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Lyman Break Galerkin及其宿主晕的动力学

Dynamics of Lyman Break Galaxies and Their Host Halos

James D. Lowenthal, David C. Koo, Luc Simard, Eelco van Kampen

摘要:

本文利用Keck II望远镜在哈勃深场(HDF)上获得了22个候选和已确认的莱曼破裂星系(LBG)在红移2<z<4处的深二维光谱。优先选择的目标与空间范围和/或多结形态,我们使用slitmasks和个别狭缝倾斜,以优化任何空间分辨运动学的测量。中位目标幅度为I_814=25.3,总曝光时间范围为10至50 ks。我们测量了红移,一些新的,范围从z=0.2072到z=4.056,包括两个在z<1的闯入者,并产生了14个LBG的样本,中值红移z=2.424。在我们的样本中的密切对和多个结源的形态和运动学通常是不一致的星系形成的情况下,假设LBG只发生在大规模的主机晕的潜在的井的底部,而是,他们支持“碰撞星暴”模型具有显着的主要合并率和广泛的晕占领分布。对于13个可能具有运动学特征的LBG,我们估计了单个星系的简单动力学质量范围为4 e9 h^-1 M_sun到1.1e11 h^-1 M_sun,而宿主暗物质晕的简单动力学质量范围为<10 e10 h^-1到~10^14 h^-1 M_sun,中值为1 e13 h^-1 M_sun。与最近的一个数值星系形成模型的比较表明,成对的速度可能不能反映真实的动力学质量。我们将我们的动力学质量估计直接与恒星质量进行比较,没有发现强相关性的证据。形态和动力学的多样性意味着LBG代表了各种演化或合并阶段的广泛的星系或原星系类型,而不是具有狭窄质量范围的统一类别。

英文摘要:

We present deep two-dimensional spectra of 22 candidate and confirmed Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at redshifts 2<z<4 in the Hubble Deep Field (HDF) obtained at the Keck II telescope. The targets were preferentially selected with spatial extent and/or multiple knot morphologies, and we used slitmasks and individual slits tilted to optimize measurement of any spatially resolved kinematics. The median target magnitude was I_814=25.3, and total exposure times ranged from 10 to 50 ks. We measure redshifts, some new, ranging from z=0.2072 to z=4.056, including two interlopers at z<1, and resulting in a sample of 14 LBGs with a median redshift z=2.424. The morphologies and kinematics of the close pairs and multiple knot sources in our sample are generally inconsistent with galaxy formation scenarios postulating that LBGs occur only at the bottom of the potential wells of massive host halos; rather, they support ``collisional starburst'' models with significant major merger rates and a broad halo occupation distribution. For 13 LBGs with possible kinematic signatures, we estimate simple dynamical masses ranging from 4e9 h^-1 M_sun to 1.1e11 h^-1 M_sun for individual galaxies and from <10e10 h^-1 to ~10^14 h^-1 M_sun with a median value 1e13 h^-1 M_sun for host dark matter halos. Comparison with a recent numerical galaxy formation model implies that the pairwise velocities might not reflect true dynamical masses. We compare our dynamical mass estimates directly to stellar masses and find no evidence for a strong correlation. The diversity of morphologies and dynamics implies that LBGs represent a broad range of galaxy or proto-galaxy types in a variety of evolutionary or merger stages rather than a uniform class with a narrow range of mass.

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