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Lyman α辐射源的UV光度和恒星质量函数从z~2到z~6的演化

The evolution of the UV luminosity and stellar mass functions of Lyman-alpha emitters from z~2 to z~6

Sérgio Santos, David Sobral, Josh Butterworth, Ana Paulino-Afonso, Bruno Ribeiro, Elisabete da Cunha, João Calhau, Ali Ahmad Khostovan, Jorryt Matthee, Pablo Arrabal Haro

摘要:

通过探测SC 4K样品中的4000个Lyman α(Lya)发射体(LAEs),测量了从z~2到z~6的静止坐标系UV光度函数(LF)和恒星质量函数(SMF)的演化。我们发现Lya光度(LLya)和静止坐标系UV(M_UV)之间存在相关性,最佳拟合M_UV=-1.6+-0.2 log 10(LLya/erg/s)+47+-12; LLya和恒星质量(Mstar)之间存在较浅的相关性,最佳拟合log 10(Mstar/Msun)=0.9+-0.1 log 10(LLya/erg/s)-28+-4.0。LLya切割的增加主要降低了微弱的M_UV和低M星LAE的数密度。我们估计一个代理的全紫外LF和SMF的LAEs与简单的假设,微弱的端部斜率。对于紫外LF,我们发现随着红移的增加和特征数密度的减小,特征紫外光度(M_UV*)变亮。对于SMF,我们测量的特征恒星质量(Mstar*/Msun)的增加,增加红移,和披 * 下降。然而,如果我们采用log 10(LLya/erg/s)>= 43.0的均匀光度切割,我们发现LAEs的UV和SMF的演变要温和得多。LAEs全样本的紫外光度密度(rho_UV)显示出适度的演化,恒星质量密度(rho_M)减小,两者总是低于更典型星系的总rho_UV和rho_M,但随着红移的增加慢慢接近它们。总的来说,我们的研究结果表明,无论是rho_UV和rho_M的LAEs慢慢接近连续选择星系的测量z>6,这表明LAEs在再电离时代的关键作用。

英文摘要:

We measure the evolution of the rest-frame UV luminosity function (LF) and the stellar mass function (SMF) of Lyman-alpha (Lya) emitters (LAEs) from z~2 to z~6 by exploring ~4000 LAEs from the SC4K sample. We find a correlation between Lya luminosity (LLya) and rest-frame UV (M_UV), with best-fit M_UV=-1.6+-0.2 log10(LLya/erg/s)+47+-12 and a shallower relation between LLya and stellar mass (Mstar), with best-fit log10( Mstar/Msun)=0.9+-0.1 log10(LLya/erg/s)-28+-4.0. An increasing LLya cut predominantly lowers the number density of faint M_UV and low Mstar LAEs. We estimate a proxy for the full UV LFs and SMFs of LAEs with simple assumptions of the faint end slope. For the UV LF, we find a brightening of the characteristic UV luminosity (M_UV*) with increasing redshift and a decrease of the characteristic number density (Phi*). For the SMF, we measure a characteristic stellar mass (Mstar*/Msun) increase with increasing redshift, and a Phi* decline. However, if we apply a uniform luminosity cut of log10 (LLya/erg/s) >= 43.0, we find much milder to no evolution in the UV and SMF of LAEs. The UV luminosity density (rho_UV) of the full sample of LAEs shows moderate evolution and the stellar mass density (rho_M) decreases, with both being always lower than the total rho_UV and rho_M of more typical galaxies but slowly approaching them with increasing redshift. Overall, our results indicate that both rho_UV and rho_M of LAEs slowly approach the measurements of continuum-selected galaxies at z>6, which suggests a key role of LAEs in the epoch of reionisation.

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