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z=7.66星系中z=7-8 Galvanic:Ly $α$辐射的Keck/MOSFIRE光谱

Keck/MOSFIRE Spectroscopy of z=7-8 Galaxies: Ly$α$ Emission from a Galaxy at z=7.66

Mimi Song, Steven L. Finkelstein, Rachael C. Livermore, Peter L. Capak, Mark Dickinson, Adriano Fontana

摘要:

我们报告的结果,从一些最深的凯克/多目标光谱仪的红探测数据尚未获得的候选$z \gtrsim 7$星系。我们的数据显示,在我们的组合10小时的积分中,一个显著的线检测具有6.5 PDMATHAMN显著性,其在一个以上的夜晚被独立检测到,从而排除了检测是虚假的可能性。不对称的谱线轮廓和光学波段的未探测强烈暗示,探测到的谱线是来自一个位于$z$(Ly $α)=7.6637 \pm 0.0011$)的星系的Ly $α$发射,使其成为第四个通过位于$z>7.5$的Ly $α$光谱确认的星系。这个星系在静止坐标系紫外线(UV; $M_{\rm UV} \sim -21.2$)中是明亮的,具有适度的蓝色紫外线斜率($β=-2.2^{+0.3}_{-0.2}$),并显示出静止坐标系Ly $α$等效宽度为EW(Ly $α$)$\sim 15.6^{+5.9}_{-3.6}$。在我们长达10小时的积分中,没有检测到另外11个$z \sim$ 7-8星系,在静止坐标系EW(Ly $α$)中达到中值为28 μ s的5 $σ$灵敏度,这意味着在$3<z<6$和$z=$ 7-8之间,与静止坐标系EW(Ly $α$)中不演化分布的零假设有1.3 $σ$偏差。我们的结果与之前的研究一致,发现$z>6.5$的Ly $α$发射下降,这可能表明在再电离时期结束时星系际介质中中性部分的变化,尽管我们的弱证据表明需要更大的统计样本才能得出更有力的结论。

英文摘要:

We report the results from some of the deepest Keck/Multi-Object Spectrometer For Infra-Red Exploration data yet obtained for candidate $z \gtrsim 7$ galaxies. Our data show one significant line detection with 6.5$σ$ significance in our combined 10 hr of integration which is independently detected on more than one night, thus ruling out the possibility that the detection is spurious. The asymmetric line profile and non-detection in the optical bands strongly imply that the detected line is Ly$α$ emission from a galaxy at $z$(Ly$α)=7.6637 \pm 0.0011$, making it the fourth spectroscopically confirmed galaxy via Ly$α$ at $z>7.5$. This galaxy is bright in the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV; $M_{\rm UV} \sim -21.2$) with a moderately blue UV slope ($β=-2.2^{+0.3}_{-0.2}$), and exhibits a rest-frame Ly$α$ equivalent width of EW(Ly$α$) $\sim 15.6^{+5.9}_{-3.6}$ Å. The non-detection of the 11 other $z \sim$ 7-8 galaxies in our long 10 hr integration, reaching a median 5$σ$ sensitivity of 28 Å in the rest-frame EW(Ly$α$), implies a 1.3$σ$ deviation from the null hypothesis of a non-evolving distribution in the rest-frame EW(Ly$α$) between $3<z<6$ and $z=$ 7-8. Our results are consistent with previous studies finding a decline in Ly$α$ emission at $z>6.5$, which may signal the evolving neutral fraction in the intergalactic medium at the end of the reionization epoch, although our weak evidence suggests the need for a larger statistical sample to allow for a more robust conclusion.

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