected as LAEs after follow-up observations. The limit on the space density of bright LAEs is improved by 3 orders of magnitude, consistent with suppression of the bright end of the Lyman-alpha luminosity function beyond z~6. Combined with upper limits from smaller but deeper surveys, this rules out some of the most extreme models for high-redshift LAEs. The potential contamination of future narrow-band Lyman-alpha surveys at z>7 by Galactic brown dwarf stars is also examined, leading to the conclusion that such contamination may well be significant for searches at 7.7<z<8.0, 9.1<z<9.5 and 11.7 < z < 12.2.

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