在zCOSMOS中达到z $\sim$ 1的极端发射线星系。I.全局属性的示例和表征
Extreme emission-line galaxies out to z$\sim$1 in zCOSMOS. I. Sample and characterization of global properties
摘要：
我们从20 k zCOSMOS明亮巡天中选取了183个红移为0.11 < z < 0.93的极端发射线星系（EELG），因为它们具有异常大的发射线等效宽度。我们使用多波长COSMOS测光，HST-ACS I波段成像和光学zCOSMOS光谱，从“直接”和“强线”方法导出EELG的主要全球性质，如大小，质量，SFR，可靠的金属丰度。EELG是紧凑的（R_50 ~ 1.3 kpc）、低质量（log（M*/Msol）~7-10）星系，与具有相同恒星质量和红移的主序星星系相比，其恒星形成的比SFR（log（sSFR/yr）高达~ -7）异常高。在UV波长下，EELG是发光的，并且显示出高表面亮度，并且包括强的Ly $α$发射体，如GALEX光谱所揭示的。我们发现，zCOSMOS EELG是高电离，低金属量的系统，中位数为12+log（O/H）=8.16，包括少数极端缺乏金属的星系（<10%太阳）。虽然约80%的EELG显示非轴对称的形态，包括cluerical和蝌蚪星系，我们发现其中约29%显示额外的低表面亮度特征，这强烈表明最近或正在进行的相互作用。作为本地宇宙中的恒星形成矮星，EELG通常相对孤立。虽然只有很少的EELG属于紧凑的群体，但几乎三分之一的EELG是在光谱上确认的松散对或三联体中发现的。我们的结论是，EELG是在一个短暂的，可能是早期的演变，在那里他们正在有效地建立一个显着的一部分，他们现在的恒星质量在一个正在进行的星系范围的恒星暴增的星系。因此，EELG构成了低红移和高红移低质量恒星形成星系之间比较研究的理想基准。
英文摘要：
We present a thorough characterization of a large sample of 183 extreme emission-line galaxies (EELGs) at redshift 0.11 < z < 0.93 selected from the 20k zCOSMOS Bright Survey because of their unusually large emission line equivalent widths. We use multiwavelength COSMOS photometry, HST-ACS I-band imaging and optical zCOSMOS spectroscopy to derive the main global properties of EELGs, such as sizes, masses, SFRs, reliable metallicities from both "direct" and "strong-line" methods. The EELGs are compact (R_50 ~ 1.3 kpc), low-mass (log(M*/Msol)~7-10) galaxies forming stars at unusually high specific SFR (log(sSFR/yr) up to ~ -7) compared to main sequence SFGs of the same stellar mass and redshift. At UV wavelengths, the EELGs are luminous and show high surface brightness and include strong Ly$α$ emitters, as revealed by GALEX spectroscopy. We show that zCOSMOS EELGs are high-ionization, low-metallicity systems, with median 12+log(O/H)=8.16, including a handful of extremely metal-deficient galaxies (<10% solar). While ~80% of the EELGs show non-axisymmetric morphologies, including clumpy and tadpole galaxies, we find that ~29% of them show additional low surface-brightness features, which strongly suggest recent or ongoing interactions. As star-forming dwarfs in the local Universe, EELGs are most often found in relative isolation. While only very few EELGs belong to compact groups, almost one third of them are found in spectroscopically confirmed loose pairs or triplets. We conclude that EELGs are galaxies caught in a transient and probably early period of their evolution, where they are efficiently building-up a significant fraction of their present-day stellar mass in an ongoing galaxy-wide starburst. Therefore, the EELGs constitute an ideal benchmark for comparison studies between low- and high-redshift low-mass star-forming galaxies.
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