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z>=6时星系质量和光度函数的陡暗端斜率及其对再电离的意义

Steep Faint-end Slopes of Galaxy Mass and Luminosity Functions at z>=6 and the Implications for Reionisation

Jason Jaacks, Jun-Hwan Choi, Kentaro Nagamine, Robert Thompson, Saju Varghese

摘要:

我们提出了一个数值研究的结果比较模拟z=6-9星系的观测搭载哈勃太空望远镜的WFC 3仪器的光度和物理性质。利用宇宙流体动力学模拟,我们发现在所有研究的红移与观测在颜色空间的协议。我们还发现,在可观测范围内,Muv<=-18,只要大质量星系存在适度的尘埃消光效应,观测和我们的Schechter光度函数拟合之间有很好的一致性。然而,除了目前所能观测到的,模拟预测了大量的低质量星系,以及从z=6时的alpha_L = -2.15到z=9时的alpha_L = -2.64的急剧演化的暗端斜率,其相关性为|alpha_L| \propto(1+z)^0.59。在同一时期,归一化phi* 增加,特征星等Muv* 随着红移的减小而变得适度明亮。对于低质量端斜率从z=6时的α_M =-2.26到z=9时的α_M = -2.87的星系恒星质量函数,我们发现了类似的趋势,依赖关系为|alpha_M| \propto(1+z)^0.65。结合我们最近关于低质量星系电离光子高逃逸分数的结果,我们的结果表明,低质量星系是电离光子在z>=6时宇宙再电离的重要贡献者。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a numerical study comparing photometric and physical properties of simulated z=6-9 galaxies to the observations taken by the WFC3 instrument aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. Using cosmological hydrodynamical simulations we find good agreement with observations in color-color space at all studied redshifts. We also find good agreement between observations and our Schechter luminosity function fit in the observable range, Muv<= -18, provided that a moderate dust extinction effect exists for massive galaxies. However beyond what currently can be observed, simulations predict a very large number of low-mass galaxies and evolving steep faint-end slopes from alpha_L = -2.15 at z=6 to alpha_L = -2.64 at z=9, with a dependence of |alpha_L| \propto (1+z)^0.59. During the same epoch, the normalization phi* increases and the characteristic magnitude Muv* becomes moderately brighter with decreasing redshift. We find similar trends for galaxy stellar mass function with evolving low-mass end slope from alpha_M = - 2.26 at z=6 to alpha_M = -2.87 at z=9, with a dependence of |alpha_M| \propto (1+z)^0.65. Together with our recent result on the high escape fraction of ionizing photons for low-mass galaxies, our results suggest that the low-mass galaxies are important contributor of ionizing photons for the reionisation of the Universe at z>=6.

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