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光学强线跨宇宙时间的理论演化

Theoretical Evolution of Optical Strong Lines across Cosmic Time

Lisa J. Kewley, Michael A. Dopita, Claus Leitherer, Romeel Dave, Tiantian Yuan, Mark Allen, Brent Groves, Ralph Sutherland

摘要:

我们使用我们最新的理论恒星星族合成,光电离和冲击模型的宇宙流体动力学模拟的化学演化预测预测的星系系综从z=3到今天的强线演化。在本文中,我们专注于最亮的光学发射线比,[NII]/H-α和[OIII]/H-β。我们使用的光学诊断鲍德温-菲利普斯-特列维奇(BPT)图作为一种工具,调查活动星系系综的光谱特性。我们使用四个红移窗口选择开发新的近红外多目标光谱仪。我们预测如何BPT图将出现在这四个红移窗口给定不同的假设。我们表明,恒星形成星系的BPT图上的位置跟踪ISM条件和辐射场的星系在一个给定的红移。包含活动星系核的银河系与纯粹的恒星形成星系形成混合序列。由于光发射线的金属丰度敏感性,这种混合序列可能会随着宇宙时间的变化而急剧变化。此外,混合序列的位置可以探测星系中的金属丰度梯度作为红移的函数,这取决于活动星系核窄线区域的大小。我们将最新的慢激波模型应用于被银河尺度风冲击的气体。我们发现,在高红移,星系风激波是明确的分离AGN线比空间。相反,来自星系风的冲击模拟了高金属丰度的星暴星系。我们讨论我们的模型在未来的大型近红外光谱调查的背景下。

英文摘要:

We use the chemical evolution predictions of cosmological hydrodynamic simulations with our latest theoretical stellar population synthesis, photoionization and shock models to predict the strong line evolution of ensembles of galaxies from z=3 to the present day. In this paper, we focus on the brightest optical emission-line ratios, [NII]/H-alpha and [OIII]/H-beta. We use the optical diagnostic Baldwin-Phillips-Terlevich (BPT) diagram as a tool for investigating the spectral properties of ensembles of active galaxies. We use four redshift windows chosen to exploit new near-infrared multi-object spectrographs. We predict how the BPT diagram will appear in these four redshift windows given different sets of assumptions. We show that the position of star-forming galaxies on the BPT diagram traces the ISM conditions and radiation field in galaxies at a given redshift. Galaxies containing AGN form a mixing sequence with purely star-forming galaxies. This mixing sequence may change dramatically with cosmic time, due to the metallicity sensitivity of the optical emission-lines. Furthermore, the position of the mixing sequence may probe metallicity gradients in galaxies as a function of redshift, depending on the size of the AGN narrow line region. We apply our latest slow shock models for gas shocked by galactic-scale winds. We show that at high redshift, galactic wind shocks are clearly separated from AGN in line ratio space. Instead, shocks from galactic winds mimic high metallicity starburst galaxies. We discuss our models in the context of future large near-infrared spectroscopic surveys.

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