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具有KBSS-MOSFIRE的z~2-3恒星形成星系中的星云发射线比:探索电离、激发和氮氧比的影响

Nebular Emission Line Ratios in z~2-3 Star-Forming Galaxies with KBSS-MOSFIRE: Exploring the Impact of Ionization, Excitation, and Nitrogen-to-Oxygen Ratio

Allison L. Strom, Charles C. Steidel, Gwen C. Rudie, Ryan F. Trainor, Max Pettini, Naveen A. Reddy

摘要:

本文介绍了作为Keck重子结构巡天(KBSS)的一部分,利用Keck/MOSFIRE对380个恒星形成星系在z~2-3处的静止光学(3600-7000埃)星云光谱进行的详细研究。KBSS-MOSFIRE的样本代表了这些红移的恒星形成星系,恒星质量M*=10^9-10^11.5 M_sun,恒星形成速率SFR=3-1000 M_sun/yr。我们专注于对单个星系的许多强诊断发射线的稳健测量:[O II] 3727,3729,[Ne III]3869,H-β,[O III] 4960,5008,[N II] 6549,6585,H-α和[S II] 6718,6732。与斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)和KBSS-MOSFIRE子样本的典型本星系观测结果的比较表明,高红移星系除了在log([O III]/H-beta)和log([N II]/H-alpha)方面的众所周知的偏移外,还表现出许多显著的差异。我们认为,z~2.3星系中H II区与z~0星系中H II区的主要区别是星云激发程度的增强,这可以用[O III]/H-β和R23=log[([O III]+[O II])/H-β]来衡量。同时,KBSS-MOSFIRE星系的质量比z~0星系大10倍,具有相似的电离光谱,并且在固定激发下具有更高的N/O(可能伴随着更高的O/H)。这些结果表明,在固定的N/O和O/H相对于典型的z~0星系,铁贫恒星星族模型,包括大质量的双星,并强调人口的大质量,高比恒星形成率的星系在高红移系统不同的恒星形成历史比类似的恒星质量的星系今天的存在。

英文摘要:

We present a detailed study of the rest-optical (3600-7000 Angstrom) nebular spectra of ~380 star-forming galaxies at z~2-3 obtained with Keck/MOSFIRE as part of the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey (KBSS). The KBSS-MOSFIRE sample is representative of star-forming galaxies at these redshifts, with stellar masses M*=10^9-10^11.5 M_sun and star formation rates SFR=3-1000 M_sun/yr. We focus on robust measurements of many strong diagnostic emission lines for individual galaxies: [O II]3727,3729, [Ne III]3869, H-beta, [O III]4960,5008, [N II]6549,6585, H-alpha, and [S II]6718,6732. Comparisons with observations of typical local galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and between subsamples of KBSS-MOSFIRE show that high-redshift galaxies exhibit a number of significant differences in addition to the well-known offset in log([O III]/H-beta) and log([N II]/H-alpha). We argue that the primary difference between H II regions in z~2.3 galaxies and those at z~0 is an enhancement in the degree of nebular excitation, as measured by [O III]/H-beta and R23=log[([O III]+[O II])/H-beta]. At the same time, KBSS-MOSFIRE galaxies are ~10 times more massive than z~0 galaxies with similar ionizing spectra and have higher N/O (likely accompanied by higher O/H) at fixed excitation. These results indicate the presence of harder ionizing radiation fields at fixed N/O and O/H relative to typical z~0 galaxies, consistent with Fe-poor stellar population models that include massive binaries, and highlight a population of massive, high-specific star formation rate galaxies at high-redshift with systematically different star formation histories than galaxies of similar stellar mass today.

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