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恒星形成高峰期(1<z<3)UV光度函数暗端的演化

The Evolution Of The Faint End Of The UV Luminosity Function During The Peak Epoch Of Star Formation (1<z<3)

Anahita Alavi, Brian Siana, Johan Richard, Marc Rafelski, Mathilde Jauzac, Marceau Limousin, William R. Freeman, Claudia Scarlata, Brant Robertson, Daniel P. St… 展开作者

Anahita Alavi, Brian Siana, Johan Richard, Marc Rafelski, Mathilde Jauzac, Marceau Limousin, William R. Freeman, Claudia Scarlata, Brant Robertson, Daniel P. Stark, Harry I. Teplitz, Vandana Desai

摘要:

[摘要]我们提出了一个强大的测量的休息帧紫外光度函数(LF)和它的演变在宇宙恒星形成的高峰时期在1<z<3。我们使用我们的深近紫外成像从WFC 3/UVIS的哈勃太空望远镜(HST)和现有的ACS/WFC和WFC 3/IR成像的三个透镜星系团,阿贝尔2744和MACSJ 0717从哈勃前沿场调查和阿贝尔1689。我们用光度红移来识别780个超暗星系,$M_{UV}$ <-12.5 AB等,1<z<3。从这些样本中,我们在A1689中确定了5个新的、微弱的、多重成像的系统。我们计算静止帧UV LF,并分别在1.0<z<1.6、1.6<z<2.2和2.2<z<3.0处找到$α=-1.56\pm0.04$、$α=-1.72\pm0.04$和$α=-1.94\pm0.06$的最佳拟合弱端斜率。我们的研究结果表明,UV LF变得陡峭,从z \sim 1.3到z \sim 2.6,没有任何迹象的营业额下降到$M_{UV}=-14$ AB MAG。我们进一步推导出的UV LF使用莱曼打破“辍学”的选择,并确认我们的结论对不同的选择方法的鲁棒性。由于样本量如此之大,并扩展到如此微弱的光度,统计不确定性相当小,系统不确定性(例如由于假设的尺寸分布)可能占主导地位。如果我们把分析限制在星系和大于50%完整性的体积上,以尽量减少这些系统性,我们仍然发现暗端斜率是陡峭的,并且随着红移而变得更陡,尽管其值稍微变浅(负值较小)($z\sim1.3$的$α=-1.55\pm0.06$、$-1.69\pm0.07$和$-1.79\pm0.08$分别为1.9和2.6)。最后,我们得出结论,在这项研究中所涵盖的UV星等为$-18.5<M_{UV}<-12.5$的暗恒星形成星系,在1<z<3处产生了大部分(55%-60%)的未遮蔽UV光度密度。

英文摘要:

[Abridged] We present a robust measurement of the rest-frame UV luminosity function (LF) and its evolution during the peak epoch of cosmic star formation at 1<z<3. We use our deep near ultraviolet imaging from WFC3/UVIS on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and existing ACS/WFC and WFC3/IR imaging of three lensing galaxy clusters, Abell 2744 and MACSJ0717 from the Hubble Frontier Field survey and Abell 1689. We use photometric redshifts to identify 780 ultra-faint galaxies with $M_{UV}$<-12.5 AB mag at 1<z<3. From these samples, we identified 5 new, faint, multiply imaged systems in A1689. We compute the rest-frame UV LF and find the best-fit faint-end slopes of $α=-1.56\pm0.04$, $α=-1.72\pm0.04$ and $α=-1.94\pm0.06$ at 1.0<z<1.6, 1.6<z<2.2 and 2.2<z<3.0, respectively. Our results demonstrate that the UV LF becomes steeper from z\sim1.3 to z\sim2.6 with no sign of a turnover down to $M_{UV}=-14$ AB mag. We further derive the UV LFs using the Lyman break "dropout" selection and confirm the robustness of our conclusions against different selection methodologies. Because the sample sizes are so large, and extend to such faint luminosities, the statistical uncertainties are quite small, and systematic uncertainties (due to the assumed size distribution, for example), likely dominate. If we restrict our analysis to galaxies and volumes above > 50% completeness in order to minimize these systematics, we still find that the faint-end slope is steep and getting steeper with redshift, though with slightly shallower (less negative) values ($α=-1.55\pm0.06$, $-1.69\pm0.07$ and $-1.79\pm0.08$ for $z\sim1.3$, 1.9 and 2.6, respectively). Finally, we conclude that the faint star-forming galaxies with UV magnitudes of $-18.5<M_{UV}<-12.5$ covered in this study, produce the majority (55%-60%) of the unobscured UV luminosity density at 1<z<3.

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