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在$z=2.3$的大质量星系超密度中发现巨大的Ly $α$星云

Discovery of an Enormous Ly$α$ nebula in a massive galaxy overdensity at $z=2.3$

Zheng Cai, Xiaohui Fan, Yujin Yang, Fuyan Bian, J. Xavier Prochaska, Ann Zabludoff, Ian McGreer, Zhenya Zheng, Richard Green, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Brenda Frye,… 展开作者

Zheng Cai, Xiaohui Fan, Yujin Yang, Fuyan Bian, J. Xavier Prochaska, Ann Zabludoff, Ian McGreer, Zhenya Zheng, Richard Green, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Brenda Frye, Erika Hamden, Linhua Jiang, Nobunari Kashikawa, Ran Wang

摘要:

巨大的Ly $α$星云(ELANe)是星系密度峰值的独特示踪物,被预测位于宇宙结构的节点和交叉点。以前对ELANe的成功搜索集中在宽场窄带调查,或者针对已知的来源,如超亮准恒星物体(QSO)或射电星系。利用相干强Ly $α$散射组(CoSLA),我们开发了一种新方法来识别高红移星系的超密度,并在$z=2-3$上识别出了一个极其巨大的超密度,BOSS 1441(Cai et al. 2016 a)。在它的密度峰值中,我们发现了一个与相对微弱的连续相关联的ELAN。到目前为止,这个天体拥有最高的弥漫Ly $α$星云光度$L_{\rm{nebula}}=5.1\pm0.1\times10^{44}$ erg s $^{-1}$。在2 $σ$表面亮度极限SB $_{\rm{Lyα}}= 4.8\times10^{-18}$ erg s $^{-1}$ cm $^{-2}$ arcsec $^{-2}$之上,该星云的端到端空间范围为442 kpc。该无线电静噪源还具有扩展的\civ \ $\lambda1549$和\heii \ $\lambda1640$发射($\gtrsim30$千秒差距尺度)。请注意,Ly $α$、\heii \和\civ \发射都具有双峰谱线。每个速度分量的半高宽(FWHM)为$\approx700 - 1000$ km s $^{-1}$。我们认为,这Ly $α$星云可以提供动力的冲击,由于活动星系核驱动的外流或/和光电离的强烈模糊的来源。

英文摘要:

Enormous Ly$α$ Nebulae (ELANe), unique tracers of galaxy density peaks, are predicted to lie at the nodes and intersections of cosmic filamentary structures. Previous successful searches for ELANe have focused on wide-field narrowband surveys, or have targeted known sources such as ultraluminous quasi-stellar-objects (QSOs) or radio galaxies. Utilizing groups of coherently strong Ly$α$ absorptions (CoSLAs), we have developed a new method to identify high-redshift galaxy overdensities and have identified an extremely massive overdensity, BOSS1441, at $z=2-3$ (Cai et al. 2016a). In its density peak, we discover an ELAN that is associated with a relatively faint continuum. To date, this object has the highest diffuse Ly$α$ nebular luminosity of $L_{\rm{nebula}}=5.1\pm0.1\times10^{44}$ erg s$^{-1}$. Above the 2$σ$ surface brightness limit of SB$_{\rm{Lyα}}= 4.8\times10^{-18}$ erg s$^{-1}$ cm$^{-2}$ arcsec$^{-2}$, this nebula has an end-to-end spatial extent of 442 kpc. This radio-quiet source also has extended \civ\ $\lambda1549$ and \heii\ $\lambda1640$ emission on $\gtrsim30$ kpc scales. Note that the Ly$α$, \heii\ and \civ\ emission all have double-peaked line profiles. Each velocity component has a full-width-half-maximum (FWHM) of $\approx700 - 1000$ km s$^{-1}$. We argue that this Ly$α$ nebula could be powered by shocks due to an AGN-driven outflow or/and photoionization by a strongly obscured source.

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