利用哈勃前沿场探测起伏的紫外背景
Probing the fluctuating Ultra-violet background using the Hubble Frontier Fields
摘要：
近年来，在z >= 6的高红移处发现的莱曼破裂星系数量的增加，为详细了解早期星系形成物理学提供了可能性。特别是，这些星系的紫外线光度函数（UV LF）的暗端斜率（α）是一个潜在的探针的反馈效应，抑制恒星形成的低质量晕。在这项工作中，我们提出了一个概念验证的计算约束波动的UV背景在再电离过程中约束α在不同体积的宇宙。由于不规则的再电离，不同的体积将经历不同的光加热量，这将导致测量的α散射。我们的方法是基于一个简单的模型的UV LF，这是一个缩放版本的晕质量函数结合在星系光度的指数抑制在暗端，因为UV反馈。虽然目前的数据不足以限制不同领域的α，但我们预计，在不久的将来，詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜（JWST）对六个哈勃前沿领域的观测将为我们的概念提供理想的测试。
英文摘要：
In recent years, the rise in the number of Lyman Break Galaxies detected at high redshifts z >= 6 has opened up the possibility of understanding early galaxy formation physics in great detail. In particular, the faint-end slope (alpha) of the Ultra-violet luminosity function (UV LF) of these galaxies is a potential probe of feedback effects that suppress star formation in low mass haloes. In this work, we propose a proof-of-concept calculation for constraining the fluctuating UV background during reionization by constraining alpha in different volumes of the Universe. Because of patchy reionization, different volumes will experience different amount of photo-heating which should lead to a scatter in the measured alpha. Our approach is based on a simple model of the UV LF that is a scaled version of the halo mass function combined with an exponential suppression in the galaxy luminosity at the faint-end because of UV feedback. Although current data is not sufficient to constrain alpha in different fields, we expect that, in the near future, observations of the six lensed Hubble Frontier Fields with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will offer an ideal test of our concept.
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