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来自HiZELS的z=2.23处的H-α发射体的聚类

The clustering of H-alpha emitters at z=2.23 from HiZELS

J. E. Geach, D. Sobral, R. C. Hickox, D. A. Wake, Ian Smail, P. N. Best, C. M. Baugh, J. P. Stott

摘要:

我们对z=2.23的370个高置信度H-α发射体(HAE)进行了聚类分析。HAE是在Hi-Z发射谱线巡天(HiZELS)中检测到的,HiZELS是一种使用英国红外望远镜(UKIRT)宽视场相机(WFCAM)进行的大面积空白场2.121 um窄带巡天。对两个~1度尺度场(英国红外深空巡天/超深空巡天[UDS]和宇宙演化巡天[COSMOS]场)的HAE的两点关联函数进行平均,发现对于恒星形成率>7 Msun/yr的星系,其成团幅度相当于关联长度r_0=3.7+/-0.3Mpc/h。这些数据与冷暗物质的预期关联函数很好地拟合,并通过偏差因子进行缩放:omega_HAE=b^2 omega_DM,其中b=2.4^{+0.1}_{-0.2}。承载HAE的晕的相应“特征”质量为log(M_h/[M_sun/h])=11.7+/-0.1。与最新的半解析GALFORM预测HAE在LCDM宇宙学中的演化相比,我们发现与观测结果广泛一致,GALFORM预测HAE相关长度为~4 Mpc/h。出于这种协议,我们利用模拟来构建HAE的晕占据分布(HOD)的参数模型,并使用它来拟合观察到的聚类。我们的最佳拟合HOD可以充分再现所观察到的HAE的角度聚类,产生与从缩放的omega_DM拟合得到的一致的有效晕质量和偏差,但是由于样本量相对较小,当前数据对HOD的约束较差。我们的研究结果支持了这样一个广泛的观点,即“典型的”(~L*)恒星形成星系自z~2以来一直由M_h<10^12 M_sun/h的暗物质晕托管,但具有广泛的占据分布和聚集,这可能是光度的强函数。

英文摘要:

(abridged) We present a clustering analysis of 370 high-confidence H-alpha emitters (HAEs) at z=2.23. The HAEs are detected in the Hi-Z Emission Line Survey (HiZELS), a large-area blank field 2.121um narrowband survey using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) Wide Field Camera (WFCAM). Averaging the two-point correlation function of HAEs in two ~1 degree scale fields (United Kingdom Infrared Deep Sky Survey/Ultra Deep Survey [UDS] and Cosmological Evolution Survey [COSMOS] fields) we find a clustering amplitude equivalent to a correlation length of r_0=3.7+/-0.3 Mpc/h for galaxies with star formation rates of >7 M_sun/yr. The data are well-fitted by the expected correlation function of Cold Dark Matter, scaled by a bias factor: omega_HAE=b^2 omega_DM where b=2.4^{+0.1}_{-0.2}. The corresponding 'characteristic' mass for the halos hosting HAEs is log(M_h/[M_sun/h])=11.7+/-0.1. Comparing to the latest semi-analytic GALFORM predictions for the evolution of HAEs in a LCDM cosmology, we find broad agreement with the observations, with GALFORM predicting a HAE correlation length of ~4 Mpc/h. Motivated by this agreement, we exploit the simulations to construct a parametric model of the halo occupation distribution (HOD) of HAEs, and use this to fit the observed clustering. Our best-fitting HOD can adequately reproduce the observed angular clustering of HAEs, yielding an effective halo mass and bias in agreement with that derived from the scaled omega_DM fit, but with the relatively small sample size the current data provide a poor constraint on the HOD. Our results support the broad picture that 'typical' (~L*) star-forming galaxies have been hosted by dark matter haloes with M_h<10^12 M_sun/h since z~2, but with a broad occupation distribution and clustering that is likely to be a strong function of luminosity.

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