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透过黑洞窥视:z~3-4恒星形成星系的远UV色和电离辐射逃逸率

Peering through the holes: the far UV color of star-forming galaxies at z~3-4 and the escaping fraction of ionizing radiation

E. Vanzella, S. de Barros, M. Castellano, A. Grazian, A. K. Inoue, D. Schaerer, L. Guaita, G. Zamorani, M. Giavalisco, B. Siana, L. Pentericci, E. Giallongo, A. Fontana, C. Vignali

摘要:

我们的目标是研究逃逸电离辐射对高红移星系颜色选择的影响,并确定候选的莱曼连续谱(LyC)发射体。井上等人的星系际介质公式。(2014)和Bruzual&Charlot(2003)的星系合成模型已被用来正确处理紫外恒星辐射、星系际传输的随机性和电离区的平均自由程。通过打开/关闭电离辐射的逃逸分数来计算颜色轨迹。与最近的研究不同,IGM传输的仔细处理导致高红移宽带颜色选择没有显着影响。随着红移的增加,电离光子的平均自由程减小,进一步减少了LyC对宽带颜色的贡献。我们还表明,突出的LyC源可以选择在适当的条件下,通过计算零逃逸电离辐射的概率。该方法适用于从GOODS-S领域提取的星系样本。一个已知的LyC源在z=3.795被成功地恢复为LyC发射体候选者,另一个令人信服的候选者在z=3.212的报告。对这两个来源的详细分析(包括它们的变化性和形态)表明,在紫外线中,恒星和非恒星(AGN)的贡献可能是混合的。结论:2.5<z<4.5星系的经典宽带颜色选择不会阻止所选样品中包含LyC发射体。在相对明亮的星系(L>0.1L*)中,大的fesc可能是由于存在一个在任何波长都不容易探测到的微弱活动星系核。混合恒星和非恒星(AGN)的电离辐射可以共存于这些系统中,并解释了文献中报道的紫外过剩和恒星星族合成模型之间的紧张关系。

英文摘要:

We aim to investigate the effect of the escaping ionizing radiation on the color selection of high redshift galaxies and identify candidate Lyman continuum (LyC) emitters. The intergalactic medium prescription of Inoue et al.(2014) and galaxy synthesis models of Bruzual&Charlot (2003) have been used to properly treat the ultraviolet stellar emission, the stochasticity of the intergalactic transmission and mean free path in the ionizing regime. Color tracks are computed by turning on/off the escape fraction of ionizing radiation. At variance with recent studies, a careful treatment of IGM transmission leads to no significant effects on the high-redshift broad-band color selection. The decreasing mean free path of ionizing photons with increasing redshift further diminishes the contribution of the LyC to broad-band colors. We also demonstrate that prominent LyC sources can be selected under suitable conditions by calculating the probability of a null escaping ionizing radiation. The method is applied to a sample of galaxies extracted from the GOODS-S field. A known LyC source at z=3.795 is successfully recovered as a LyC emitter candidate and another convincing candidate at z=3.212 is reported. A detailed analysis of the two sources (including their variability and morphology) suggests a possible mixture of stellar and non-stellar (AGN) contribution in the ultraviolet. Conclusions: Classical broad-band color selection of 2.5<z<4.5 galaxies does not prevent the inclusion of LyC emitters in the selected samples. Large fesc in relatively bright galaxies (L>0.1L*) could be favored by the presence of a faint AGN not easily detected at any wavelength. A hybrid stellar and non-stellar (AGN) ionizing emission could coexist in these systems and explain the tensions found among the UV excess and the stellar population synthesis models reported in literature.

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