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arXiv 2009.05070astro-ph.GA
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高红移星系的麦哲伦M2FS光谱测量:红移$z\approx5.7$的260个Ly PDMATHAAB发射体样品

The Magellan M2FS Spectroscopic Survey of High-Redshift Galaxies: A Sample of 260 Ly$α$ Emitters at Redshift $z\approx5.7$

Yuanhang Ning, Linhua Jiang, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Jin Wu, Fuyan Bian, Eiichi Egami, Xiaohui Fan, Luis C. Ho, Yue Shen, Ran Wang, Xue-Bing Wu

摘要:

我们提出了一个光谱调查的Ly $α$发射器(LAEs)在$z\approx5.7$使用多目标摄谱仪M2 FS的麦哲伦粘土望远镜。这是在几个深入研究的领域进行的高红移星系调查的一部分。这些区域在多个UV/光学波段中具有深度图像,包括窄的NB 816波段,该窄的NB 816波段允许在$z\approx5.7$处有效地选择LAE候选物。我们的样本由260个LAE组成,覆盖了天空中超过2平方度的总有效面积。这是迄今为止最大的(光谱证实)LAEs在这个红移的样本。我们用保密红移和窄带测光测量了Ly的$α$光度。我们发现,这些LAE跨越一个LY $α$光度范围的$\sim 2\times10^{42} - 5\times10^{43}$尔格的$^{-1}$,并包括一些最明亮的星系已知在$z \ge 5.7$在LY $α$光度方面。它们中的大多数具有在20和300 μ m之间的静止帧等效宽度,并且更明亮的Ly $α$发射线倾向于具有更宽的线宽。在观测到的Ly $α$波长分布和NB 816滤光片的透射曲线之间,我们探测到了一个明显的$\sim20$吸收的偏移,这可以用星系际介质对Ly $α$在高红移光谱中的连续蓝向吸收来解释。该样本被用于研究$z\approx5.7$的Ly $α$光度函数和星系特性。

英文摘要:

We present a spectroscopic survey of Ly$α$ emitters (LAEs) at $z\approx5.7$ using the multi-object spectrograph M2FS on the Magellan Clay telescope. This is part of a high-redshift galaxy survey carried out in several well-studied deep fields. These fields have deep images in multiple UV/optical bands, including a narrow NB816 band that has allowed an efficient selection of LAE candidates at $z\approx5.7$. Our sample consists of 260 LAEs and covers a total effective area of more than two square degrees on the sky. This is so far the largest (spectroscopically confirmed) sample of LAEs at this redshift. We use the secure redshifts and narrowband photometry to measure Ly$α$ luminosities. We find that these LAEs span a Ly$α$ luminosity range of $\sim 2\times10^{42} - 5\times10^{43}$ erg s$^{-1}$, and include some of the most luminous galaxies known at $z \ge 5.7$ in terms of Ly$α$ luminosity. Most of them have rest-frame equivalent widths between 20 and 300 Å, and more luminous Ly$α$ emission lines tend to have broader line widths. We detect a clear offset of $\sim20$ Å between the observed Ly$α$ wavelength distribution and the NB816 filter transmission curve, which can be explained by the intergalactic medium absorption of continua blueward of Ly$α$ in the high-redshift spectra. This sample is being used to study the Ly$α$ luminosity function and galaxy properties at $z\approx5.7$.

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