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莱曼α发射半导体晶体从z=3.1到z=2.1的连续形态性质的演化

Evolution in the Continuum Morphological Properties of Lyman-Alpha-Emitting Galaxies from z=3.1 to z=2.1

Nicholas Bond, Eric Gawiser, Lucia Guaita, Nelson Padilla, Caryl Gronwall, Robin Ciardullo, Kamson Lai

摘要:

我们提出了一个休息帧紫外形态分析的108 z=2.1莱曼阿尔法发射器(LAEs)在扩展钱德拉深场南(ECDF-S),并将其与类似的样本171 LAEs在z=3.1。使用哈勃太空望远镜(HST)的图像从形态学和SEDs调查,大天文台起源深调查,和哈勃超深场的星系演化,我们测量的大小和光度分量分布,其中光度分量被定义为不同的紫外线连续发射的团块。在这两个红移下,大多数LAEs的半光半径<~ 2 kpc,但中值半光半径从z=3.1时的1.0 kpc上升到z=2.1时的1.4 kpc。一个类似的演变被认为是在个别的休息紫外组件的大小,但没有证据表明在多组件系统的数量的演变。在z=2.1的样本中,我们看到LAE的大小与来自其SED的其他物理性质之间存在明显的相关性。LAES被发现是较大的星系具有较高的恒星质量,恒星形成率,和尘埃遮蔽,但没有证据表明在任何红移的等效宽度和半光半径之间的趋势。这些相关性的存在表明,在z~2处LAE巡天选择了范围很广的天体,其中包括相当一部分天体,这些天体的大质量和适度扩展的老恒星群体是年轻恒星爆发的基础,从而引起莱曼α发射。

英文摘要:

We present a rest-frame ultraviolet morphological analysis of 108 z=2.1 Lyman Alpha Emitters (LAEs) in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (ECDF-S) and compare it to a similar sample of 171 LAEs at z=3.1. Using Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images from the Galaxy Evolution from Morphology and SEDs survey, Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey, and Hubble Ultradeep Field, we measure size and photometric component distributions, where photometric components are defined as distinct clumps of UV-continuum emission. At both redshifts, the majority of LAEs have observed half-light radii <~ 2 kpc, but the median half-light radius rises from 1.0 kpc at z=3.1 to 1.4 kpc at z=2.1. A similar evolution is seen in the sizes of individual rest-UV components, but there is no evidence for evolution in the number of multi-component systems. In the z=2.1 sample, we see clear correlations between the size of an LAE and other physical properties derived from its SED. LAEs are found to be larger for galaxies with higher stellar mass, star formation rate, and dust obscuration, but there is no evidence for a trend between equivalent width and half-light radius at either redshift. The presence of these correlations suggests that a wide range of objects are being selected by LAE surveys at z~2, including a significant fraction of objects for which a massive and moderately extended population of old stars underlies the young starburst giving rise to the Lyman alpha emission.

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