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$z=3$ Lyman $α$发射体中原始恒星星族的一个可能特征

A possible signature of primordial stellar populations in $z=3$ Lyman $α$ emitters

Akio K. Inoue

摘要:

斯巴鲁望远镜的观测已经从位于$z=3.1$的一些莱曼$α$发射体(LAEs)中探测到了令人惊讶的强莱曼连续谱(LyC; $\sim900$在静止坐标系中的散射)。我们已经研究了恒星的人口,同时占的强度的LyC和非电离紫外线的LAEs的光谱斜率。结果发现,金属丰度为$Z\geq1/50 Z_\odot$的恒星星族只能用头重脚轻的初始质量函数(IMF; $< m > \sim 50 M_\odot$)来解释观测到的LyC强度。然而,这样的IMF的临界金属丰度预计要低得多。一个非常年轻的($\sim1$ Myr)和大质量的($\sim100$ $M_\odot$)极贫金属($Z\leq5\times10^{-4}Z_\odot$)或无金属(所谓的星族III)恒星群体也可以重现观测到的LyC强度,如果这种“原始”恒星群体的质量分数是LAE总恒星质量的$\sim1$ %。

英文摘要:

Observations with Subaru telescope have detected surprisingly strong Lyman continuum (LyC; $\sim900$ Å in the rest-frame) from some Lyman $α$ emitters (LAEs) at $z=3.1$. We have examined the stellar population which simultaneously accounts for the strength of the LyC and the spectral slope of non-ionizing ultraviolet of the LAEs. As a result, we have found that stellar populations with metallicity $Z\geq1/50 Z_\odot$ can explain the observed LyC strength only with a very top-heavy initial mass function (IMF; $< m > \sim 50 M_\odot$). However, the critical metallicity for such an IMF is expected to be much lower. A very young ($\sim1$ Myr) and massive ($\sim100$ $M_\odot$) extremely metal-poor ($Z\leq5\times10^{-4}Z_\odot$) or metal-free (so-called Population III) stellar population can also reproduce the observed LyC strength if the mass fraction of such 'primordial' stellar population is $\sim1$% in total stellar mass of the LAEs.

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