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高红移星系的UV、莱曼α和暗物质晕特性

The UV, Lyman-alpha, and dark matter halo properties of high redshift galaxies

T. Garel, J. Blaizot, B. Guiderdoni, L. Michel-Dansac, M. Hayes, A. Verhamme

摘要:

我们探索高红移莱曼α发射体(LAE)的属性,以及它们与莱曼-布雷克星系群(LBG)的联系,使用半解析模型的星系形成,考虑到共振散射的Lya光子在气体流出。我们可以合理地再现从红移3到7的LAEs和LBG的丰度,以及LAEs的大多数UV LF。与明亮LBG中的UV连续光子相比,(共振)Lya光子的更强尘埃衰减提供了对LBG样品中LAE分数X_LAE向更暗幅度增加的自然解释。然而,X_LAE的红移演化似乎对UV星等限制和EW削减非常敏感。尽管模型预测的统计特性与观测结果之间存在明显的良好匹配,但我们发现Lya等效宽度分布(EW > 100 A)的尾部不能用我们的模型解释,我们需要调用其他机制。我们发现,LAEs和LBG跨越一个非常相似的动力学范围,但明亮的LAEs是约4倍,比LBG在大质量晕罕见。此外,在我们的模型中,大规模的晕主要包含弱LAEs,这可能会在选择具有高EW切割的源的调查中引入对低质量晕的偏见。总的来说,我们的结果是一致的想法,LAEs和LBG使一个非常相似的星系人口。它们的明显差异似乎主要是由于EW的选择,紫外线的检测极限,并降低Lya到紫外线逃逸分数比在高SFR星系。

英文摘要:

We explore the properties of high-redshift Lyman-alpha emitters (LAE), and their link with the Lyman-Break galaxy population (LBG), using a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation that takes into account resonant scattering of Lya photons in gas outflows. We can reasonably reproduce the abundances of LAEs and LBGs from redshift 3 to 7, as well as most UV LFs of LAEs. The stronger dust attenuation for (resonant) Lya photons compared to UV continuum photons in bright LBGs provides a natural interpretation to the increase of the LAE fraction in LBG samples, X_LAE, towards fainter magnitudes. The redshift evolution of X_LAE seems however very sensitive to UV magnitudes limits and EW cuts. In spite of the apparent good match between the statistical properties predicted by the model and the observations, we find that the tail of the Lya equivalent width distribution (EW > 100 A) cannot be explained by our model, and we need to invoke additional mechanisms. We find that LAEs and LBGs span a very similar dynamical range, but bright LAEs are about 4 times rarer than LBGs in massive halos. Moreover, massive halos mainly contain weak LAEs in our model, which might introduce a bias towards low-mass halos in surveys which select sources with high EW cuts. Overall, our results are consistent with the idea that LAEs and LBGs make a very similar galaxy population. Their apparent differences seem mainly due to EW selections, UV detection limits, and a decreasing Lya-to-UV escape fraction ratio in high SFR galaxies.

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