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红移近7的207个Lya辐射源的统计:再电离和星系形成模型的约束

Statistics of 207 Lya Emitters at a Redshift Near 7: Constraints on Reionization and Galaxy Formation Models

Masami Ouchi, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Hisanori Furusawa, Tomoki Saito, Makiko Yoshida, Masayuki Akiyama, Yoshiaki Ono, Toru Yamada, Kazuaki Ota, Nobunari Kashikawa,… 展开作者

Masami Ouchi, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Hisanori Furusawa, Tomoki Saito, Makiko Yoshida, Masayuki Akiyama, Yoshiaki Ono, Toru Yamada, Kazuaki Ota, Nobunari Kashikawa, Masanori Iye, Tadayuki Kodama, Sadanori Okamura, Chris Simpson, Michitoshi Yoshida

摘要:

我们基于斯巴鲁/XMM-牛顿深空巡天(SXDS)1度^2天区z=6.6的207个Lya发射体(LAEs)的最大样本,给出了Lya光度函数(LF)、聚类测量和Lya谱线轮廓。我们的z=6.6 Lya LF包括宇宙方差估计,得到最佳拟合Schechter参数phi*=8.5 + 3.0/-2.2 x10^(-4)Mpc^(-3)和L*(Lya)=4.4 +/-0.6 x10^42 erg s^(-1),α固定为-1.5,并表明在>~90%的置信水平下从z=5.7下降。然而,这种下降并不大,在Lya光度中仅为~30%,这在以前的研究中太小而无法识别。首次检测到z=6.6 LAE的聚类信号。我们得到的相关长度为r_0=2-5 h^(-1)Mpc,偏差为b=3-6,并且发现在z=6.6时再电离对团簇振幅没有显著的提高。从聚类推断的平均托管暗晕质量为10^10-10^11 Mo,LAE人口的占空比约为1%,尽管有很大的不确定性。我们的高质量Keck/DEIMOS谱的平均值显示半高宽速度宽度为251 +/-16 km s^(-1)。我们发现Lya线轮廓从z=5.7到6.6没有大的演化,并且在z=6.6处Lya光度和线宽之间没有反相关。各种再电离模型和我们的LF,集群,和线轮廓的观测结果相结合表明,会存在一个小的减少IGM的Lya传输由于再电离,但氢IGM不是高度中性的z=6.6。我们的中性氢分数约束意味着主要的再电离过程发生在z>~7。

英文摘要:

We present Lya luminosity function (LF), clustering measurements, and Lya line profiles based on the largest sample, to date, of 207 Lya emitters (LAEs) at z=6.6 on the 1-deg^2 sky of Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS) field. Our z=6.6 Lya LF including cosmic variance estimates yields the best-fit Schechter parameters of phi*=8.5 +3.0/-2.2 x10^(-4) Mpc^(-3) and L*(Lya)=4.4 +/-0.6 x10^42 erg s^(-1) with a fixed alpha=-1.5, and indicates a decrease from z=5.7 at the >~90% confidence level. However, this decrease is not large, only =~30% in Lya luminosity, which is too small to be identified in the previous studies. A clustering signal of z=6.6 LAEs is detected for the first time. We obtain the correlation length of r_0=2-5 h^(-1) Mpc and bias of b=3-6, and find no significant boost of clustering amplitude by reionization at z=6.6. The average hosting dark halo mass inferred from clustering is 10^10-10^11 Mo, and duty cycle of LAE population is roughly ~1% albeit with large uncertainties. The average of our high-quality Keck/DEIMOS spectra shows an FWHM velocity width of 251 +/-16 km s^(-1). We find no large evolution of Lya line profile from z=5.7 to 6.6, and no anti-correlation between Lya luminosity and line width at z=6.6. The combination of various reionization models and our observational results about the LF, clustering, and line profile indicates that there would exist a small decrease of IGM's Lya transmission owing to reionization, but that the hydrogen IGM is not highly neutral at z=6.6. Our neutral-hydrogen fraction constraint implies that the major reionization process took place at z>~7.

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