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低质量星系的恒星形成爆发和电离效率

The Star Formation Burstiness and Ionizing Efficiency of Low-mass Galaxies

Hakim Atek, Lukas Furtak, Pascal Oesch, Pieter van Dokkum, Naveen Reddy, Thierry Contini, Garth Illingworth, Stephen Wilkins

摘要:

我们在GOODS-N和GOODS-S场利用HST棱镜光谱和深紫外成像研究了$0.7 < z < 1.5$星系大样本的恒星形成和电离效率。这些强发射线低质量星系的恒星形成历史(SFH)表明,在给定的恒星质量下,与标准主序星相比,H $α$发射线的恒星形成率(SFR)有所提高。此外,当比较H $α$和UV SFR指标时,我们发现,与SFR(UV)相比,SFR(H $α$)的过量优先在$10^{9}$ M $\odot$以下的低质量星系中观察到,这也是最高的EW星系。这些发现表明,这些强发射线星系的爆发参数可能不同于流体动力学模拟和以前的观测推断。例如,较大的突发占空比将解释观察到的SFR(H $α$)过量。我们还估计了电离光子产生效率$ξ_{ion}$,发现一个中位数的Log($ξ_{ion}$ /erg $^{-1}$ Hz)$=24.80 \pm 0.26$时,采用银河系尘埃校正H $α$和SMC的恒星组件之一。我们观察到随着红移的增加,$ξ_{ion}$增加,进一步证实了在更高的红移类似的结果。我们还发现$ξ_{ion}$与EW(H $α$)有很强的相关性,这为推导早期星系的$ξ_{ion}$提供了一种途径.质量较低、光度较低的星系具有较高的$ξ_{ion}$。总的来说,这些结果为微弱星系在宇宙再电离中发挥重要作用提供了进一步支持。

英文摘要:

We investigate the burstiness of star formation and the ionizing efficiency of a large sample of galaxies at $0.7 < z < 1.5$ using HST grism spectroscopy and deep ultraviolet (UV) imaging in the GOODS-N and GOODS-S fields. The star formation history (SFH) in these strong emission line low-mass galaxies indicates an elevated star formation rate (SFR) based on the H$α$ emission line at a given stellar mass when compared to the standard main sequence. Moreover, when comparing the H$α$ and UV SFR indicators, we find that an excess in SFR(H$α$) compared to SFR(UV) is preferentially observed in lower-mass galaxies below $10^{9}$ M$\odot$, which are also the highest-EW galaxies. These findings suggest that the burstiness parameters of these strong emission line galaxies may differ from those inferred from hydrodynamical simulations and previous observations. For instance, a larger burstiness duty cycle would explain the observed SFR(H$α$) excess. We also estimate the ionizing photon production efficiency $ξ_{ion}$, finding a median value of Log($ξ_{ion}$/erg$^{-1}$ Hz)$=24.80 \pm 0.26$ when adopting a Galactic dust correction for H$α$ and an SMC one for the stellar component. We observe an increase of $ξ_{ion}$ with redshift, further confirming similar results at higher redshifts. We also find that $ξ_{ion}$ is strongly correlated with EW(H$α$), which provides an approach for deriving $ξ_{ion}$ in early galaxies. Lower-mass, lower-luminosity galaxies have a higher $ξ_{ion}$. Overall, these results provide further support for faint galaxies playing a major role in the reionization of the Universe.

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