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解释星系颜色从$z = 8$到$z = 5$的演化

Interpreting the evolution of galaxy colours from $z = 8$ to $z = 5$

Mattia Mancini, Raffaella Schneider, Luca Graziani, Rosa Valiante, Pratika Dayal, Umberto Maio, Benedetta Ciardi

摘要:

我们试图解释现有的数据上的紫外光度函数和紫外颜色,$β$,星系在$5 \leq z \leq 8$的演变,以提高我们的理解,他们的尘埃含量和ISM属性。为此,我们后处理的宇宙流体动力学模拟的结果与化学演化模型,其中包括超新星和中等质量的恒星,超新星冲击中的尘埃破坏,和致密气体中的气相元素的吸积颗粒生长的尘埃形成。我们发现,观测需要一个陡峭的,小麦哲伦云一样的消光曲线和cloud-dust分布,其中年龄小于15百万年的恒星星族仍然嵌入在他们的尘埃出生云。调查的颜色分布和恒星质量的分散,我们发现,所观察到的趋势可以解释的存在两个人口:年轻,不太大规模的星系,尘埃富集主要是由于恒星源,和大规模的,更化学进化的,有效的晶粒生长提供了占主导地位的贡献,总的尘埃质量。计算红外-过量-紫外颜色关系,我们发现除了最多尘的模型星系,所有的模型星系遵循的关系比Meurer et al.(1999)的关系更浅,该关系通常被用来校正观测到的高$z$星系的紫外光度的尘埃消光效应。因此,它们的总恒星形成率可能被高估了。我们的研究说明了在模拟高$z$星系时适当处理尘埃的重要性,以及大质量、尘埃、紫外线微弱的星系可能已经在$z \lesssim 7$出现。

英文摘要:

We attempt to interpret existing data on the evolution of the UV luminosity function and UV colours, $β$, of galaxies at $5 \leq z \leq 8$, to improve our understanding of their dust content and ISM properties. To this aim, we post-process the results of a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation with a chemical evolution model, which includes dust formation by supernovae and intermediate mass stars, dust destruction in supernova shocks, and grain growth by accretion of gas-phase elements in dense gas. We find that observations require a steep, Small Magellanic Cloud-like extinction curve and a clumpy dust distribution, where stellar populations younger than 15 Myr are still embedded in their dusty natal clouds. Investigating the scatter in the colour distribution and stellar mass, we find that the observed trends can be explained by the presence of two populations: younger, less massive galaxies where dust enrichment is mainly due to stellar sources, and massive, more chemically evolved ones, where efficient grain growth provides the dominant contribution to the total dust mass. Computing the IR-excess - UV color relation we find that all but the dustiest model galaxies follow a relation shallower than the Meurer et al. (1999) one, usually adopted to correct the observed UV luminosities of high-$z$ galaxies for the effects of dust extinction. As a result, their total star formation rates might have been over-estimated. Our study illustrates the importance to incorporate a proper treatment of dust in simulations of high-$z$ galaxies, and that massive, dusty, UV-faint galaxies might have already appeared at $z \lesssim 7$.

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