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强莱曼连续辐射星系显示出强烈的CIV 1550辐射

Strong Lyman continuum emitting galaxies show intense CIV 1550 emission

D. Schaerer, Y. I. Izotov, G. Worseck, D. Berg, J. Chisholm, A. Jaskot, K. Nakajima, S. Ravindranath, T. X. Thuan, A. Verhamme

摘要:

利用空间望远镜成像摄谱仪,我们获得了已知的低红移莱曼连续谱(LyC)发射星系从$\sim 1200$到2000 nm的紫外光谱($z \sim 0.3-0.4$)和不同绝对LyC逃逸分数(fesc $\sim 0.01 - 0.72$)。我们的观测特别包括星系J1243+4646,它在低红移时具有最高的LyC逃逸分数。虽然所有星系都是已知的莱曼α发射体,但我们一直探测到其他发射线的清单,包括CIV 1550,HeII 1640,OIII] 1666和CIII] 1909,其起源可能基本上是星云。在8个星系中有6个星系的CIV 1550辐射超过4 $σ$,其中2个星系的EW(CIV)$=12-15$ Ang宽度相等,超过了以前报道的低$z$恒星形成星系的最大辐射。我们用逃逸分数fesc $> 0.1$检测到所有LyC发射体中的CIV 1550发射,并发现通量比CIV 1550/ CIII] 1909与fesc的试探性增加。在此基础上,我们提出了一个新的强泄漏星系(具有fesc $> 0.1$的星系)的选择和分类标准:CIV 1550/ CIII] 1909 $> 0.75$。最后,我们还发现HeII 1640发射在所有强泄漏的等效宽度从3到8安休息框架。这些是在恒星形成星系中观察到的最高值,主要是由于电离光子产生的高速率。星云HeII 1640发射的强LyC发射器不需要更硬的电离光谱在$>54$电子伏特相比,那些典型的恒星形成星系在同样低的金属丰度。

英文摘要:

Using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, we have obtained ultraviolet (UV) spectra from $\sim 1200$ to 2000 Å of known Lyman continuum (LyC) emitting galaxies at low redshift ($z \sim 0.3-0.4$) with varying absolute LyC escape fractions (fesc $\sim 0.01 - 0.72$). Our observations include in particular the galaxy J1243+4646, which has the highest known LyC escape fraction at low redshift. While all galaxies are known Lyman alpha emitters, we consistently detect an inventory of additional emission lines, including CIV 1550, HeII 1640, OIII] 1666, and CIII] 1909, whose origin is presumably essentially nebular. CIV 1550 emission is detected above 4 $σ$ in six out of eight galaxies, with equivalent widths of EW(CIV)$=12-15$ Ang for two galaxies, which exceeds the previously reported maximum emission in low-$z$ star-forming galaxies. We detect CIV 1550 emission in all LyC emitters with escape fractions fesc $> 0.1$ and find a tentative increase in the flux ratio CIV 1550/ CIII] 1909 with fesc. Based on the data, we propose a new criterion to select and classify strong leakers (galaxies with fesc $> 0.1$): CIV 1550/ CIII] 1909 $> 0.75$. Finally, we also find HeII 1640 emission in all the strong leakers with equivalent widths from 3 to 8 Ang rest frame. These are among the highest values observed in star-forming galaxies and are primarily due to a high rate of ionizing photon production. The nebular HeII 1640 emission of the strong LyC emitters does not require harder ionizing spectra at $>54$ eV compared to those of typical star-forming galaxies at similarly low metallicity.

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