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超深WFC3/IR中z~7-8镓的结构和形貌HUDF的成像

Structure and Morphologies of z~7-8 Galaxies from ultra-deep WFC3/IR Imaging of the HUDF

P. A. Oesch, R. J. Bouwens, C. M. Carollo, G. D. Illingworth, M. Trenti, M. Stiavelli, D. Magee, I. Labbe, M. Franx

摘要:

利用哈勃超深场(HUDF 09)的超深近红外成像,首次对Oesch et al. 2009和Bouwens et al. 2009的z~7-8 Lyman Break星系(LBG)进行了形态学研究。这些星系的平均内禀尺寸为0.7 ± 0.3kpc,非常紧凑,平均观测表面亮度为μ J ~= 26 mag arcsec^(-2),在16个z~7星系的完整样本中,只有两个星系显示出可分辨的双核扩展特征。与低红移的LBG相比,从z~7到z~6,星系的尺寸演化很小,而z~4-5之间的星系在其视轮廓上表现出更大的伸展翼。对于光度在(0.3-1)L* z=3}范围内的星系,其平均尺度为(1+z)^(-m),m=1.12+-0.17;对于光度在(0.12-0.3)L* z = 3}范围内的星系,其平均尺度为(1+z)^(-m),m=1.32+-0.52,这与同向运动的星系尺度一致。粒径分布的峰值从z~7到z~4变化缓慢。然而,一个较大星系(>~ 1.2 kpc)的尾巴在宇宙后期逐渐形成,可能是通过等级结构的形成或通过增强的冷气吸积。此外,在整个红移范围z~4-7内,光度为(0.3-1)L*_{z=3}的LBG的平均恒星形成面密度几乎恒定在Sigma_{SFR} =1.9 Msun/yr/kpc ^2,这表明在这些早期的恒星形成效率相似。上述进化趋势似乎保持到z~8,尽管样本仍然很小并且可能不完整。

英文摘要:

We present a first morphological study of z~7-8 Lyman Break galaxies (LBGs) from Oesch et al. 2009 and Bouwens et al. 2009 detected in ultra-deep near-infrared imaging of the Hubble Ultra Deep field (HUDF) by the HUDF09 program. With an average intrinsic size of 0.7+-0.3 kpc these galaxies are found to be extremely compact having an average observed surface brightness of mu_J ~= 26 mag arcsec^(-2), and only two out of the full sample of 16 z~7 galaxies show extended features with resolved double cores. By comparison to lower redshift LBGs it is found that only little size evolution takes place from z~7 to z~6, while galaxies between z~4-5 show more extended wings in their apparent profiles. The average size scales as (1+z)^(-m) with m=1.12+-0.17 for galaxies with luminosities in the range (0.3-1)L*_{z=3} and with m=1.32+-0.52 for (0.12-0.3)L*_{z=3}, consistent with galaxies having constant comoving sizes. The peak of the size distribution changes only slowly from z~7 to z~4. However, a tail of larger galaxies (>~ 1.2 kpc) is gradually built up towards later cosmic times, possibly via hierarchical build-up or via enhanced accretion of cold gas. Additionally, the average star-formation surface density of LBGs with luminosities (0.3-1)L*_{z=3} is nearly constant at Sigma_{SFR}=1.9 Msun/yr/kpc^2 over the entire redshift range z~4-7 suggesting similar star-formation efficiencies at these early epochs. The above evolutionary trends seem to hold out to z~8 though the sample is still small and possibly incomplete.

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