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在$z = 0.47$ H $α$等效宽度和星系性质之间的相关性:物理的还是选择驱动的?

Correlations between H$α$ Equivalent Width and Galaxy Properties at $z = 0.47$: Physical or Selection-driven?

Ali Ahmad Khostovan, Sangeeta Malhotra, James E. Rhoads, Santosh Harish, Chunyan Jiang, Junxian Wang, Isak Wold, Zhen-Ya Zheng, L. Felipe Barrientos, Alicia Cou… 展开作者

Ali Ahmad Khostovan, Sangeeta Malhotra, James E. Rhoads, Santosh Harish, Chunyan Jiang, Junxian Wang, Isak Wold, Zhen-Ya Zheng, L. Felipe Barrientos, Alicia Coughlin, Weida Hu, Leopoldo Infante, Lucia A. Perez, John Pharo, Francisco Valdes, Alistair R. Walker

摘要:

H $α$等效宽度(EW)是恒星形成速率(sSFR)的观测代用指标,也是恒星形成活动的示踪剂。以前的评估表明,EW强烈的反相关恒星质量的$M^{-0.25}$类似的sSFR -恒星质量的关系。然而,这种相关性可以由选择效应驱动/形成。在这项研究中,我们调查如何H $α$电子战与星系的属性,以及如何选择的偏见可以改变这种相关性使用$z = 0.47$窄带选择的样本1572 H $α$发射器从LY $α$ Galerian在再电离时代(LAGER)调查。该示例涵盖COSMOS的3 deg $^2$和$1.1\times10^5$ cMpc $^3$。我们假设一个内在的EW分布,形成模拟样本的H $α$发射器(HAE)和传播的选择标准,以匹配观测,让我们控制选择偏差如何影响潜在的结果。我们发现EW与恒星质量内在相关为$W_0 \propto M^{-0.16\pm0.03}$,并从$10^{7}$到$10^{10}$ M $_\odot$以$\sim 3$的因子减小。我们发现,与高质量的HAE相比,低质量的HAE具有静止帧EW $ > 200$的可能性是$\sim 320$倍。结合内在的EW -恒星质量的相关性与观察到的SMF正确再现观察到的H $α$ LF,而不校正选择效应低估了明亮的HAE的数量。这表明,内在的EW -恒星质量的相关性是物理上显着的,并再现三个统计分布的星系人口(LF,SMF,EW分布)。在较低的质量,我们发现有更多的高EW离群值相比,高质量,即使考虑到选择的影响。我们的研究结果表明,高sSFR离群值指示突发SF活动本质上是更普遍的低质量的HAE,而不是选择效应的副产品。

英文摘要:

The H$α$ equivalent width (EW) is an observational proxy for specific star formation rate (sSFR) and a tracer of episodic star-formation activity. Previous assessments show that EW strongly anti-correlates with stellar mass as $M^{-0.25}$ similar to the sSFR -- stellar mass relation. However, such a correlation may be driven/formed by selection effects. In this study, we investigate how H$α$ EWs correlate with galaxy properties and how selection biases could alter such correlations using a $z = 0.47$ narrowband-selected sample of 1572 H$α$ emitters from the Ly$α$ Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization (LAGER) survey. The sample covers 3 deg$^2$ of COSMOS and $1.1\times10^5$ cMpc$^3$. We assume an intrinsic EW distribution to form mock samples of H$α$ emitters (HAEs) and propagate the selection criteria to match observations, giving us control on how selection biases can affect the underlying results. We find EW intrinsically correlates with stellar mass as $W_0 \propto M^{-0.16\pm0.03}$ and decreases by a factor of $\sim 3$ from $10^{7}$ to $10^{10}$ M$_\odot$. We find low-mass HAEs to be $\sim 320$ times more likely to have rest-frame EW$ > 200$Åcompared to high-mass HAEs. Combining the intrinsic EW -- stellar mass correlation with an observed SMF correctly reproduces the observed H$α$ LF, while not correcting for selection effects underestimates the number of bright HAEs. This suggests that the intrinsic EW -- stellar mass correlation is physically significant and reproduces three statistical distributions of galaxy populations (LF, SMF, EW distribution). At lower masses, we find there are more high-EW outliers compared to high masses, even after taking into account selection effects. Our results suggest that high sSFR outliers indicative of bursty SF activity are intrinsically more prevalent in low-mass HAEs and not a byproduct of selection effects.

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