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Mstar < 1的低质量星系的莱曼连续泄漏。E8 Msun

Lyman continuum leakage from low-mass galaxies with Mstar < 1.E8 Msun

Y. I. Izotov, G. Worseck, D. Schaerer, N. G. Guseva, J. Chisholm, T. X. Thuan, K. J. Fricke, A. Verhamme

摘要:

我们用哈勃太空望远镜上的宇宙起源摄谱仪观测了9个低质量恒星形成星系,它们的红移z在0.3179-0.4524之间,恒星质量Mstar < 10^8 M,比恒星形成率sSFR~150-630 Gyr^{-1},目的是研究泄漏莱曼连续谱(LyC)辐射对恒星质量和星系其他特征的依赖性。我们检测到LyC发射的逃逸分数,fesc(LyC),在11- 35%的范围内的9个星系中的4个,并建立上限fesc(LyC)在其余5个星系。我们观察到一个狭窄的Ly-alpha发射线,在七个星系中有两个峰值,在剩下的两个星系中可能有更复杂的Ly-alpha分布。峰值Vsep之间的速度间隔在~229 km/s至~512 km/s的范围内变化。我们对低质量星系的额外数据证实并加强了fesc(LyC)和Vsep之间的紧密反相关性,发现以前的低红移星系样本具有较高的恒星质量。Vsep仍然是LyC泄漏的最佳间接指标。它比O32更好,fesc(LyC)对O32的依赖性较弱,具有较大的分散性。最后,与预期相反,我们发现没有增加fesc(LyC)与星系恒星质量Mstar的减少。

英文摘要:

We present observations with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph onboard the Hubble Space Telescope of nine low-mass star-forming galaxies at redshifts, z, in the range 0.3179-0.4524, with stellar masses Mstar < 10^8 M and veruny high specific star-formation rates sSFR~150-630 Gyr^{-1}, aiming to study the dependence of leaking Lyman continuum (LyC) emission on stellar mass and some other characteristics of the galaxy. We detect LyC emission in four out of nine galaxies with escape fractions, fesc(LyC), in the range of 11-35 per cent, and establish upper limits for fesc(LyC) in the remaining five galaxies. We observe a narrow Ly-alpha emission line with two peaks in seven galaxies and likely more complex Ly-alpha profiles in the two remaining galaxies. The velocity separation between the peaks Vsep varies in the range from ~229 km/s to ~512 km/s. Our additional data on low-mass galaxies confirm and strengthen the tight anti-correlation between fesc(LyC) and Vsep found for previous low-redshift galaxy samples with higher stellar masses. Vsep remains the best indirect indicator of LyC leakage. It is better than O32 on which fesc(LyC) depends weakly, with a large scatter. Finally, contrary to expectations, we find no increase of fesc(LyC) with decreasing galaxy stellar mass Mstar.

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