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Lyman在z ~ 3处破缺星系对和相互作用对

Lyman break galaxy close and interacting pairs at z ~ 3

Jeff Cooke, Joel C. Berrier, Elizabeth J. Barton, James S. Bullock, Arthur M. Wolfe

摘要:

到目前为止,在z ~ 3和以上的相互作用的鉴定依赖于形态学分析。在这里,我们在对9个独立的凯克场的观测中,发现了5对投影适当间距< 15 h^-1 kpc的z ~ 3莱曼破裂星系(LBG)偶。数据包括140个我们最高的信噪比LBG光谱和~500个我们最有信心的颜色选择LBG。我们表明,对由两个不同的密切和/或相互作用的LBG从一个详细的分析的休息帧紫外光谱和图像。此外,我们表明,对数和分离分布是预期从(1)角关联函数时,适用于我们的调查和~2500颜色选择的LBG从文献和(2)仔细匹配的高分辨率混合数值和分析宇宙学模拟的分析。由于光谱狭缝相对于天空中的近对具有随机取向,偶然的对提供了对潜在的近对分数的无偏采样。最后,我们在我们的狭缝中发现了两个Ly-a发射体(LAE),并发现它们位于LBG的50个投影h^-1 kpc范围内。在这项工作中,我们发现了Ly-a发射和对分离之间的密切关系。所有已确认的和所有候选的LBG对,其间距小于15 h^-1 kpc,都显示出Ly-a的发射,我们发现,在间距小于50 h^-1 kpc的LBG对中,Ly-a的发射过量。这种关系表明,一个图片中,一个可测量的分数的LBG的Ly-a发射,并可能LAEs,是通过相互作用机制产生的。因此,偶然发现的光谱密偶提供了一种独特的手段,可以帮助使用传统的地面光学数据来识别和研究高红移星系的相互作用。

英文摘要:

To date, the identification of interactions at z ~ 3 and above has relied on morphological analysis. Here, we present five serendipitous spectroscopic z ~ 3 Lyman break galaxy (LBG) pairs with projected proper separations < 15 h^-1 kpc in our survey of nine separate Keck fields. The data consist of 140 of our highest signal-to-noise ratio LBG spectra and ~500 of our most confident colour-selected LBGs. We show that the pairs are composed of two distinct close and/or interacting LBGs from a detailed analysis of the rest-frame ultraviolet spectra and images. In addition, we show that the pair number and separation distribution is expected from (1) the angular correlation function when applied to our survey and ~2500 colour-selected LBGs from the literature and (2) an analysis of a carefully matched high-resolution hybrid numerical and analytical cosmological simulation. Because the spectroscopic slitlets have random orientations with respect to the close pairs on the sky, the serendipitous pairs provide an unbiased sampling of the underlying close pair fraction. Finally, we discover two Ly-a emitters (LAEs) in our slitlets and find that they reside within 50 projected h^-1 kpc of LBGs. In this work, we uncover a strong relationship between Ly-a emission and pair separation. All confirmed and all candidate LBG pairs with separations of < 15 projected h^-1 kpc exhibit Ly-a in emission and we find an overabundance of Ly-a emission in pairs with < 50 projected h^-1 kpc separations. This relationship suggests a picture in which a measurable fraction of the Ly-a emission of LBGs, and potentially LAEs, is generated via interaction mechanisms. As a result, serendipitous spectroscopic close pairs provide a unique means to help identify and study high-redshift galaxy interactions using conventional ground-based optical data.

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