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亚毫米波莱曼α辐射源的探测

Detecting Lyman Alpha Emitters in the Sub-millimeter

Pratika Dayal, Hiroyuki Hirashita, Andrea Ferrara

摘要:

使用的结果从以前开发的莱曼阿尔法/连续生产/传输和灰尘富集模型莱曼阿尔法发射器(LAEs),宇宙SPH模拟的基础上,我们评估其灰尘再处理的亚毫米(submm)辐射的可探测性。由于超新星(而不是演化的恒星)控制着尘埃的形成和破坏过程,LAE相对于本地星系来说是相对少尘的:它们的尘气比很低(是银河系尘气比的0.05倍),尽管它们的金属丰度相对较高,大约是太阳值的10-50%。使用导出的逃逸分数的紫外(UV)连续光子,我们计算的紫外光度吸收尘埃和重新发射的远红外。LAE亚毫米级的通量与它们的Lyman α光度相关:在我们模拟的样品中,在z=(5.7,6.6)的LAE(LogL_α> 43.1的那些)中,约有(3%,1%)在850微米(最佳探测波段)处的通量超过0.12 mJy,因此用ALMA在5 σ处仅用1小时的积分时间就可以探测到。这样的探测将为了解这些最遥远星系的物理条件打开一扇新的窗户。

英文摘要:

Using the results from a previously developed Lyman Alpha/continuum production/transmission and dust enrichment model for Lyman Alpha Emitters (LAEs), based on cosmological SPH simulations, we assess the detectability of their dust-reprocessed sub-millimeter (submm) radiation. As supernovae (rather than evolved stars) control dust formation and destruction processes, LAEs are relatively dust-poor with respect to local galaxies: they have low dust-to-gas ratios (0.05 times the dust-to-gas ratio of the Milky Way) in spite of their relatively high metallicity, which is approximately 10-50% of the solar value. Using the derived escape fraction of ultraviolet (UV) continuum photons we compute the UV luminosity absorbed by dust and re-emitted in the far infrared. The LAE submm fluxes correlate with their Lyman Alpha luminosity: about (3%, 1%) at z=(5.7, 6.6) of the LAEs in our simulated sample (those with with Log L_α> 43.1) would have fluxes at 850 micrometer (the optimal band for detection) in excess of 0.12 mJy and will be therefore detectable at 5 sigma with ALMA with an integration time of only 1 hour. Such detections would open a new window on the physical conditions prevailing in these most distant galaxies.

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