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SDF和GOODS-N中z=7星系的大面积巡天:对星系形成和宇宙再电离的启示

Large Area Survey for z=7 Galaxies in SDF and GOODS-N: Implications for Galaxy Formation and Cosmic Reionization

Masami Ouchi, Bahram Mobasher, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Henry C. Ferguson, S. Michael Fall, Yoshiaki Ono, Nobunari Kashikawa, Tomoki Morokuma, Kimihiko Nakajima, Sad… 展开作者

Masami Ouchi, Bahram Mobasher, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Henry C. Ferguson, S. Michael Fall, Yoshiaki Ono, Nobunari Kashikawa, Tomoki Morokuma, Kimihiko Nakajima, Sadanori Okamura, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco, Kouji Ohta

摘要:

我们给出了我们在1568弧分^2天区中对z=7的z '带脱落星系进行大面积巡天的结果,该天区覆盖了SDF和GOODS-N场。结合我们的超深Subaru/Suprime-Cam z '和y波段(lambda_eff=1um)图像与Subaru和HST的遗留数据,我们已经确定了22个明亮的z-dropout星系,y=26,其中一个具有从Lya发射确定的z=6.96的光谱红移。z=7的光度函数(LF)产生的最佳拟合Schechter参数为phi*=0.69 + 2.62/-0.55 x10^(-3)Mpc^(-3),Muv*=-20.10 +/-0.76 mag,alpha=-1.72 +/-0.65,并表明在>95%的置信水平下从z=6开始下降。这种减少超过了我们两个领域的宇宙方差,估计是<2的因子。我们已经发现,宇宙恒星形成率密度从z=2-3到z=7的峰值大约下降了10倍,但不超过100倍。与再电离模型的比较表明,宇宙不能完全被z=7的星系电离,或者更可能的是z=7的星系的性质与低红移的星系不同,例如,更大的逃逸分数(>~0.2)和/或更平坦的IMF。我们的SDF z-dropout星系似乎形成了60-Mpc长的星系结构,z=6.96的星系与Lya发射位于一个过密区域的中心,该区域由四个UV明亮的dropout候选者组成,这可能表明在z=7处存在一个发育良好的电离泡。

英文摘要:

We present results of our large-area survey for z'-band dropout galaxies at z=7 in a 1568 arcmin^2 sky area covering the SDF and GOODS-N fields. Combining our ultra-deep Subaru/Suprime-Cam z'- and y-band (lambda_eff=1um) images with legacy data of Subaru and HST, we have identified 22 bright z-dropout galaxies down to y=26, one of which has a spectroscopic redshift of z=6.96 determined from Lya emission. The z=7 luminosity function (LF) yields the best-fit Schechter parameters of phi*=0.69 +2.62/-0.55 x10^(-3) Mpc^(-3), Muv*=-20.10 +/-0.76 mag, and alpha=-1.72 +/-0.65, and indicates a decrease from z=6 at a >95% confidence level. This decrease is beyond the cosmic variance in our two fields, which is estimated to be a factor of <~2. We have found that the cosmic star formation rate density drops from the peak at z=2-3 to z=7 roughly by a factor of ~10 but not larger than ~100. A comparison with the reionization models suggests either that the Universe could not be totally ionized by only galaxies at z=7, or more likely that properties of galaxies at z=7 are different from those at low redshifts having, e.g., a larger escape fraction (>~0.2), and/or a flatter IMF. Our SDF z-dropout galaxies appear to form 60-Mpc long filamentary structures, and the z=6.96 galaxy with Lya emission is located at the center of an overdense region consisting of four UV bright dropout candidates, which might suggest an existence of a well-developed ionized bubble at z=7.

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