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扩展Chandra深场南z ~ 2.8处的Lyman-Alpha Ehrman Galerkin:I.利用Lyman-Alpha成像追踪大尺度结构

Lyman-Alpha Emitter Galaxies at z ~ 2.8 in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South: I. Tracing the Large-Scale Structure via Lyman-Alpha Imaging

Zhen-Ya Zheng, Sangeeta Malhotra, James E. Rhoads, Steven L. Finkelstein, Jun-Xian Wang, Chun-Yan Jiang, Zheng Cai

摘要:

本文对扩展钱德拉深场南(ECDFS)中z=2.8- 2.9的Lyman Alpha Ehrman(LAE)星系进行了三个相邻滤波器的窄带观测,并进行了光谱跟踪。通过对窄带NB 466中96个LAE的完整样本,我们确认了z~ 2.8处的大尺度结构。与NB 470和NB 475中的空白视野相比,NB 466视野中的LAE密度过剩是在z~2.8处预期的标准偏差的~6.0+/-0.8倍,假设线性偏差为2。NB 466中的过密大尺度结构可分解为4个原星系团,其过密度为4.6 - 6.6。这4个原星系团在z~ 0处将演化为类后发座星系团。同时,我们还研究了由Lyα、静止坐标系UV和X射线导出的平均恒星形成率、Lyα光度函数、Lyα光子密度以及它们与环境的关系。结果表明,在过密场(NB 466)中,Lyα光子密度比空白场(NB 470 + NB 475)中高约50%. 3个最亮的LAE,包括一个z=2.81的类星体,都在X射线和NB 466中被探测到。这三个LAE-AGN贡献了额外的20- 30%的Lyα光子密度。此外,我们发现,LAEs在过密的地区是年轻的,少尘埃。我们的结论是,我们发现的结构是一个重要的和罕见的密度峰值,窄带成像是一种有效的方法来检测和研究这种结构在高Z宇宙。

英文摘要:

We present a narrowband survey with three adjacent filters for z=2.8--2.9 Lyman Alpha Emitter (LAE) galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (ECDFS), along with spectroscopic followup. With a complete sample of 96 LAEs in the narrowband NB466, we confirm a large-scale structure at z~ 2.8. Compared to the blank field in NB470 and NB475, the LAE density excess in the NB466 field is ~6.0+/-0.8 times the standard deviation expected at z~2.8, assuming a linear bias of 2. The overdense large scale structure in NB466 can be decomposed into 4 protoclusters, whose overdensities are 4.6 - 6.6. These 4 protoclusters are expected to evolve into a Coma-like cluster at z~ 0. In the meanwhile, we investigate the average star-formation rates derived from Lyα, rest-frame UV and X-ray, the Lyα luminosity functions, the Lyα photon densities and their dependence on the environment. We find that the Lyα photon density in the overdense field (NB466) is ~50\% higher than that in the blank field (NB470+NB475). The 3 brightest LAEs, including a quasar at z=2.81, are all detected in X-ray and in NB466. These three LAE-AGNs contribute an extra 20--30\% Lyα photon density. Furthermore, we find that LAEs in overdense regions are younger and less dusty. We conclude that the structure we found is a significant and rare density peak, and narrowband imaging is an efficient method to detect and study such structures in the high-z universe.

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