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强Lya发射的物理根源是什么?I.人口统计Lya Esclane结构

What is the Physical Origin of Strong Lya Emission? I. Demographics of Lya Emitter Structures

Takatoshi Shibuya, Masami Ouchi, Kimihiko Nakajima, Suraphong Yuma, Takuya Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Masao Mori, Masayuki Umemura

摘要:

本文介绍了利用HST/ACS和WFC 3-IR对426个z~2.2的Lya发射体(LAEs)进行深河外遗留巡天观测的大样本结构分析结果。我们确认LAE的恒星成分的合并分数和平均椭圆率分别为10- 30%和0.4-0.6,这与以前的研究结果相当。我们成功地确定,一些LAEs之间的Lya和恒星连续谱发射峰,d_Lya,由~2.5-4千秒差距超出我们的统计误差的空间偏移。为了揭示LAEs强Lya辐射的物理来源,我们研究了EW(Lya)=20- 250 A范围内Lya等效宽度(EW)与合并分数、d_Lya和恒星分布椭圆率的关系。与预期相反,我们发现Lya EW的合并比例并未显着增加。通过Kolmogorov-Smirnov(KS)检验,发现d_Lya与EW(Lya)之间存在反相关关系。有一种趋势,具有大的Lya EW的LAE具有小的椭圆度。这与最近的理论主张是一致的,即Lya光子可以更容易地从具有小椭圆率的正面圆盘中逃逸,这是由于沿着视线的星际气体较少,尽管我们的KS测试表明这种趋势在统计上并不显著。我们的Lya-EW依赖性的结果通常支持HI柱密度是确定Lya发射率的关键量的想法。

英文摘要:

We present the results of structure analyses for a large sample of 426 Lya emitters (LAEs) at z~2.2 that are observed with HST/ACS and WFC3-IR by deep extra-galactic legacy surveys. We confirm that the merger fraction and the average ellipticity of LAE's stellar component are 10-30 % and 0.4-0.6, respectively, that are comparable with previous study results. We successfully identify that some LAEs have a spatial offset between Lya and stellar-continuum emission peaks, d_Lya, by ~2.5-4 kpc beyond our statistical errors. To uncover the physical origin of strong Lya emission found in LAEs, we investigate Lya equivalent width (EW) dependences of these three structural parameters, merger fraction, d_Lya, and ellipticity of stellar distribution in the range of EW(Lya)=20-250A. Contrary to expectations, we find that merger fraction does not significantly increase with Lya EW. We reveal an anti-correlation between d_Lya and EW(Lya) by Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test. There is a trend that the LAEs with a large Lya EW have a small ellipticity. This is consistent with the recent theoretical claims that Lya photons can more easily escape from face-on disks having a small ellipticity, due to less inter-stellar gas along the line of sight, although our KS test indicates that this trend is not statistically significant. Our results of Lya-EW dependence generally support the idea that an HI column density is a key quantity determining Lya emissivity.

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