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SCUBA-2宇宙学遗产调查:EGS深场- II。暗亚毫米星系的形态转变和多波长特性

The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: The EGS deep field - II. Morphological transformation and multi-wavelength properties of faint submillimetre galaxies

J. A. Zavala, I. Aretxaga, J. S. Dunlop, M. J. Michałowski, D. H. Hughes, N. Bourne, E. Chapin, W. Cowley, D. Farrah, C. Lacey, T. Targett, P. van der Werf

摘要:

我们提出了一个多波长分析的星系选择在450和850 μ m的最深的SCUBA-2观测在扩展的Groth带(EGS)领域,其中有一个平均深度sigma_450=1.9和sigma_850=0.46 mJy/梁超过~70平方米。弧分最终样品包括95个源:56个(59%)在两个波长下都被检测到,31个(33%)仅在850 um下被检测到,8个(8%)仅在450 um下被检测到。我们确定了整个样品的75%的对应物。450和850 μ m样品的红移分布在不同的红移处达到峰值,中值分别为z=1.66 +/- 0.18和z=2.30 +/- 0.20。然而,这两个星群具有相似的红外光度、SFR和恒星质量,平均值分别为(1.5 +/- 0.2)x 10^12 L_sun、(150 +/- 20)M_sun/yr和(9.0 +/- 0.6)x 10^10 M_sun。这将我们的大部分来源(>85%)置于恒星形成星系的“主序星”的高质量端。探索红外过量与紫外斜率(IRX-beta)的关系,我们发现,最明亮的星系是符合的Meurer定律,而亮度较低的星系低于这个关系。利用HST H_(160)波段的二维模拟结果,我们导出了中值Sersic指数n=1.4 + 0.3 - 0.1,中值半光半径R_(1/2)= 4.8 +/0.4kpc。基于同一波段的类视分类,我们发现在所有红移下,大多数星系的主要组成部分是盘状结构,尽管在z~1.4处存在从不规则盘到具有球状组成部分的盘的过渡,这在形态上支持SMG作为大质量椭圆星系的祖先的假设。

英文摘要:

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of galaxies selected at 450 and 850um from the deepest SCUBA-2 observations in the Extended Groth Strip (EGS) field, which have an average depth of sigma_450=1.9 and sigma_850=0.46 mJy/beam over ~70 sq. arcmin. The final sample comprises 95 sources: 56 (59%) are detected at both wavelengths, 31 (33%) are detected only at 850um, and 8 (8%) are detected only at 450um. We identify counterparts for 75% of the whole sample. The redshift distributions of the 450 and 850um samples peak at different redshifts with median values of z=1.66 +/- 0.18 and z=2.30 +/- 0.20, respectively. However, the two populations have similar IR luminosities, SFRs, and stellar masses, with mean values of (1.5 +/- 0.2) x 10^12 L_sun, (150 +/- 20) M_sun/yr, and (9.0 +/- 0.6) x 10^10 M_sun, respectively. This places most of our sources (>85%) on the high-mass end of the `main-sequence' of star-forming galaxies. Exploring the IR excess vs UV-slope (IRX-beta) relation we find that the most luminous galaxies are consistent with the Meurer law, while the less luminous galaxies lie below this relation. Using the results of a two-dimensional modelling of the HST H_160-band imaging, we derive a median Sersic index of n=1.4 +0.3 -0.1 and a median half-light radius of R_1/2 = 4.8 +/ 0.4 kpc. Based on a visual-like classification in the same band, we find that the dominant component for most of the galaxies at all redshifts is a disk-like structure, although there is a transition from irregular disks to disks with a spheroidal component at z~1.4, which morphologically supports the scenario of SMGs as progenitors of massive elliptical galaxies.

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