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关于IRAC在z~3处发现的莱曼破缺星系的恒星质量

On the Stellar Masses of IRAC detected Lyman Break Galaxies at z~3

G. E. Magdis, D. Rigopoulou, J-S Huang, G. Fazzio

摘要:

我们提出了一个大的调查结果的中红外性能的248莱曼Break Galerkin与确认光谱红移使用深斯皮策/IRAC观测在六个宇宙学领域。我们采用修订版的Bruzual和Charlot合成人口代码,其中包括一个新的治疗TP-AGB阶段(CB 07)的光谱能量分布(SED)建模。我们的主要目的是调查的影响的AGB阶段的恒星质量的LBG,并比较我们的新结果与以前的恒星质量估计。基于新的CB 07代码,我们发现LBG的恒星质量平均比以前的估计小1.4倍。8 μ m和/或24 μ m探测的LBG显示出比IRAC带中微弱的LBG(M ~10^9 Mo)更高的质量(M ~10^11 Mo)。这些大质量LBG的年龄比其他的大质量LBG要高得多,这表明它们已经形成了至少1 Gyr的恒星。我们还展示了如何增加的IRAC波段,提高了估计的恒星质量的准确性,并减少了散射的M/L比。特别地,我们给出了8 μ m IRAC带(z~3处星系的静止坐标系K)与恒星质量之间的紧密相关。我们计算了大质量(M > 10 ^11 Mo)LBG的数密度,发现它是$Φ$ =(1.12 $\pm$ 0.4)x 10^(-5)Mpc^(-3),比以前的研究结果低约1.5倍。最后,基于紫外校正的SFR,我们研究了z~3处的SFR-恒星质量相关,发现它与其他红移观测到的结果相似,并表明我们的数据将比恒星形成率演化的峰值放在z~3处。

英文摘要:

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.

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