arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 2003.12083astro-ph.GAastro-ph.CO
收藏

MUSE哈勃超深场巡天XIV。Lya发射体分数从z=3到z=6的演变

The MUSE Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey XIV. The evolution of the Lya emitter fraction from z=3 to z=6

Haruka Kusakabe, Jeremy Blaizot, Thibault Garel, Anne Verhamme, Roland Bacon, Johan Richard, Takuya Hashimoto, Hanae Inami, Simon Conseil, Bruno Guiderdoni, Aly… 展开作者

Haruka Kusakabe, Jeremy Blaizot, Thibault Garel, Anne Verhamme, Roland Bacon, Johan Richard, Takuya Hashimoto, Hanae Inami, Simon Conseil, Bruno Guiderdoni, Alyssa B. Drake, Edmund Christian Herenz, Joop Schaye, Pascal Oesch, Jorryt Matthee, Raffaella Anna Marino, Kasper Borello Schmidt, Roser Pello, Michael Maseda, Floriane Leclercq, Josephine Kerutt, Guillaume Mahler

摘要:

Lya发射体(LAE)组分X_LAE是研究星系际中性氢气组分演化的一个潜在的强有力的探测器。然而,X_LAE测量的不确定性仍有争议。利用MUSE获得的深度数据,我们可以在z~3-6的宽红移范围内(低至M_1500~-17.75)均匀地测量X_LAE的演化。这比以前的研究要暗得多,使我们能够探测大部分高z恒星形成星系。我们构建了一个紫外光完整的照片红移的样本以下的紫外光度函数和测量的Lya发射与MUSE使用的第二次数据发布的MUSE HUDF调查。我们首次导出了M_1500在[-21.75;-17.75]中X_LAE的红移演化,其等效宽度范围EW(Lya)>=65 A,并在z<~6处发现X_ LAE<~30%的低值。对于[-20.25;-18.75]和EW(Lya)<~25 A的M_1500,我们的X_LAE值在z<~5的1 σ范围内与文献中的值一致,但在整个红移范围内,我们的中值系统地低于文献中的值。此外,与以前的工作相比,在z~3-4处EW(Lya)>~50 A时,我们没有发现X_LAE对M_1500的显著依赖性。X_LAE的差异主要源于文献中对莱曼破裂星系(LBG)的选择偏差:如果紫外线微弱的LBG具有强Lya发射,则更容易被选择,因此X_LAE偏向较高的值。我们的研究结果表明,X_LAE向z~6方向的增加比以前的研究结果要低,甚至在z~5.5时X_LAE发生了翻转,这可能是一个晚期或斑片状再电离过程的特征。我们将我们的结果与宇宙学星系演化模型的预测进行了比较。我们发现,一个模型与爆发的恒星形成(SF)可以重现我们观察到的X_LAE比模型SF是一个光滑的时间函数。

英文摘要:

The Lya emitter (LAE) fraction, X_LAE, is a potentially powerful probe of the evolution of the intergalactic neutral hydrogen gas fraction. However, uncertainties in the measurement of X_LAE are still debated. Thanks to deep data obtained with MUSE, we can measure the evolution of X_LAE homogeneously over a wide redshift range of z~3-6 for UV-faint galaxies (down to M_1500~-17.75). This is significantly fainter than in former studies, and allows us to probe the bulk of the population of high-z star-forming galaxies. We construct a UV-complete photo-redshift sample following UV luminosity functions and measure the Lya emission with MUSE using the second data release from the MUSE HUDF Survey. We derive the redshift evolution of X_LAE for M_1500 in [-21.75;-17.75] for the first time with a equivalent width range EW(Lya)>=65 A and find low values of X_ LAE<~30% at z<~6. For M_1500 in [-20.25;-18.75] and EW(Lya)<~25 A, our X_LAE values are consistent with those in the literature within 1sigma at z<~5, but our median values are systematically lower than reported values over the whole redshift range. In addition, we do not find a significant dependence of X_LAE on M_1500 for EW(Lya)>~50 A at z~3-4, in contrast with previous work. The differences in X_LAE mainly arise from selection biases for Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs) in the literature: UV-faint LBGs are more easily selected if they have strong Lya emission, hence X_LAE is biased towards higher values. Our results suggest either a lower increase of X_LAE towards z~6 than previously suggested, or even a turnover of X_LAE at z~5.5, which may be the signature of a late or patchy reionization process. We compared our results with predictions from a cosmological galaxy evolution model. We find that a model with a bursty star formation (SF) can reproduce our observed X_LAE much better than models where SF is a smooth function of time.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑