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CANDELS/GOODS场中z> 3的光学微弱大质量巴耳末破缺星系

Optically-faint massive Balmer Break Galaxies at z>3 in the CANDELS/GOODS fields

Belén Alcalde Pampliega, Pablo G. Pérez-González, Guillermo Barro, Helena Domínguez Sánchez, M. Carmen Eliche-Moral, Nicolás Cardiel, Antonio Hernán-Caballero, … 展开作者

Belén Alcalde Pampliega, Pablo G. Pérez-González, Guillermo Barro, Helena Domínguez Sánchez, M. Carmen Eliche-Moral, Nicolás Cardiel, Antonio Hernán-Caballero, Lucía Rodriguez-Muñoz, Patricia Sánchez Blázquez, Pilar Esquej

摘要:

我们展示了33个Balmer Break Galvanes(BBG)的样本,这些BBG在最深的CANDELS/GOODS视野($H\gtrsim27.3$~mag)中被选为HST/F160 W脱落,但在{\it Spitzer}/IRAC($[3.6],[4.5]<24.5$~mag)中相对明亮,这意味着红色(中位数和四分位数:$\langle H-[3.6]\rangle=3.1^{3.4}_{2.8}$\,mag)。这些BBG中有一半是新发现的来源。我们的BBG是大质量($\langle \log(\rm{M}/\rm{M}_\odot)\rangle=10.8$)高红移($\langle z\rangle=4.8$)尘埃($\langle \rm{A(V)}\rangle=2.0$~mag)星系。我们一半的样品的SED表明,它们是典型的特定SFR 0.5 - 1.0~Gyr $^{-1}$的恒星形成星系,使它们成为$3<z<6$的主序星(MS)星系。这些SED中的三分之一表明存在显著的发射谱线(H $β$ + $[OIII]$,H $α$ $+$ [NII]),增强了IRAC通量和红色。大约20%的BBG是非常尘埃($\rm{A(V)}\sim2.5$~mag)的星爆,具有强的中远红外探测和极端SFR($\rm{SFR}>10^{3}\,\rm{M}_\odot/yr$),使它们位于MS之上。其余的30%是位于MS之下的后星爆或静止星系,其质量加权年龄大于7亿年。在33个星系中,只有2个星系的活动星系核被X射线探测到,其光学/近红外SED主要由恒星辐射,但在其余的源中,活动星系核的存在被掩盖不能被排除。我们的样本占$z>3$的$\log(\rm{M}/\rm{M}_\odot)>10$星系总数密度的8%,但它对$4<z<6$的红色$\log(\rm{M}/\rm{M}_\odot)>11$星系的总体数量有重要贡献(30%)。最后,我们的研究结果指出,本地宇宙中每30个大质量$\log(\rm{M}/\rm{M}_\odot)>11$星系中就有一个是在大爆炸后的第一个1.5 Gyr中组装的,这一比例是最先进的星系形成模拟无法重现的。

英文摘要:

We present a sample of 33 Balmer Break Galaxies (BBGs) selected as HST/F160W dropouts in the deepest CANDELS/GOODS fields ($H\gtrsim27.3$~mag) but relatively bright in {\it Spitzer}/IRAC ($[3.6],[4.5]<24.5$~mag), implying red colors (median and quartiles: $\langle H-[3.6]\rangle=3.1^{3.4}_{2.8}$\,mag). Half of these BBGs are newly identified sources. Our BBGs are massive ($\langle \log(\rm{M}/\rm{M}_\odot)\rangle=10.8$) high redshift ($\langle z\rangle=4.8$) dusty ($\langle \rm{A(V)}\rangle=2.0$~mag) galaxies. The SEDs of half of our sample indicate that they are star-forming galaxies with typical specific SFRs 0.5-1.0~Gyr$^{-1}$, qualifying them as main sequence (MS) galaxies at $3<z<6$. One third of those SEDs indicates the presence of prominent emission lines (H$β$+$[OIII]$, H$α$$+$[NII]) boosting the IRAC fluxes and red colors. Approximately 20\% of the BBGs are very dusty ($\rm{A(V)}\sim2.5$~mag) starbursts with strong mid-to-far infrared detections and extreme SFRs ($\rm{SFR}>10^{3}\,\rm{M}_\odot/yr$) that place them above the MS. The rest, 30\%, are post-starbursts or quiescent galaxies located $>2σ$ below the MS with mass-weighted ages older than 700~Myr. Only 2 of the 33 galaxies are X-ray detected AGN with optical/near-infrared SEDs dominated by stellar emission, but the presence of obscured AGN in the rest of sources cannot be discarded. Our sample accounts for 8\% of the total number density of $\log(\rm{M}/\rm{M}_\odot)>10$ galaxies at $z>3$, but it is a significant contributor (30\%) to the general population of red $\log(\rm{M}/\rm{M}_\odot)>11$ galaxies at $4<z<6$. Finally, our results point out that 1 of every 30 massive $\log(\rm{M}/\rm{M}_\odot)>11$ galaxies in the local Universe was assembled in the first 1.5~Gyr after the Big Bang, a fraction that is not reproduced by state-of-the-art galaxy formation simulations.

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