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WFC3成像中的候选z~8-9半导体

Candidate z~8-9 Galaxies from WFC3 Imaging

Silvio Lorenzoni, Andrew Bunker, Stephen Wilkins, Elizabeth Stanway, Matt Jarvis, Joseph Caruana

摘要:

本文利用最新的HST WFC 3近红外数据,基于Lyman-break技术,对7.6<z<9.8的星系进行了搜索。我们寻找的星系,有大(Y-J)的颜色(“Y滴”)的帐户莱曼α森林吸收,并与(J-H)的颜色不一致的是低红移的污染物。我们确定了24个候选人在红移z~8-9(15个是强大的,另外9个边缘,但与高红移一致)超过50平方角分的区域。以前用WFC 3搜索Y滴只集中在哈勃超深场(HUDF)上,而我们更大的调查(涉及另外两个附近的深场和更广泛的区域调查)已经使强大的Y滴候选者的数量增加了三倍。我们第一次有足够的z~8-9星系来拟合UV Schechter光度函数的φ ^* 和M^*。从z=6-7到z=8-9的光度函数有演化的证据,在z~8-9处的紫外亮星系较少,这与主要在M^* 中的演化相一致。我们探测到的候选星系z~8-9的电离通量不足以使宇宙恢复正常,低于我们探测极限的星系很可能提供了显著的紫外贡献。弱端斜率alpha没有得到很好的约束。然而,采用与在z=3-6(α =-1.7)处确定的暗端斜率相似的暗端斜率和Salpeter初始质量函数,如果f_escape<0.5,则电离光子预算仍然不足,甚至积分到M(UV)=-8。一个更陡的暗端斜率或低金属丰度的人口(或头重脚轻的IMF)可能仍然提供足够的光子,使恒星形成星系重新形成宇宙,但这可能需要等待詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜的证实。

英文摘要:

We present a search for galaxies at 7.6<z<9.8 using the latest HST WFC3 near-infrared data, based on the Lyman-break technique. We search for galaxies which have large (Y-J) colours (the "Y-drops") on account of the Lyman-alpha forest absorption, and with (J-H) colours inconsistent with being low-redshift contaminants. We identify 24 candidates at redshift z~8-9 (15 are robust and a further 9 more marginal but consistent with being high redshift) over an area of ~50 square arcminutes. Previous searches for Y-drops with WFC3 have focussed only on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), and our larger survey (involving two other nearby deep fields and a wider area survey) has trebelled the number of robust Y-drop candidates. For the first time, we have sufficient z~8-9 galaxies to fit both phi^* and M^* of the UV Schechter luminosity function. There is evidence for evolution in this luminosity function from z=6-7 to z=8-9, in the sense that there are fewer UV-bright galaxies at z~8-9, consistent with an evolution mainly in M^*. The candidate z~8-9 galaxies we detect have insufficient ionizing flux to reionize the Universe, and it is probable that galaxies below our detection limit provide a significant UV contribution. The faint-end slope, alpha, is not well constrained. However, adopting a similiar faint-end slope to that determined at z=3-6 (alpha=-1.7) and a Salpeter initial mass function, then the ionizing photon budget still falls short if f_escape<0.5, even integrating down to M(UV)=-8. A steeper faint end slope or a low-metallicity population (or a top-heavy IMF) might still provide sufficient photons for star-forming galaxies to reionize the Universe, but confirmation of this might have to await the James Webb Space Telescope.

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