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致密成星矮星系J0925 +1403的莱曼连续谱泄漏

Lyman continuum leaking from the compact star-forming dwarf galaxy J0925+1403

Y. I. Izotov, I. Orlitova, D. Schaerer, T. X. Thuan, A. Verhamme, N. Guseva, G. Worseck

摘要:

观测宇宙学中的一个关键问题是确定宇宙黑暗时代后宇宙电离的来源,当时重子物质是中性的。目前确认的遥远星系不足以使宇宙完全再电离,红移z~6,但低质量的恒星形成星系被认为是电离辐射的主要来源。由于各种原因,直接观测高红移是困难的,一个解决方案是识别这个星系群的本地代理。然而,在低红移的星暴星系通常是不透明的电离辐射。这种逃逸率为1-3%的辐射只在三个低红移星系中被直接探测到。在这里,我们提出了一个附近的低质量恒星形成星系,J 0925 +1403,选择其紧凑性和高激发的远紫外线观测。该星系正在泄漏电离辐射,逃逸率约为8%。在星暴阶段发射的光子总数足以覆盖星系间的中等物质,这些物质的质量大约是银河系恒星质量的40倍。

英文摘要:

One of the key questions in observational cosmology is the identification of the sources responsible for ionisation of the Universe after the cosmic Dark Ages, when the baryonic matter was neutral. The currently identified distant galaxies are insufficient to fully reionise the Universe by redshift z~6, but low-mass star-forming galaxies are thought to be responsible for the bulk of the ionising radiation. Since direct observations at high redshift are difficult for a variety of reasons, one solution is to identify local proxies of this galaxy population. However, starburst galaxies at low redshifts are generally opaque to their ionising radiation. This radiation with small escape fractions of 1-3% is directly detected only in three low-redshift galaxies. Here we present far-ultraviolet observations of a nearby low-mass star-forming galaxy, J0925+1403, selected for its compactness and high excitation. The galaxy is leaking ionising radiation, with an escape fraction of ~8%. The total number of photons emitted during the starburst phase is sufficient to ionize intergalactic medium material, which is about 40 times more massive than the stellar mass of the galaxy.

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