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来自GREATS的z~8星系中的蓝色静止框架紫外光学色:宇宙时间~ 6.5亿年的非常年轻的恒星星族

Blue Rest-Frame UV-Optical Colors in z~8 Galaxies from GREATS: Very Young Stellar Populations at ~650 Myr of Cosmic Time

Mauro Stefanon, Rychard J. Bouwens, Ivo Labbé, Garth D. Illingworth, Pascal A. Oesch, Pieter van Dokkum, Valentino Gonzalez

摘要:

深静止光学观测需要精确地限制$z\sim8$星系的恒星星族。由于在统计上完整的样本,这样的数据的可用性显着的限制,观测结果已被限制在适度数量的明亮或透镜源。为了彻底改变目前的$z\sim8$星系的表征,我们利用超深($\sim27$马格,$3σ$)斯皮策/IRAC $3.6μ$ m和$4.5μ$ m数据,探测在$z\sim8$的休息帧光学,在$\sim200$弧分钟$^2$的GOODS领域从最近完成的GOODS再电离时代广域财政部斯皮策(GREATS)计划,结合在CANDELS UDS和COSMOS领域的观测。我们将$\gtrsim100$ $z\sim8$ Lyman-Break星系堆叠在四个UV光度箱中($M_\mathrm{UV}\sim -20.7$到$-18.4$),并研究了它们的$H_\mathrm{160}-[3.6]$和$[3.6]-[4.5]$颜色。我们发现三个最暗的堆栈的年轻年龄($\lesssim100$ Myr),从它们的蓝色$H_\mathrm{160}-[3.6]\sim 0$ mag颜色推断,与负的Balmer break一致。与此同时,在最亮的一堆中看到的更红的$H_\mathrm{160}-[3.6]$颜色暗示着稍微更老的年龄。我们探索了紫外线光度和年龄之间的相关性,发现没有趋势或更暗的星系更年轻。堆积的SED也显示出非常红的$[3.6]-[4.5]\sim0.5$ mag颜色,表明强烈的[OIII]+H $β$星云发射和SFR。相应的高比恒星形成率,sSFR $\gtrsim10$ Gyr $^{-1}$,与最近在类似的红移和更高的光度测定是一致的,并支持sSFR和特定的晕质量吸积率之间的共同演化。

英文摘要:

Deep rest-optical observations are required to accurately constrain the stellar populations of $z\sim8$ galaxies. Due to significant limitations in the availability of such data for statistically complete samples, observational results have been limited to modest numbers of bright or lensed sources. To revolutionize the present characterization of $z\sim8$ galaxies, we exploit the ultradeep ($\sim27$ mag, $3σ$) Spitzer/IRAC $3.6μ$m and $4.5μ$m data, probing the rest-frame optical at $z\sim8$, over $\sim200$ arcmin$^2$ of the GOODS fields from the recently completed GOODS Re-ionization Era wide-Area Treasury from Spitzer (GREATS) program, combined with observations in the CANDELS UDS and COSMOS fields. We stacked $\gtrsim100$ $z\sim8$ Lyman-Break galaxies in four bins of UV luminosity ($M_\mathrm{UV}\sim -20.7$ to $-18.4$) and study their $H_\mathrm{160}-[3.6]$ and $[3.6]-[4.5]$ colors. We find young ages ($\lesssim100$ Myr) for the three faintest stacks, inferred from their blue $H_\mathrm{160}-[3.6]\sim 0$ mag colors, consistent with a negative Balmer break. Meanwhile, the redder $H_\mathrm{160}-[3.6]$ color seen in the brightest stack is suggestive of slightly older ages. We explored the existence of a correlation between the UV luminosity and age, and find either no trend or fainter galaxies being younger. The stacked SEDs also exhibit very red $[3.6]-[4.5]\sim0.5$ mag colors, indicative of intense [OIII]+H$β$ nebular emission and SFR. The correspondingly high specific star-formation rates, sSFR$\gtrsim10$Gyr$^{-1}$, are consistent with recent determinations at similar redshifts and higher luminosities, and support the co-evolution between the sSFR and the specific halo mass accretion rate.

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