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从星系的莱曼α线轮廓恢复星系的系统红移

Recovering the systemic redshift of galaxies from their Lyman-alpha line profile

A. Verhamme, T. Garel, E. Ventou, T. Contini, N. Bouché, E. C. Herenz, J. Richard, R. Bacon, K. B. Schmidt, M. Maseda, R. A. Marino, J. Brinchmann, S. Cantalupo… 展开作者

A. Verhamme, T. Garel, E. Ventou, T. Contini, N. Bouché, E. C. Herenz, J. Richard, R. Bacon, K. B. Schmidt, M. Maseda, R. A. Marino, J. Brinchmann, S. Cantalupo, J. Caruana, B. Clément, C. Diener, A. B. Drake, T. Hashimoto, H. Inami, J. Kerutt, W. Kollatschny, F. Leclercq, V. Patrício, J. Schaye, L. Wisotzki, J. Zabl

摘要:

氢的莱曼α线是恒星形成星系光谱中的一个显著特征,通常比系统红移几百公里/秒。当只有lya可用时,这种大的偏移阻碍了后续的调查,星系对统计和与类星体吸收线的相关性。我们提出的诊断,可用于恢复系统的红移直接从性质的利亚线配置文件。我们使用光谱观测莱曼α发射体(LAEs)的系统红移的精确测量是可用的。我们的样本包含在z~3和z~6之间检测到的13个源,作为各种多单元光谱探测器(MUSE)保证时间观测(GTO)的一部分。我们还包括一个汇编的光谱lya数据从文献跨越了广泛的红移范围(z~0-8)。首先,限制我们的分析双峰lya光谱,我们发现之间的紧密相关性的速度偏移的红色峰值相对于系统红移,Vpeak,和分离的峰值。其次,我们发现Vpeak和Lya线的半峰全宽之间存在相关性。给出了这两种方法的拟合公式,在只有lya发射线的情况下,可以精确地估计星系的系统红移,精度为± 100 km/s。

英文摘要:

The Lyman alpha (lya) line of Hydrogen is a prominent feature in the spectra of star-forming galaxies, usually redshifted by a few hundreds of km/s compared to the systemic redshift. This large offset hampers follow-up surveys, galaxy pair statistics and correlations with quasar absorption lines when only lya is available. We propose diagnostics that can be used to recover the systemic redshift directly from the properties of the lya line profile. We use spectroscopic observations of Lyman-Alpha Emitters (LAEs) for which a precise measurement of the systemic redshift is available. Our sample contains 13 sources detected between z~3 and z~6 as part of various Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO). We also include a compilation of spectroscopic lya data from the literature spanning a wide redshift range (z~0-8). First, restricting our analysis to double-peaked lya spectra, we find a tight correlation between the velocity offset of the red peak with respect to the systemic redshift, Vpeak, and the separation of the peaks. Secondly, we find a correlation between Vpeak and the full width at half maximum of the lya line. Fitting formulas, to estimate systemic redshifts of galaxies with an accuracy of +-100 km/s when only the lya emission line is available, are given for the two methods.

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