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从DEEP2红移巡天中选取Mg在z~1附近的吸收观测

Observations of Mg II Absorption Near z ~ 1 Galaxies Selected From The DEEP2 Redshift Survey

Elizabeth Lovegrove, Robert A. Simcoe

摘要:

利用10个星系碰撞参量b <100 kpc的背景类星体的新光谱,研究了z = 0.6 - 1.4(中值z = 0.87)星系外晕中Mg Ⅱ吸收的频率。类星体的视线是从SDSS DR6类星体目录中选择的,基于在DEEP 2红移巡天中与星系的接近程度。除了10个小的碰撞系统,我们还检查了40个额外的星系在100 <b <500 kpc偶然位于同一领域。我们探测到了等效宽度W_r = 0.15 - 1.0的Mg Ⅱ吸收体,但并非所有的吸收体都与深星系相关。我们在一个深星系中发现了五个在Δ v = 500 km/s和b <100 kpc范围内的独特吸收体,这个小样本包含了早期和晚期类型的星系,并且没有明显的恒星形成率变化趋势。没有Mg II检测到超过100千秒差距的星系,在这个半径内的覆盖分数尺度与碰撞参量和星系光度非常相似的方式在较低的红移研究的样品。除了一种情况,当Mg II被探测到而没有光谱确认的星系时,存在一个可能的光度候选者,因为狭缝碰撞或视星等而被排除在外。我们没有检测到任何强吸收体W_r> 1.0 A,与其他星系选择的Mg II系统的样品一致。我们推测,具有0.3 <Wr <1.0的Mg II系统可以追溯到来自星系外流和/或晕组装过程的古老遗迹物质,相反,具有大Wr的Mg II系统更可能反映其关联星系更近的恒星形成历史。

英文摘要:

We study the frequency of Mg II absorption in the outer haloes of galaxies at z = 0.6 - 1.4 (with median z = 0.87), using new spectra obtained of ten background quasars with galaxy impact parameters of b < 100 kpc. The quasar sightlines were selected from the SDSS DR6 QSO catalog based on proximity to galaxies in the DEEP2 redshift survey. In addition to the 10 small impact systems, we examine 40 additional galaxies at 100 < b < 500 kpc serendipitously located in the same fields. We detect Mg II absorbers with equivalent width W_r = 0.15 A - 1.0 A, though not all absorbers correlate with DEEP galaxies. We find five unique absorbers within Δv = 500 km/s and b < 100 kpc of a DEEP galaxy; this small sample contains both early and late type galaxies and has no obvious trends with star formation rate. No Mg II is detected more than 100 kpc from galaxies; inside this radius the covering fraction scales with impact parameter and galaxy luminosity in very similar fashion to samples studied at lower redshift. In all but one case, when Mg II is detected without a spectroscopically confirmed galaxy, there exists a plausible photometric candidate which was excluded because of slit collision or apparent magnitude. We do not detect any strong absorbers with W_r > 1.0 A, consistent with other samples of galaxy-selected Mg II systems. We speculate that Mg II systems with 0.3 < W_r < 1.0 trace old relic material from galactic outflows and/or the halo assembly process, and that in contrast, systems with large W_r are more likely to reflect the more recent star forming history of their associated galaxies.

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