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揭示强MgII吸收星系:低于莱曼极限的成像

Uncovering strong MgII absorbing galaxies: Imaging below the Lyman limit

L. Christensen, P. Noterdaeme, P. Petitjean, C. Ledoux, J. P. U. Fynbo

摘要:

在类星体光谱中产生吸收线的星系的性质,如阻尼莱曼α系统(DLAs)或强MgII线,很难在发射中研究。利用两个DLAs在z>3.4处的Lyman极限蓝向的类星体光的总吸收,我们寻找通过强金属吸收线识别的z~2处的居间星系的连续辐射。MgII吸收体具有足够大的等效宽度以成为潜在的DLA系统。深度图像是由甚大望远镜上的FOcal减速器和摄谱仪(FORS 1)获得的,用于SDSS J110855+120953和SDSS J140850+020522。这些类星体分别在z=1.87(W_r(MgII)=2.46 A)和z=1.98(W_r(MgII)=1.89 A)处具有MgII吸收线,并且每个类星体在z>3处具有两个介入的较高红移的DLA。FORS 1的U和R波段位于背景DLAs的莱曼极限的蓝色和红色,使我们能够直接沿着类星体的视线搜索来自前景星系的发射。在UAB =28.0的点源极限下,在类星体视线附近没有发现星系。在这两个领域,最近的对象在于一个碰撞参量为5角秒对应于40千秒差距在z=2的投影,并具有典型的颜色的恒星形成星系在该红移。然而,目前可用的数据不允许我们确认星系是否与吸收系统处于相同的红移。在SDSS J14085+020522字段中,碰撞参量为0.8 arcsec或7 kpc时,可以看到更扩展的结构。如果这些天体在z~2处,它们在两个场中的光度都是0.03- 0.04L *。根据紫外辐射通量估算的恒星形成速率为0.5-0.6 M_sun/年^-1。(略)。

英文摘要:

The nature of the galaxies that give rise to absorption lines, such as damped Lyman-alpha systems (DLAs) or strong MgII lines, in quasar spectra is difficult to investigate in emission. Taking advantage of the total absorption of the QSO light bluewards of the Lyman limit of two DLAs at z>3.4, we look for the continuum emission from intervening galaxies at z~2 that are identified via strong metal absorption lines. The MgII absorbers have equivalent width large enough to be potential DLA systems. Deep images are obtained with the FOcal Reducer and Spectrograph (FORS1) on the Very Large Telescope for the fields towards SDSS J110855+120953 and SDSS J140850+020522. These quasars have MgII absorption lines at z=1.87 (W_r(MgII)=2.46 A) and z=1.98 (W_r(MgII)=1.89 A), respectively, and each QSO has two intervening higher redshift DLAs at z>3. The U and R bands of FORS1 lie blue and redwards of the Lyman limit of the background DLAs, allowing us to search for emission from the foreground galaxies directly along the lines of sight to the QSOs. No galaxies are found close to the sight line of the QSO to a point source limit of U_AB=28.0. In both fields, the closest objects lie at an impact parameter of 5 arcsec corresponding to 40 kpc in projection at z=2, and have typical colours of star forming galaxies at that redshift. However, the currently available data do not allow us to confirm if the galaxies lie at the same redshifts as the absorption systems. A more extended structure is visible in the SDSS J14085+020522 field at an impact parameter of 0.8 arcsec or 7 kpc. If these objects are at z~2 their luminosities are 0.03-0.04 L* in both fields. The star formation rates estimated from the UV flux are 0.5-0.6 M_sun yr^-1. (Abbreviated).

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