z~1的多环芳烃(PAH)发光星系
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) luminous galaxies at z~1
摘要:
利用AKARI多波长中红外巡天,我们根据PAH光度识别z> 0.5的亮星暴星系,并研究这些PAH选择的星暴的性质。AKARI对北黄道极(NEP)进行的河外调查,即NEP-Deep调查,是独一无二的,因为它使用了红外照相机(IRC)的所有9个测光波段,从2到24微米的全面波长覆盖范围。这项调查使我们能够光度识别星系的中红外发射明显占主导地位的多环芳烃。我们提出了一个单一的颜色选择方法来识别这样的星系,使用两个中红外线流量比在11- 7微米和15- 9微米(PAH-连续通量比在休息帧),这是有用的,以确定星暴星系在z~0.5和1,分别。我们执行的光谱能量分布(SED)从光学到中红外波长的拟合,使用一个进化的星爆模型与适当的治疗辐射转移(SBURT),以调查其性质。SBURT模型再现了超过一半的PAH选定星系观察到的光学到中红外SEDs。基于8 μ m的光度,我们在PAH选择星系中发现了超亮红外星系(ULIRGs)。它们的PAH光度高于当地ULIRGs具有类似的光度,和PAH的总红外光度比是一致的亮度较低的星暴星系。他们是一个独特的星系人口在高红移,我们称这些PAH选择ULIRGs“PAH发光”星系。虽然它们的质量不如z~2的亚毫米星系,但它们的恒星质量大于3 × 10 ^{10} Msun,因此质量适中。
英文摘要:
Using an AKARI multi-wavelength mid-infrared (IR) survey, we identify luminous starburst galaxies at z> 0.5 based on the PAH luminosity, and investigate the nature of these PAH-selected starbursts. An extragalactic survey with AKARI towards the north ecliptic pole (NEP), the NEP-Deep survey, is unique in terms of a comprehensive wavelength coverage from 2 to 24um using all 9 photometric bands of the InfraRed Camera (IRC). This survey allows us to photometrically identify galaxies whose mid-IR emission is clearly dominated by PAHs. We propose a single colour selection method to identify such galaxies, using two mid-IR flux ratios at 11-to-7um and 15-to-9um (PAH-to-continuum flux ratio in the rest-frame), which are useful to identify starburst galaxies at z~0.5 and 1, respectively. We perform a fitting of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) from optical to mid-IR wavelengths, using an evolutionary starburst model with a proper treatment of radiative transfer (SBURT), in order to investigate their nature. The SBURT model reproduces observed optical-to-mid-IR SEDs of more than a half of PAH-selected galaxies. Based on the 8um luminosity, we find ultra luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) among PAH-selected galaxies. Their PAH luminosity is higher than local ULIRGs with a similar luminosity, and the PAH-to-total IR luminosity ratio is consistent with that of less luminous starburst galaxies. They are a unique galaxy population at high redshifts and we call these PAH-selected ULIRGs "PAH-luminous" galaxies. Although they are not as massive as submillimetre galaxies at z~2, they have the stellar mass of >3x10^{10} Msun and therefore moderately massive.
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