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Z=3.1时莱曼α辐射源的全景观测

Panoramic Survey of Lyman α Emitters at z=3.1

T. Yamada, Y. Nakamura, Y. Matsuda, T. Hayashino, R. Yamauchi, N. Morimoto, K. Kousai, M. Umemura

摘要:

我们给出了在SSA 22视场中围绕着z =3.09的恒星形成星系高密度区的1.38 deg^2区域中z =3.1的Lyα发射线天体的广泛窄带巡天结果,以及在三个分离的一般空白视场的1.04 deg^2区域中的结果。在总共2161个Lyα发射体中,分别有1394个在SSA 22场中,767个在一般场中,被探测到的窄带AB星等极限为25.73,这对应于在z=3.1时的线通量为1.8 x 10^{-17} erg s^{-1} cm^{-2}或光度为1.5 x 10^{42} erg s^{-1},高于观察到的等效宽度阈值190 μ m。在高于阈值的整个一般场中,z=3.1处的发射体的平均表面数密度为0.20+-0.01 arcmin^{-2}。在z=3.09处的SSA 22高密度区域,其峰值局部密度是平均值的6倍,被认为是整个调查区域中最突出的突出结构,并且在足够大的样本下被确定为一个强大的“原星系团”。我们还将包含原星系团的100弧分^2和700弧分^2区域的过密度与宇宙学模拟中预期的暗物质波动以及模型星系的过密度进行了比较。我们发现,在z=3.1时,超密度的峰高值分别对应于相应体积中Lyα发射体计数的预期标准偏差的8-10倍和3-4倍。我们的结论是,在SSA 22字段中的z=3.09处的结构是一个非常重要的和罕见的密度峰值高达60 Mpc的规模。

英文摘要:

We present the results of the extensive narrow-band survey of Lyα emission-line objects at z=3.1 in the 1.38 deg^2 area surrounding the high density region of star-forming galaxies at z=3.09 in the SSA22 field, as well as in the 1.04 deg^2 area of the three separated general blank fields. In total of 2161 Lyα emitters, 1394 in the SSA22 fields and 767 in the general fields, respectively, are detected to the narrow-band AB magnitude limit of 25.73, which corresponds to the line flux of 1.8 x 10^{-17} erg s^{-1} cm^{-2} or luminosity of 1.5 x 10^{42} erg s^{-1} at z=3.1, above the observed equivalent width threshold, 190Å. The average surface number density of the emitters at z=3.1 in the whole general fields above the thresholds is 0.20+-0.01 arcmin^{-2}. The SSA22 high-density region at z=3.09 whose peak local density is 6 times the average is found to be the most prominent outstanding structure in the whole surveyed area and is firmly identified as a robust `protocluster' with the enough large sample. We also compared the overdensity of the 100 arcmin^2 and 700 arcmin^2 areas which contain the protocluster with the expected fluctuation of the dark matter as well as those of the model galaxies in cosmological simulations. We found that the peak height values of the overdensity correspond to be 8-10 times and 3-4 times of the expected standard deviations of the counts of Lyαemitters at z=3.1 in the corresponding volume, respectively. We conclude that the structure at z=3.09 in the SSA22 field is a very significant and rare density peak up to the scale of 60 Mpc.

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