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3<z<4静止星系的近红外光谱和恒星形成历史

Near infrared spectroscopy and star-formation histories of 3<z<4 quiescent galaxies

C. Schreiber, K. Glazebrook, T. Nanayakkara, G. G. Kacprzak, I. Labbe, P. Oesch, T. Yuan, K. -V. Tran, C. Papovich, L. Spitler, C. Straatman

摘要:

我们给出了24个候选静止星系(QG)在3<z<4的样本的Hank-MOSFIRE H和K光谱,这些星系是从ZFOURGE和3DHST巡天中的UVJ颜色和光度红移中识别出来的。我们获得光谱红移的一半的样品,使用吸收或发射线,并确认高精度的光度红移的中位误差为1.2%。两个星系在较低的红移(z<2.5)下被证明是尘埃天体,并且是ALMA在亚毫米波段探测到的唯一两个星系。在两个星系中观测到高等效宽度[OIII],贡献了高达30%的K波段通量,并模仿了古老恒星星族的颜色。这意味着在这些红移的UVJ选择只有20%的失败率。在4个最明亮的星系中发现了巴耳末吸收,证实了OB星的存在。模拟所有QG与广泛的恒星形成的历史,我们发现sSFR的一个因素的10以下的主要序列(MS)的所有,但一个星系,和小于0.01陀螺仪$^{-1}$的一半的样本。这与H $β$和[OII]光度以及ALMA未检测一致。然后我们发现,这些QG在观测之前,在z=3.5和5之间,平均在3亿年前已经淬灭,并且它们在z~5.5时形成,平均SFR~300 Msun/yr。考虑到一个替代的选择QG的基础上,完全从SED建模的sSFR,我们发现,星系的MS以下的一个因素10比UVJ静止星系的数量多40%,这意味着UVJ的选择是纯粹的,但不完整的。目前的模型无法再现我们的观测结果,并且低估了QG的数量密度超过一个数量级,或者低估了它们的静止持续时间。总的来说,这些结果证实了在z>3时存在意想不到的QG群体,并提供了对其形成历史的第一个见解。[删节]

英文摘要:

We present Keck-MOSFIRE H and K spectra for a sample of 24 candidate quiescent galaxies (QGs) at 3<z<4, identified from UVJ colors and photometric redshifts in the ZFOURGE and 3DHST surveys. We obtain spectroscopic redshifts for half of the sample, using absorption or emission lines, and confirm the high accuracy of the photometric redshifts with a median error of 1.2%. Two galaxies turn out to be dusty objects at lower redshifts (z<2.5), and are the only two detected in the sub-mm with ALMA. High equivalent-width [OIII] was observed in two galaxies, contributing up to 30% of the K-band flux and mimicking the colors of an old stellar population. This implies a failure rate of only 20% for the UVJ selection at these redshifts. Balmer absorption was identified in 4 of the brighest galaxies, confirming the absence of OB stars. Modeling all QGs with a wide range of star-formation histories, we find sSFR a factor of 10 below the main sequence (MS) for all but one galaxy, and less than 0.01 Gyr$^{-1}$ for half of the sample. This is consistent with the H$β$ and [OII] luminosities, and the ALMA non-detections. We then find that these QGs have quenched on average 300 Myr before observation, between z=3.5 and 5, and that they formed at z~5.5 with a mean SFR~300 Msun/yr. Considering an alternative selection of QGs based solely on the sSFR from SED modeling, we find that galaxies a factor 10 below the MS are 40% more numerous than UVJ-quiescent galaxies, implying that the UVJ selection is pure but incomplete. Current models fail at reproducing our observations and underestimate either the number density of QGs by more than an order of magnitude or the duration of their quiescence by a factor two. Overall, these results confirm the existence of an unexpected population of QGs at z>3, and offer the first insights on their formation history. [abridged]

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