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Lya发射体的平均金属丰度和恒星形成率

Average Metallicity and Star Formation Rate of Lya Emitters Probed by a Triple Narrow-Band Survey

Kimihiko Nakajima, Masami Ouchi, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Yoshiaki Ono, Janice C. Lee, Sebastien Foucaud, Chun Ly, Daniel A. Dale, Samir Salim, Rose Finn, Omar Almaini, Sadanori Okamura

摘要:

我们提出的平均金属丰度和恒星形成率的Lya发射体(LAEs)测量从我们的大面积调查与三个窄带(NB)过滤器覆盖Lya,[OII]3727,和Ha+[NII]线的LAEs在z=2.2。我们从Subaru/Suprime-Cam NB数据中选择了919个z=2.2的LAEs,并结合Magellan/IMACS光谱。在这些LAEs中,561和105个是用KPNO/NEWFIRM近红外NB滤波器观察到的,其中心波长分别与红移的[OII]和Ha星云线相匹配。通过叠加LAEs的近红外图像,我们成功地获得了LAEs的平均星云线通量,其中大多数太微弱,无法通过窄带成像或深光谱单独识别。这个堆叠的天体的哈光度为1.7 × 10 ^{42}尔格·秒^{-1},对应的恒星形成率(SFR)为14 M_{sun} yr^{-1}。根据[OII]/(Ha+[NII])指数,结合光电离模型和经验关系,首次确定了Z>~0.09 Z_{sun}(2 σ)的LAE平均金属丰度的下限。这个金属丰度的下限排除了这样一个假设,即到目前为止在z~2观测到的LAE是在4 σ水平上极度贫金属(Z<2 × 10 ^{-2} Z_{sun})的年轻星系。这个极限高于z~2紫外选择星系的观测质量-金属丰度关系向较低质量(5 × 10 ^{8} M_{sun})的简单外推,但当考虑LAEs相对较低的SFR时,与最近提出的基本质量-金属丰度关系大致一致。我们的NB选择LAEs的Ha和Lya光度表明,Lya光子的逃逸分数为~12- 30%,远高于z~2处其他星系群的值。

英文摘要:

We present the average metallicity and star-formation rate of Lya emitters (LAEs) measured from our large-area survey with three narrow-band (NB) filters covering the Lya, [OII]3727, and Ha+[NII] lines of LAEs at z=2.2. We select 919 z=2.2 LAEs from Subaru/Suprime-Cam NB data in conjunction with Magellan/IMACS spectroscopy. Of these LAEs, 561 and 105 are observed with KPNO/NEWFIRM near-infrared NB filters whose central wavelengths are matched to redshifted [OII] and Ha nebular lines, respectively. By stacking the near-infrared images of the LAEs, we successfully obtain average nebular-line fluxes of LAEs, the majority of which are too faint to be identified individually by narrow-band imaging or deep spectroscopy. The stacked object has an Ha luminosity of 1.7x10^{42} erg s^{-1} corresponding to a star formation rate (SFR) of 14 M_{sun} yr^{-1}. We place, for the first time, a firm lower limit to the average metallicity of LAEs of Z>~0.09 Z_{sun} (2sigma) based on the [OII]/(Ha+[NII]) index together with photo-ionization models and empirical relations. This lower limit of metallicity rules out the hypothesis that LAEs, so far observed at z~2, are extremely metal poor (Z<2x10^{-2} Z_{sun}) young galaxies at the 4sigma level. This limit is higher than a simple extrapolation of the observed mass-metallicity relation of z~2 UV-selected galaxies toward lower masses (5x10^{8} M_{sun}), but roughly consistent with a recently proposed fundamental mass-metallicity relation when the LAEs' relatively low SFR is taken into account. The Ha and Lya luminosities of our NB-selected LAEs indicate that the escape fraction of Lya photons is ~12-30 %, much higher than the values derived for other galaxy populations at z~2.

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