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来自HUDF的WFC3/IR成像的z = 6 - 9处的半乳糖苷

Galaxies at z = 6 - 9 from the WFC3/IR imaging of the HUDF

R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, M. Cirasuolo, A. M. Koekemoer, E. Sabbi, D. P. Stark, T. A. Targett, R. S. Ellis

摘要:

我们提出了一个系统的搜索星系的红移范围z = 6 - 9,在新的,深,近红外成像的哈勃超深场提供的宽视场相机3(WFC 3)的HST的结果。我们已经进行了充分的SED拟合的光学+红外测光的所有高红移星系候选人在大于5西格玛检测至少一个的WFC 3/IR宽带过滤器。剔除杂质后,结果是49个星系的样本,其原始红移解z > 5.9。我们的样本,选择不依赖于特定的颜色削减,重新选择所有的,但最微弱的一个16 z-drops由Oesch等人(2009)选择,恢复所有5个Y-drops由Bouwens等人(2009)报告,并增加了另外29个星系候选人,其中12个位于z = 6.3以上,4个位于z = 7以上。我们还提出了我们的光度红移估计的置信区间,并警告说,可接受的低红移(z < 2)的解决方案存在的37个星系中的28个在z > 6.3,和所有8个星系候选人在z > 7.5。然而,最高红移的候选者似乎强烈聚集在该领域。我们得到新的估计的紫外星系光度函数在z = 7和z = 8。在特征光度M(1500)~ -19.5(AB)处,我们的结果是最可靠的,我们发现星系的共动数密度在z = 6和z = 7之间下降了~ 2.5倍,在z = 8时下降了~ 2倍。这些结果表明,如果没有远低于探测限的星系的显著贡献,加上电离光子逃逸分数的改变和/或在z > 15时继续活跃的恒星形成,观测到的高红移恒星形成星系群很难实现z ~ 6的再电离。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a systematic search for galaxies in the redshift range z = 6 - 9, within the new, deep, near-infrared imaging of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field provided by the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on HST. We have performed full SED fitting to the optical+infrared photometry of all high-redshift galaxy candidates detected at greater than 5-sigma in at least one of the WFC3/IR broad-band filters. After rejection of contaminants, the result is a sample of 49 galaxies with primary redshift solutions z > 5.9. Our sample, selected without recourse to specific colour cuts, re-selects all but the faintest one of the 16 z-drops selected by Oesch et al. (2009), recovers all 5 of the Y-drops reported by Bouwens et al. (2009), and adds a further 29 galaxy candidates, of which 12 lie beyond z = 6.3, and 4 lie beyond z = 7. We also present confidence intervals on our photometric redshift estimates, and caution that acceptable low-redshift (z < 2) solutions exist for 28 out of the 37 galaxies at z > 6.3, and for all 8 galaxy candidates at z > 7.5. Nevertheless, the very highest redshift candidates appear to be strongly clustered in the field. We derive new estimates of the ultraviolet galaxy luminosity function at z = 7 and z = 8. Where our results are most robust, at a characteristic luminosity M(1500) ~ -19.5 (AB), we find that the comoving number density of galaxies declines by a factor of ~ 2.5 between z = 6 and z = 7, and by a further factor of ~ 2 by z = 8. These results suggest that it is difficult for the observed population of high-redshift star-forming galaxies to achieve reionisation by z ~ 6 without a significant contribution from galaxies well below the detection limits, plus alterations in the escape fraction of ionising photons and/or continued vigorous star formation at z > 15.

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