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在$z>3$近红外(MAGAZ3NE)巡天中的巨大古代星系:早期宇宙中巨大星系的极快恒星形成和熄灭时间尺度的确认

The Massive Ancient Galaxies At $z>3$ NEar-infrared (MAGAZ3NE) Survey: Confirmation of Extremely Rapid Star-Formation and Quenching Timescales for Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe

Ben Forrest, Z. Cemile Marsan, Marianna Annunziatella, Gillian Wilson, Adam Muzzin, Danilo Marchesini, M. C. Cooper, Jeffrey C. C. Chan, Ian McConachie, Percy G… 展开作者

Ben Forrest, Z. Cemile Marsan, Marianna Annunziatella, Gillian Wilson, Adam Muzzin, Danilo Marchesini, M. C. Cooper, Jeffrey C. C. Chan, Ian McConachie, Percy Gomez, Erin Kado-Fong, Francesco La Barbera, Daniel Lange-Vagle, Julie Nantais, Mario Nonino, Paolo Saracco, Mauro Stefanon, Remco F. J. van der Burg

摘要:

作为MAGAZ 3 NE巡天的一部分,我们利用Keck/MOSFIRE从XMM-VIDEO和COSMOS-UltraVISTA场对16个恒星质量log(M_star/M_sun)> 11、红移z > 3的光度测量选定的星系样本进行了近红外光谱确认。其中八个超大质量星系(UMG)的特定恒星形成率(sSFR)< 0.03 Gyr-1,发射线可以忽略不计。另外七个UMG的发射线与活动星系核和/或恒星形成一致,只有一个UMG的sSFR > 1 Gyr-1。这些星系的恒星形成历史模型描述了大部分恒星在4 < z <6附近的数百万年的剧烈爆发中形成的系统,在此期间每年形成数百到数千个太阳质量。这些在观测前小于1Gyr的形成年龄与由Dn(4000)和EW 0(Hδ)测量得到的年龄一致。在这些爆发的恒星形成期之后,通常在观测前不到3.5亿年的时间内发生快速猝灭,导致一半样本的恒星爆发后SED和光谱。快速形成的时间尺度与ALMA在4 < z < 7尘埃星爆中观察到的极端恒星形成率一致,这表明这些尘埃星系是这些UMG的祖先。虽然在以前的研究中已经提出了这样的形成历史,但这里介绍的大样本提供了最令人信服的证据,即在快速淬火之后的蓬勃恒星形成几乎可以肯定是早期宇宙中高质量星系的常态。这里提出的UMG被选择为比Ks = 21.7更亮,这引起了一种有趣的可能性,即即使是(更暗的)更老的静止UMG也可能存在于这个时代。

英文摘要:

We present near-infrared spectroscopic confirmations of a sample of 16 photometrically-selected galaxies with stellar masses log(M_star/M_sun) > 11 at redshift z > 3 from the XMM-VIDEO and COSMOS-UltraVISTA fields using Keck/MOSFIRE as part of the MAGAZ3NE survey. Eight of the ultra-massive galaxies (UMGs) have specific star formation rates (sSFR) < 0.03 Gyr-1, with negligible emission lines. Another seven UMGs show emission lines consistent with active galactic nuclei and/or star formation, while only one UMG has sSFR > 1 Gyr-1. Model star formation histories of these galaxies describe systems that formed the majority of their stars in vigorous bursts of several hundred Myr duration around 4 < z < 6during which hundreds to thousands of solar masses were formed per year. These formation ages of < 1 Gyr prior to observation are consistent with ages derived from measurements of Dn(4000) and EW0(Hδ). Rapid quenching followed these bursty star-forming periods, generally occurring less than 350 Myr before observation, resulting in post-starburst SEDs and spectra for half the sample. The rapid formation timescales are consistent with the extreme star formation rates observed in 4 < z < 7 dusty starbursts observed with ALMA, suggesting that such dusty galaxies are progenitors of these UMGs. While such formation histories have been suggested in previous studies, the large sample introduced here presents the most compelling evidence yet that vigorous star formation followed by rapid quenching is almost certainly the norm for high mass galaxies in the early universe. The UMGs presented here were selected to be brighter than Ks = 21.7 raising the intriguing possibility that even (fainter) older quiescent UMGs could exist at this epoch.

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