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斯巴鲁Ly-alpha斑点调查:z=3时100 kpc Ly-alpha斑点的样本

The Subaru Ly-alpha blob survey: A sample of 100 kpc Ly-alpha blobs at z=3

Y. Matsuda, T. Yamada, T. Hayashino, R. Yamauchi, Y. Nakamura, N. Morimoto, M. Ouchi, Y. Ono, K. Kousai, E. Nakamura, M. Horie, T. Fujii, M. Umemura, M. Mori

摘要:

我们目前的调查结果,巨大的Ly-alpha星云(LABs)在z=3与斯巴鲁/Suprime-Cam。我们在SSA 22原星团周围的z=3.09+-0.03处和几个空白区域获得了Ly-alpha成像。总勘测面积为2.1平方度,对应的同动体积为1.6 x 10^6 Mpc ^3。使用Ly-alpha图像的统一检测阈值1.4 x 10^{-18} erg s^{-1} cm^{-2} arcsec^{-2},我们构建了一个由14个长轴直径大于100 kpc的LAB候选者组成的样本,其中包括5个先前已知的斑点和2个已知的类星体。这次调查使已知的超过100千秒差距的LAB数量增加了两倍。巨大的LAB样本显示了一种可能的“形态-密度关系”:非常规LAB存在于来自紧凑型Ly-alpha发射器的平均密度环境中,而圆形LAB存在于平均密度和过密环境中。虽然仅从Ly-alpha形态很难研究LABs的形成机制,但更多的环形LABs可能与周围星系间介质(IGM)的冷气体吸积有关,而更多的环形LABs可能与大规模气体外流有关,这些气体外流是由强烈的恒星爆发和/或AGN活动驱动的。我们的调查突出了巨大的LABs的潜在用途,调查星系和周围的IGM从外地到高红移过密环境之间的相互作用。

英文摘要:

We present results of a survey for giant Ly-alpha nebulae (LABs) at z=3 with Subaru/Suprime-Cam. We obtained Ly-alpha imaging at z=3.09+-0.03 around the SSA22 protocluster and in several blank fields. The total survey area is 2.1 square degrees, corresponding to a comoving volume of 1.6 x 10^6 Mpc^3. Using a uniform detection threshold of 1.4 x 10^{-18} erg s^{-1} cm^{-2} arcsec^{-2} for the Ly-alpha images, we construct a sample of 14 LAB candidates with major-axis diameters larger than 100 kpc, including five previously known blobs and two known quasars. This survey triples the number of known LABs over 100 kpc. The giant LAB sample shows a possible "morphology-density relation": filamentary LABs reside in average density environments as derived from compact Ly-alpha emitters, while circular LABs reside in both average density and overdense environments. Although it is hard to examine the formation mechanisms of LABs only from the Ly-alpha morphologies, more filamentary LABs may relate to cold gas accretion from the surrounding inter-galactic medium (IGM) and more circular LABs may relate to large-scale gas outflows, which are driven by intense starbursts and/or by AGN activities. Our survey highlights the potential usefulness of giant LABs to investigate the interactions between galaxies and the surrounding IGM from the field to overdense environments at high-redshift.

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