We present results of a large survey of the mid--IR properties of 248 Lyman Break Galaxies with confirmed spectroscopic redshift using deep Spitzer/IRAC observations in six cosmological fields. We model the Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) employing a revised version of the Bruzual and Charlot synthesis population code that incorporates a new treatment of the TP--AGB phase (CB07). Our primary aim is to investigate the impact of the AGB phase in the stellar masses of the LBGs, and compare our new results with previous stellar mass estimates. Based on the new CB07 code we find that the stellar masses of LBGs are smaller on average by a factor of ~1.4 compared to previous estimates. LBGs with 8um and/or 24um detections show higher masses (M~10^11 Mo) than LBGs faint in the IRAC bands (M~10^9 Mo). The ages of these massive LBGs are considerably higher than the rest of the population, indicating that they have been star-forming for at least ~1 Gyr. We also show how the addition of the IRAC bands, improves the accuracy of the estimated stellar masses and reduced the scatter on the derived M/L ratios. In particular, we present a tight correlation between the 8um IRAC band (rest-frame K for galaxies at z~3) and the stellar mass. We calculate the number density of massive (M > 10^11 Mo) LBGs and find it to be $Φ$= (1.12 $\pm$ 0.4) x 10^(-5) Mpc^(-3), ~1.5 times lower than that found by previous studies. Finally, based on UV-corrected SFRs we investigate the SFR-stellar mass correlation at z~3, find it similar to the one observed at other redshifts and show that our data place the peak of the evolution of the specific star formation rate at z~3.
We study the stellar population properties of the IRAC-detected $6 \lesssim z \lesssim 10$ galaxy candidates from the Spitzer UltRa Faint SUrvey Program (SURFS UP). Using the Lyman Break selection technique, we find a total of 16 new galaxy candidates at $6 \lesssim z \lesssim 10$ with $S/N \geq 3$ in at least one of the IRAC $3.6μ$m and $4.5μ$m bands. According to the best mass models available for the surveyed galaxy clusters, these IRAC-detected galaxy candidates are magnified by factors of $\sim 1.2$--$5.5$. We find that the IRAC-detected $6 \lesssim z \lesssim 10$ sample is likely not a h…
Keck Spectroscopy of 3<z<7 Faint Lyman Break Galaxies: The Importance of Nebular Emission in Understanding the Specific Star Formation Rate and Stellar Mass Density
Physical Properties of Spectroscopically-Confirmed Galaxies at z >= 6. I. Basic Characteristics of the Rest-Frame UV Continuum and Lyman-alpha emission
Stellar Masses of Lyman Break Galaxies, Lyman Alpha Emitters and Radio Galaxies in Overdense Regions at z=4-6
我们提出了新的信息,星系附近的发光射电星系和类星体在z= 4,5,6。这些领域以前被发现包含超密度的莱曼Break Galerkin(LBG)或光谱莱曼α发射体。我们使用HST和斯皮策数据来推断恒星质量,并将我们的结果与大天文台起源深度调查(GOODS)探测的更平均环境中的大样本LBG进行对比。获得了以下结果。首先,在z=4-5处的过密区域和场中的LBG在z '-[3.6]与[3.6]的色星等图中处于非常相似的序列上。这被解释为恒星质量的序列(log[M*/Msun] = 9-11),其中星系由于尘埃和年龄而变得越来越红,因为它们的恒星形成率(SFR)增加。第二,这两个射电星系是已知存在于z~4-5的最大质量天体(log[M*/Msun]~11)之一,并且根据25倍大面积GOODS调查估计的此类天体的低数量密度,它们是极其罕见的。我们认为,这些大质量星系和超大质量黑洞的存在是通过气体的快速吸积或在过密区域内的合并而增强的。第三,根据与z=1.2的大质量X射线星团Cl 1252的比较,在z=4的“原星团”TN 1338中发现的总恒星质量占<30% of the stellar mass on the cluster red sequence expected to have formed at z>4。虽然未来的近红外观测应该可以确定目前是否有任何大质量星系被遗漏,但这种质量差异的一…
We report the discovery of Lyman-alpha emission (Ly$α$) in the bright galaxy EGSY-2008532660 (hereafter EGSY8p7) using the MOSFIRE spectrograph at the Keck Observatory. First reported by Roberts-Borsani et al. (2015), it was selected for spectroscopic observations because of its photometric redshift ($z_{phot}=8.57^{+0.22}_{-0.43}$), apparent brightness (H$_{160}=25.26\pm0.09$) and red Spitzer/IRAC [3.6]-[4.5] color indicative of contamination by strong oxygen emission in the [4.5] band. With a total integration of $\sim$4.3 hours, our data reveal an emission line at $\simeq$11776 Å which we a…
We predict Lyman-$α$ (Ly$α$) luminosity functions (LFs) of Ly$α$-selected galaxies (Ly$α$ emitters, or LAEs) at $z=3-6$ using the phenomenological model of Dijkstra & Wyithe (2012). This model combines observed UV-LFs of Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs, or drop out galaxies), with constraints on their distribution of Ly$α$ line strengths as a function of UV-luminosity and redshift. Our analysis shows that while Ly$α$ LFs of LAEs are generally not Schechter functions, these provide a good description over the luminosity range of $\log_{10}( L_α/{\rm erg}\,{\rm s}^{-1})=41-44$. Motivated by this resu…
We investigate the cross-correlation between the spatial distribution of Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs) and the 21cm intensity mapping signal at $z\sim[3-5]$. At these redshifts, galactic feedback is supposed to only marginally affect the matter power spectrum, and the neutral hydrogen distribution is independently constrained by quasar spectra. Using a high resolution N-body simulation, populated with neutral hydrogen a posteriori, we forecast for the expected LBG-21cm cross-spectrum and its error for a 21cm field observed by the Square Kilometre Array (SKA1-LOW and SKA1-MID), combined with a sp…
Using the first epoch of four-band NIRCam observations obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science Program in the Spitzer IRAC Dark Field, we search for F150W and F200W dropouts. In 14.2 arcmin^2, we have found eight F150W dropouts and eight F200W dropouts, all brighter than 27.5 mag (the brightest being ~24 mag) in the band to the red side of the break. As they are detected in multiple bands, these must be real objects. Their nature, however, is unclear, and characterizing their properties is important for realizing the full…
The peculiar emission properties of the $z \sim 6.6$ Ly$α$ emitter CR7 have been initially interpreted with the presence of either a direct collapse black hole (DCBH) or a substantial mass of Pop III stars. Instead, updated photometric observations by Bowler et al. (2016) seem to suggest that CR7 is a more standard system. Here we confirm that the original DCBH hypothesis is consistent also with the new data. Using radiation-hydrodynamic simulations, we reproduce the new IR photometry with two models involving a Compton-thick DCBH of mass $\approx 7 \times 10^6 \, \mathrm{M_{\odot}}$ accreting…