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发现z ~ 3处具有极大莱曼α等效宽度的大质量恒星形成猝灭星系

Discovery of Massive, Mostly Star-formation Quenched Galaxies with Extremely Large Lyman-alpha Equivalent Widths at z ~ 3

Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Masaru Kajisawa, Masakazu A. R. Kobayashi, Tohru Nagao, Yasuhiro Shioya, Nick Z. Scoville, David B. Sanders, Peter L. Capak, Anton M. Koekem… 展开作者

Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Masaru Kajisawa, Masakazu A. R. Kobayashi, Tohru Nagao, Yasuhiro Shioya, Nick Z. Scoville, David B. Sanders, Peter L. Capak, Anton M. Koekemoer, Sune Toft, Henry J. McCracken, Olivier Le Fevre, Lidia Tasca, Kartik Sheth, Alvio Renzini, Simon Lilly, Marcella Carollo, Katarina Kovac, Olivier Ilbert, Eva Schinnerer, Hai Fu, Laurence Tresse, Richard E. Griffiths, Francesca Civano

摘要:

我们发现了6个大质量星系,它们都具有极大的Lya等效宽度和z ~ 3处演化的恒星星族。这些大规模的极强Lya发射体(MAESTLO)是在我们对强Lya发射体(LAEs)进行的大规模系统调查中发现的,其中有12个光学中间波段数据,由Subaru/Suprime-Cam在COSMOS领域拍摄。根据对这些LAE的SED拟合分析,发现这些MAESTLO具有:(1)大的静止框架等效宽度,EW_0(Lya)~ 100--300 A;(2)M_star ~ 10^10.5--10^11.1 M_sun;(3)相对较低的比恒星形成率,SFR/M_star ~ 0.03--1 Gyr^-1。6个MAESTLO中的3个具有延伸的Ly $α$发射,其半径为几千秒差距,尽管它们在HST/ACS图像中显示出非常紧凑的形态,这对应于静止帧UV连续谱。由于MAESTLO没有显示出活动星系核的证据,因此观测到的Lya辐射很可能是由包括超级风活动在内的恒星形成过程引起的。我们认为,这类新的LAEs,MAESTLOs,提供了一个缺失的环节,从恒星形成被动演变的星系在宇宙恒星形成历史的高峰时代。

英文摘要:

We report a discovery of 6 massive galaxies with both extremely large Lya equivalent width and evolved stellar population at z ~ 3. These MAssive Extremely STrong Lya emitting Objects (MAESTLOs) have been discovered in our large-volume systematic survey for strong Lya emitters (LAEs) with twelve optical intermediate-band data taken with Subaru/Suprime-Cam in the COSMOS field. Based on the SED fitting analysis for these LAEs, it is found that these MAESTLOs have (1) large rest-frame equivalent width of EW_0(Lya) ~ 100--300 A, (2) M_star ~ 10^10.5--10^11.1 M_sun, and (3) relatively low specific star formation rates of SFR/M_star ~ 0.03--1 Gyr^-1. Three of the 6 MAESTLOs have extended Ly$α$ emission with a radius of several kpc although they show very compact morphology in the HST/ACS images, which correspond to the rest-frame UV continuum. Since the MAESTLOs do not show any evidence for AGNs, the observed extended Lya emission is likely to be caused by star formation process including the superwind activity. We suggest that this new class of LAEs, MAESTLOs, provides a missing link from star-forming to passively evolving galaxies at the peak era of the cosmic star-formation history.

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