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HST/ACS PEARS发射线镓的光谱研究

Spectroscopic Study of the HST/ACS PEARS Emission-Line Galaxies

Lifang Xia, Sangeeta Malhotra, James Rhoads, Norbert Pirzkal, Zhenya Zheng, Gerhardt Meurer, Amber Straughn, Norman Grogin, David Floyd

摘要:

利用麦哲伦望远镜上的LDSS-3摄谱仪对76个发射线星系进行了CDF-S光谱观测。这些星系被选为具有ACS棱镜数据的发射线的哈勃太空望远镜探测演化和再电离光谱(PEARS)棱镜巡天。ACS棱镜光谱覆盖了6000-9700 nm的波长范围,大多数PEARS棱镜红移是基于单发射线+宽带颜色的光度红移;麦哲伦光谱覆盖了4000 nm到9000 nm的波长范围,并提供了对来自PEARS数据的红移的检查。我们发现,只有一个灾难性的异常值的ACS棱镜红移的精度为$σ_z$ = 0.006。我们通过几种不同的方法探测我们样品中的活动星系核。在76个星系中,我们总共发现了7个活动星系核和活动星系核候选者。根据X射线全带光度、$L_{X-ray,FB}>10^{43}$ erg $\;$ s $^{-1}$、线宽和幂律连续谱,确定了两个活动星系核。根据X射线全带光度$L_{X-ray,FB}\sim10^{41}$ erg $\;$ s $^{-1}$、硬度比和柱密度以及发射线和X射线导出的SFR,确定了两个未被遮蔽的微弱活动星系核候选者。根据[NII] \lambda 6584/H $α$与[OIII] $λ$ 5007/H $β$的线比(BPT图),将两个候选星系分类,它们位于经验和理论分界线之间,即从成星星系到活动星系核的过渡区。一个活动星系核的候选者是从高电离发射线HeIII 4686中确定的。

英文摘要:

We present spectroscopy of 76 emission-line galaxies (ELGs) in CDF-S taken with the LDSS3 spectrograph on Magellan Telescope. These galaxies are selected to have emission lines with ACS grism data in the Hubble Space Telescope Probing Evolution and Reionization Spectroscopically (PEARS) grism Survey. The ACS grism spectra cover the wavelength range 6000-9700 Å and most PEARS grism redshifts are based on a single emission line + photometric redshifts from broad-band colors; the Magellan spectra cover a wavelength range from 4000 Å to 9000 Å, and provide a check on redshifts derived from PEARS data. We find an accuracy of $σ_z$ = 0.006 for the ACS grism redshifts with only one catastrophic outlier. We probe for AGN in our sample via several different methods. In total we find 7 AGNs and AGN candidates out of 76 galaxies. Two AGNs are identified from the X-ray full-band luminosity, $L_{X-ray,FB}>10^{43}$ erg$\;$s$^{-1}$, the line widths and the power-law continuum spectra. Two unobscured faint AGN candidates are identified from the X-ray full-band luminosity $L_{X-ray,FB}\sim10^{41}$ erg$\;$s$^{-1}$, the hardness ratio and the column density, and the emission-line and X-ray derived SFRs. Two candidates are classified based on the line ratio of [NII]\lambda6584/H$α$ versus [OIII]$λ$5007/H$β$ (BPT diagram), which are between the empirical and theoretical demarcation curves, i.e, the transition region from star-forming galaxies to AGNs. One AGN candidate is identified from the high-ionization emission line HeIIÅ4686.

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