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z~0.03恒星形成星系的Lya逃逸:外流的主导作用

Lya escape from z~0.03 star-forming galaxies: the dominant role of outflows

A. Wofford, C. Leitherer, J. Salzer

摘要:

H I莱曼-α光子在描述遥远宇宙中恒星形成的有用性受到我们对调节它们从星系逃逸的天体物理过程的理解的限制。这些过程只能在几个x100 Mpc的范围内详细观察。过去的附近(z<0.3)光谱研究是基于小样品和/或运动学未分辨的数据。利用HST的COS的高灵敏度,我们观察到的莱曼α线的20个H-α选择星系位于<z>=0.03。星系覆盖了广泛的光度,氧丰度和变红范围。在本文中,我们观察到的莱曼α线的特点,并建立与基本星系性质的相关性。我们找到七个发射器。这些宿主年轻(\le 1千万年)的恒星星族,静止坐标系的等效宽度在1-12 μ m之间,在COS孔径内的莱曼α逃逸分数在1- 12%之间。一个发射体有一个双峰莱曼α峰,峰间相距370公里/秒,还有一个更强的蓝色峰。不包括这个天体,发射体的莱曼α和O I λ1302偏离H α,与扩展壳模型和LBG观测一致。吸收器具有与静态介质几乎一致的偏移。我们发现莱曼α发射和年龄,金属丰度,或红化之间没有一一对应。因此,我们确认,莱曼α增强外流,并调节周围的热恒星的尘埃和H I柱密度。

英文摘要:

The usefulness of H I Lyman-alpha photons for characterizing star formation in the distant universe is limited by our understanding of the astrophysical processes that regulate their escape from galaxies. These processes can only be observed in detail out to a few x100 Mpc. Past nearby (z<0.3) spectroscopic studies are based on small samples and/or kinematically unresolved data. Taking advantage of the high sensitivity of HST's COS, we observed the Lyman-alpha lines of 20 H-alpha-selected galaxies located at <z>=0.03. The galaxies cover a broad range of luminosity, oxygen abundance, and reddening. In this paper, we characterize the observed Lyman-alpha lines and establish correlations with fundamental galaxy properties. We find seven emitters. These host young (\le 10 Myr) stellar populations, have rest-frame equivalent widths in the range 1-12 Å, and have Lyman-alpha escape fractions within the COS aperture in the range 1-12 %. One emitter has a double-peaked Lyman-alpha with peaks 370 km/s apart and a stronger blue peak. Excluding this object, the emitters have Lyman-alpha and O I λ1302 offsets from H-alpha in agreement with expanding shell models and LBG observations. The absorbers have offsets that are almost consistent with a static medium. We find no one-to-one correspondence between Lyman-alpha emission and age, metallicity, or reddening. Thus, we confirm that Lyman-alpha is enhanced by outflows and is regulated by the dust and H I column density surrounding the hot stars.

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