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宇宙时间上UV光度函数的非常微弱的末端:来自Local Group化石记录的约束

The Very Faint End of the UV Luminosity Function over Cosmic Time: Constraints from the Local Group Fossil Record

Daniel R. Weisz, Benjamin D. Johnson, Charlie Conroy

摘要:

我们提出了一种新的技术来估计的紫外光度函数(LF)出$z\sim5$的非常微弱的一端的演变。利用从本星系群星系化石记录中获得的恒星形成历史(SFH)数据,重建了低至$z\sim5$处的M $_{UV}\sim-5$和$z<1$处的M $_{UV}\sim-1.5$的LF。这种微弱的极限远远超出了目前的观测极限,而且很可能仍然超出下一代设施的极限。重建的LF,当结合直接测量的LF在更高的光度,是很好的拟合由标准的Schechter函数没有证据的突破,以最微弱的限制探测这种技术。导出的微弱端斜率$α$从$z<1$处的$\approx-1.2$变陡至$4<z<5$处的$\approx-1.6$。我们测试的影响,突发性的SFH和恢复的LF发现只有适度的影响。对最暗的本星系群星系的不完全性修正,以及在高红移和当前时期之间矮星系的光度依赖性破坏的(不太可能的)可能性,都是重要的不确定性。这些和其他不确定性可以通过更详细的建模和未来的观察来减轻。因此,从化石记录重建的暗端LF可以是一个强大的和互补的探测高红移暗星系被认为在宇宙的再电离中发挥了关键作用。

英文摘要:

We present a new technique to estimate the evolution of the very faint end of the UV luminosity function (LF) out to $z\sim5$. Measured star formation histories (SFHs) from the fossil record of Local Group galaxies are used to reconstruct the LF down to M$_{UV}\sim-5$ at $z\sim5$ and M$_{UV}\sim-1.5$ at $z<1$. Such faint limits are well beyond the current observational limits and are likely to remain beyond the limits of next generation facilities. The reconstructed LFs, when combined with direct measurements of the LFs at higher luminosity, are well-fit by a standard Schechter function with no evidence of a break to the faintest limits probed by this technique. The derived faint end slope, $α$, steepens from $\approx-1.2$ at $z<1$ to $\approx-1.6$ at $4<z<5$. We test the effects of burstiness in the SFHs and find the recovered LFs to be only modestly affected. Incompleteness corrections for the faintest Local Group galaxies and the (unlikely) possibility of significant luminosity-dependent destruction of dwarf galaxies between high redshift and the present epoch are important uncertainties. These and other uncertainties can be mitigated with more detailed modeling and future observations. The reconstructed faint end LF from the fossil record can therefore be a powerful and complementary probe of the high redshift faint galaxies believed to play a key role in the reionization of the Universe.

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