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z = 2.412和z = 2.583的两个高金属丰度DLA的星系对应物朝向Q0918 +1636

The Galaxy Counterparts of the two high-metallicity DLAs at z=2.412 and z=2.583 towards Q0918+1636

J. P. U. Fynbo, S. Geier, L. Christensen, A. Gallazzi, J. -K. Krogager, T. Krühler, C. Ledoux, J. Maund, P. Møller, P. Noterdaeme, T. Rivera-Thorsen, M. Vestergaard

摘要:

类星体Q0918 + 1636(z = 3.07)沿着视线有两个高金属量的阻尼莱曼α吸收体(DLAs),红移分别为z = 2.412和2.583。z = 2.583的DLA位于一个16.2 kpc的大碰撞参量处,尽管有这个大碰撞参量,它仍有很高的金属丰度(与太阳一致),大量的H_2分子,并且从背景类星体的红化光谱推断它是尘埃。z = 2.412的DLA具有[M/H]=-0.6(基于Zn II和Si II)的金属度。在本文中,我们提出了新的意见,这一有趣的视线。HST/WFC3成像在F606W、F105W和F160W波段获得。作为补充,u、g波段的地面成像以及近红外K_s观测。此外,我们还使用ESO/VLT X-Shooter摄谱仪进行了进一步的光谱分析。基于这些观测,我们得到以下结果:通过拟合恒星星族合成模型的光度SED,我们约束的物理性质的z = 2.583 DLA星系,我们推断其形态通过拟合Sersic模型的表面亮度轮廓。我们发现它是一个相对大质量(M星10^10 M太阳)、强烈成星(SFR~30 M太阳/年)、尘埃(E_(B-V)= 0.4)的盘状星系。我们检测到来自z = 2.583 DLA [OIII],3727,[OIII],4960,[OIII],5007,H β和H α的大部分强发射线,尽管除了[OIII],5007线之外,信噪比(SN)较低。我们还检测到[OIII],5007发射的星系对应的z = 2.412 DLA在一个小的碰撞参量(<2千秒差距)。总的来说,我们的研究结果是一致的新兴的图片,高金属丰度的DLAs与相对(与典型的DLAs相比)明亮和巨大的星系同行。

英文摘要:

The quasar Q0918+1636 (z=3.07) has two intervening high-metallicity Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers (DLAs) along the line of sight, at redshifts of z=2.412 and 2.583. The z=2.583 DLA is located at a large impact parameter of 16.2 kpc, and despite this large impact parameter it has a very high metallicity (consistent with solar), a substantial fraction of H_2 molecules, and it is dusty as inferred from the reddened spectrum of the background QSO. The z=2.412 DLA has a metallicity of [M/H]=-0.6 (based on ZnII and SiII). In this paper we present new observations of this interesting sightline. HST/WFC3 imaging was obtained in the F606W, F105W and F160W bands. This is complemented by ground-based imaging in the u-, g-bands as well as K_s observations in the near-infrared (NIR). In addition, we present further spectroscopy with the ESO/VLT X-Shooter spectrograph. Based on these observations we obtain the following results: By fitting stellar population synthesis models to the photometric SED we constrain the physical properties of the z=2.583 DLA galaxy, and we infer its morphology by fitting a Sersic model to its surface brightness profile. We find it to be a relatively massive (M_star 10^10 M_sun), strongly star-forming (SFR~30 M_sun / yr, dusty (E_(B-V)=0.4) galaxy with a disk-like morphology. We detect most of the strong emission lines from the z=2.583 DLA [OIII],3727, [OIII],4960, [OIII],5007, Hbeta, and Halpha, albeit at low signal-to-noise (SN) ratio except for the [OIII],5007 line. We also detect [OIII],5007 emission from the galaxy counterpart of the z=2.412 DLA at a small impact parameter (<2 kpc). Overall our findings are consistent with the emerging picture that high-metallicity DLAs are associated with relatively (compared to typical DLAs) luminous and massive galaxy counterparts.

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