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z = 3.794恒星形成星系电离辐射的HST成像

HST Imaging of the Ionizing Radiation from a Star-forming Galaxy at z = 3.794

Zhiyuan Ji, Mauro Giavalisco, Eros Vanzella, Brian Siana, Laura Pentericci, Anne Jaskot, Teng Liu, Mario Nonino, Henry C. Ferguson, Marco Castellano, Filippo Ma… 展开作者

Zhiyuan Ji, Mauro Giavalisco, Eros Vanzella, Brian Siana, Laura Pentericci, Anne Jaskot, Teng Liu, Mario Nonino, Henry C. Ferguson, Marco Castellano, Filippo Mannucci, Daniel Schaerer, Johan Peter Uldall Fynbo, Casey Papovich, Adam C. Carnall, Ricardo Amorin, Raymond C. Simons, Nimish Hathi, Fergus Cullen, Derek McLeod

摘要:

我们报告了HST对一个红移z=3.794的星系发出的莱曼连续谱(LyC)辐射的探测,被称为Ion 1(Vanzella等人。2012)。使用F410 M波段中的HST WFC 3/UVIS,在静止帧波长820 $\sim$ 890 nm处检测来自Ion 1的LyC($m_{410}=27.60\pm0.36$幅度(AB),在半径r = 0.12“的圆形孔径中峰值SNR = 4.17)和在700 $\sim$ 830 kHz处,VLT/VIMOS在U波段中($m_U = 27.84\pm0.19$幅度(AB),峰值SNR = 6.7,孔径r = 0.6“)。20小时的VLT/VIMOS光谱显示出低电离和高电离星际金属吸收线,CIV和Ly $α$在吸收中的P-Cygni轮廓。后一种光谱特征不同于在已知的LyC发射体中观察到的光谱特征,已知的LyC发射体显示出强的Ly $α$发射。HST远紫外彩色图显示,LyC发射从星系的一个区域逃逸,该区域比其他区域更蓝,可能是因为较低的尘埃遮蔽。F410 M图像显示,LyC发射的质心与非电离UV发射的质心偏移0.12“$\pm$ 0.03”“,对应于0.85 $\pm$ 0.21 kpc(物理),并且其形态可能适度分辨。这些形态特征有利于一种情况下,由大质量恒星产生的LyC光子逃离低HI柱密度“腔”的ISM,可能雕刻的恒星风和/或超新星。我们还收集了107个Lyman break星系的VIMOS U波段图像,这些星系的光谱红移在$3.40<z<3.95$上,即对LyC进行采样,并将它们与逆方差权重进行叠加。在堆叠图像中没有检测到LyC发射,导致32.5等(AB)通量极限(1 $σ$)和绝对LyC逃逸分数的上限$f_{esc}^{abs} < 0.63\%$。像Ion 1这样的LyC发射体很可能位于LyC光度函数的亮端。

英文摘要:

We report on the HST detection of the Lyman-continuum (LyC) radiation emitted by a galaxy at redshift z=3.794, dubbed Ion1 (Vanzella et al. 2012). The LyC from Ion1 is detected at rest-frame wavelength 820$\sim$890 Åwith HST WFC3/UVIS in the F410M band ($m_{410}=27.60\pm0.36$ magnitude (AB), peak SNR = 4.17 in a circular aperture with radius r = 0.12'') and at 700$\sim$830 Åwith the VLT/VIMOS in the U-band ($m_U = 27.84\pm0.19$ magnitude (AB), peak SNR = 6.7 with a r = 0.6'' aperture). A 20-hr VLT/VIMOS spectrum shows low- and high-ionization interstellar metal absorption lines, the P-Cygni profile of CIV and Ly$α$ in absorption. The latter spectral feature differs from what observed in known LyC emitters, which show strong Ly$α$ emission. An HST far-UV color map reveals that the LyC emission escapes from a region of the galaxy that is bluer than the rest, presumably because of lower dust obscuration. The F410M image shows that the centroid of the LyC emission is offset from the centroid of the non-ionizing UV emission by 0.12''$\pm$0.03'', corresponding to 0.85$\pm$0.21 kpc (physical), and that its morphology is likely moderately resolved. These morphological characteristics favor a scenario where the LyC photons produced by massive stars escape from low HI column-density "cavities" in the ISM, possibly carved by stellar winds and/or supernova. We also collect the VIMOS U-band images of a sample of 107 Lyman-break galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts at $3.40<z<3.95$, i.e. sampling the LyC, and stack them with inverse-variance weights. No LyC emission is detected in the stacked image, resulting in a 32.5 magnitude (AB) flux limit (1$σ$) and an upper limit of absolute LyC escape fraction $f_{esc}^{abs} < 0.63\%$. LyC emitters like Ion1 are very likely at the bright-end of the LyC luminosity function.

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