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解释观测到的高红移星系的UV连续斜率

Interpreting the observed UV continuum slopes of high-redshift galaxies

Stephen M. Wilkins, Andrew Bunker, William Coulton, Rupert Croft, Tiziana Di Matteo, Nishikanta Khandai, Yu Feng

摘要:

观测到的恒星形成星系的紫外连续谱斜率强烈地受到尘埃的影响。它的观测是尘埃衰减的一个潜在的有价值的诊断,特别是在高红移,目前其他诊断是无法获得的。在尘埃衰减的背景下解释观测到的紫外线连续谱斜率通常是通过假设经验校准的Meurer等人(1999年)的关系来实现的。该关系式中隐含了固有UV连续斜率($β=-2.23$)的假设。然而,数值模拟的结果表明,高红移恒星形成星系的内禀紫外连续谱斜率比这更蓝,而且随红移而变化。利用星系形成的数值模型预测的内禀斜率值,结合Calzetti等人(2000)的红化定律,我们推断紫外线衰减($A_{1500}$)$0.35-0.5\,{\rm mag}$(PDMATHAMP:假设Calzetti等人(2000)的话,$0.14-0.2\,{\rm mag}$)比简单假设Meurer关系式的话要大。这对推断极高($z\approx 7$)红移时的尘埃衰减量具有重要意义,因为目前对$β$的观测限制,结合Meurer关系,表明除了最明亮的系统外,所有系统中的尘埃衰减几乎为零。

英文摘要:

The observed UV continuum slope of star forming galaxies is strongly affected by the presence of dust. Its observation is then a potentially valuable diagnostic of dust attenuation, particularly at high-redshift where other diagnostics are currently inaccesible. Interpreting the observed UV continuum slope in the context of dust attenuation is often achieved assuming the empirically calibrated Meurer et al. (1999) relation. Implicit in this relation is the assumption of an intrinsic UV continuum slope ($β=-2.23$). However, results from numerical simulations suggest that the intrinsic UV continuum slopes of high-redshift star forming galaxies are bluer than this, and moreover vary with redshift. Using values of the intrinsic slope predicted by numerical models of galaxy formation combined with a Calzetti et al. (2000) reddening law we infer UV attenuations ($A_{1500}$) $0.35-0.5\,{\rm mag}$ ($A_{V}$: $0.14-0.2\,{\rm mag}$ assuming Calzetti et al. 2000) greater than simply assuming the Meurer relation. This has significant implications for the inferred amount of dust attenuation at very-high ($z\approx 7$) redshift given current observational constraints on $β$, combined with the Meurer relation, suggest dust attenuation to be virtually zero in all but the most luminous systems.

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