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高红移星系中星云辐射对宽带测光的污染:用Keck的MOSFIRE近红外光谱仪研究

Contamination of Broad-Band Photometry by Nebular Emission in High Redshift Galaxies: Investigations with Keck's MOSFIRE Near-Infrared Spectrograph

Matthew A. Schenker, Richard S. Ellis, Nick P. Konidaris, Daniel P. Stark

摘要:

早期的工作已经提出了星云发射的潜在重要性,在推导高红移Lyman break星系的物理特性。在一定的红移范围内,特别是在z ~ 6-7,这样的线可能足够强,以减少估计的恒星质量和星系的年龄相比,那些假设宽带测光代表恒星光单独。为了在可以用地面设施探测此类谱线的最高红移处测试这一假设,我们使用新委托的MOSFIRE近红外光谱仪检查了20个3.0 < z < 3.8莱曼破裂星系的代表性样本的近红外光谱。凯克一号望远镜的红外光谱仪。我们使用这些数据来推导[O III]发射的静止坐标系等效宽度(EW),并表明这些与Stark等人(2013)针对已知红移源引入的SED拟合技术得出的估计值相当。虽然我们目前的样本是适度的,它的[O III] EW分布与基于Stark等人的3.8 < z < 5星系的较大样本的SED拟合推断的Hα一致。对于巡天星系的一个子集,我们使用光学和近红外光谱的组合,以量化在z ~ 3.5恒星形成星系的外流运动学,并讨论了再电离测量的影响。我们发现的趋势强调了纯粹依靠宽带测光来估计高红移星系的物理性质的危险性,并强调了诊断光谱学的重要作用。

英文摘要:

Earlier work has raised the potential importance of nebular emission in the derivation of the physical characteristics of high redshift Lyman break galaxies. Within certain redshift ranges, and especially at z ~ 6-7, such lines may be strong enough to reduce estimates of the stellar masses and ages of galaxies compared those derived assuming broad-band photometry represents stellar light alone. To test this hypothesis at the highest redshifts where such lines can be probed with ground-based facilities, we examine the near-infrared spectra of a representative sample of 20 3.0 < z < 3.8 Lyman break galaxies using the newly-commissioned MOSFIRE near-infrared spectrograph at the Keck I telescope. We use this data to derive the rest-frame equivalent widths (EW) of [O III] emission and show that these are comparable to estimates derived using the SED fitting technique introduced for sources of known redshift by Stark et al (2013). Although our current sample is modest, its [O III] EW distribution is consistent with that inferred for Hα based on SED fitting of Stark et al's larger sample of 3.8 < z < 5 galaxies. For a subset of survey galaxies, we use the combination of optical and near-infrared spectroscopy to quantify kinematics of outflows in z ~ 3.5 star-forming galaxies, and discuss the implications for reionization measurements. The trends we uncover underline the dangers of relying purely on broad-band photometry to estimate the physical properties of high redshift galaxies and emphasize the important role of diagnostic spectroscopy.

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