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XDF,GOODS-S AND GOODS-N中z~7.2星系团的测量和3.8<z<8星系偏差的演化

Measurement of Galaxy Clustering at z~7.2 and the Evolution of Galaxy Bias from 3.8<z<8 in the XDF, GOODS-S AND GOODS-N

R. L. Barone-Nugent, M. Trenti, J. S. B. Wyithe, R. J. Bouwens, P. A. Oesch, G. D. Illingworth, C. M. Carollo, J. Su, M. Stiavelli, I. Labbe, P. G. van Dokkum

摘要:

在再电离($z\gtrsim6$)期间用哈勃太空望远镜的宽视场相机3观察到的莱曼-布雷克星系(LBG)样本达到了足以表征其聚类特性的大小。使用哈勃极深场和坎德尔巡天的组合星表,包含z>6.5的$N=743$ LBG候选者,平均红移为$z=7.2$,我们在$\sim4σ$的角相关函数(ACF)中检测到清晰的聚类信号,对应于实空间相关长度$r_{0}=6.7^{+0.9}_{-1.0}h^{-1}$ cMpc。导出的星系偏差$b=8.6^{+0.9}_{-1.0}$是$z=7.2$的$M=10^{11.1^{+0.2}_{-0.3}}$ M $_{\odot}$的暗物质晕,并强调低于当前检测限($M_{AB}\sim-17.7$)的星系预计在较低质量的晕($M\sim10^{8}-10^{10.5}$ M $_{\odot}$)。我们计算ACF的LBG在$z\sim3.8-z\sim5.9$在相同的调查。从$z=3.8$($b\sim3.0$)到$z=7.2$($b\sim8.6$),发现了一个偏差增加的趋势,这与在$4<z<6$的类似质量的暗物质晕中托管的固定光度的星系大致一致,随后在$z\sim7$的晕质量略有上升($\sim2σ$置信度)。在$z=7.2$样本($M_{UV}=-19.4$)的中等光度下分离数据显示,与暗淡星系($r_{0}=1.9^{+1.1}_{-1.0}h^{-1}$ cMpc,$b=2.7\pm1.2$)相比,明亮星系($r_{0}=5.5^{+1.4}_{-1.5}h^{-1}$ cMpc,$b=6.2^{+1.2}_{-1.5}$)在$z=5.9$处的聚集程度更高,这意味着恒定的质光比$\frac{dlogM}{dlogL}\sim1.2^{+1.8}_{-0.8}$。$z=7.2$样品中也存在类似趋势,但不确定性较大。最后,我们的偏差测量使我们能够调查托管紫外线明亮的星系(占空比,$ε_{DC}$)的暗物质晕的分数。在$z=7.2$值接近1是优选的,这可以解释为在高红移的缩短的晕组装时间。

英文摘要:

Lyman-Break Galaxy (LBG) samples observed during reionization ($z\gtrsim6$) with Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 are reaching sizes sufficient to characterize their clustering properties. Using a combined catalog from the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field and CANDELS surveys, containing $N=743$ LBG candidates at z>6.5 at a mean redshift of $z=7.2$, we detect a clear clustering signal in the angular correlation function (ACF) at $\sim4σ$, corresponding to a real-space correlation length $r_{0}=6.7^{+0.9}_{-1.0}h^{-1}$cMpc. The derived galaxy bias $b=8.6^{+0.9}_{-1.0}$ is that of dark-matter halos of $M=10^{11.1^{+0.2}_{-0.3}}$M$_{\odot}$ at $z=7.2$, and highlights that galaxies below the current detection limit ($M_{AB}\sim-17.7$) are expected in lower-mass halos ($M\sim10^{8}-10^{10.5}$M$_{\odot}$). We compute the ACF of LBGs at $z\sim3.8-z\sim5.9$ in the same surveys. A trend of increasing bias is found from $z=3.8$ ($b\sim3.0$) to $z=7.2$ ($b\sim8.6$), broadly consistent with galaxies at fixed luminosity being hosted in dark-matter halos of similar mass at $4<z<6$, followed by a slight rise in halo masses at $z\sim7$ ($\sim2σ$ confidence). Separating the data at the median luminosity of the $z=7.2$ sample ($M_{UV}=-19.4$) shows higher clustering at $z=5.9$ for bright galaxies ($r_{0}=5.5^{+1.4}_{-1.5}h^{-1}$cMpc, $b=6.2^{+1.2}_{-1.5}$) compared to faint galaxies ($r_{0}=1.9^{+1.1}_{-1.0}h^{-1}$cMpc, $b=2.7\pm1.2$) implying a constant mass-to-light ratio $\frac{dlogM}{dlogL}\sim1.2^{+1.8}_{-0.8}$. A similar trend is present in the $z=7.2$ sample with larger uncertainty. Finally, our bias measurements allow us to investigate the fraction of dark-matter halos hosting UV-bright galaxies (the duty-cycle, $ε_{DC}$). At $z=7.2$ values near unity are preferred, which may be explained by the shortened halo assembly time at high-redshift.

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