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解读 z∼4.53 处一个“小红点”的 JWST 光谱:一个被遮蔽的 AGN 及其恒星形成宿主

Deciphering the JWST spectrum of a 'little red dot' at $z \sim 4.53$: An obscured AGN and its star-forming host

Meghana Killi, Darach Watson, Gabriel Brammer, Conor McPartland, Jacqueline Antwi-Danso, Rosa Newshore, Dan Coe, Natalie Allen, Johan P. U. Fynbo, Katriona Goul… 展开作者

Meghana Killi, Darach Watson, Gabriel Brammer, Conor McPartland, Jacqueline Antwi-Danso, Rosa Newshore, Dan Coe, Natalie Allen, Johan P. U. Fynbo, Katriona Gould, Kasper E. Heintz, Vadim Rusakov, Simone Vejlgaard

AI总结:

研究通过高信噪比 JWST 光谱与 NIRCam 形态分析 z=4.5321 的“小红点”,揭示其由高度遮蔽的大质量 AGN 与可分辨恒星形成宿主共同构成。

摘要:

JWST 揭示了一类数量众多、极其致密的源,其静止帧光学/近红外(NIR)颜色偏红,而紫外(UV)颜色偏蓝,被昵称为“小红点”。我们展示了一个小红点 J0647_1045 的最高信噪比 JWST NIRSpec/PRISM 光谱之一,其红移为 z=4.5321±0.0001,并检查其 NIRCam 形态,以区分 UV 和光学/NIR 辐射的起源,阐明小红点现象的本质。J0647_1045 在三个 NIRCam 长波滤光片中未被分辨(r_e<0.17 kpc),但在三个短波滤光片中显著延展(r_e=0.45±0.06 kpc),表明一个红色致密源位于一个蓝色恒星形成星系中。光谱连续谱显示出明显的斜率变化,从光学/UV 的蓝色变为静止帧光学/NIR 的红色,这与两个不同组分相符,并由具有不同衰减的幂律拟合:A_V=0.54±0.01(UV)和 A_V=5.7±0.2(光学/NIR)。拟合 Hα 线同时需要宽(半峰全宽约 4300±300 km s^-1)和窄组分,但包括 Hβ 在内的其他发射线均未显示展宽证据。我们利用窄 Hα 和 Hβ 的 Balmer 减缩计算得到 A_V=1.1±0.2,并由宽 Hα 与宽 Hβ 的上限得到 A_V>4.1±0.2,分别与蓝色和红色连续谱衰减一致。基于单历元 Hα 线宽,中心黑洞质量为 8±1×10^8 M_⊙。我们的发现与多组分模型一致:光学/NIR 和宽线来自一个高度遮蔽、空间上未分辨的区域,可能是一个相对大质量的活动星系核;而遮蔽较弱的 UV 连续谱和窄线至少部分来自一个小但空间可分辨的恒星形成宿主星系。

英文摘要:

JWST has revealed a class of numerous, extremely compact sources, with rest-frame red optical/near-infrared (NIR) and blue ultraviolet (UV) colours, nicknamed "little red dots". We present one of the highest signal-to-noise ratio JWST NIRSpec/PRISM spectra of a little red dot, J0647_1045 at $z = 4.5321 \pm 0.0001$, and examine its NIRCam morphology, to differentiate the origin of the UV and optical/NIR emission, and elucidate the nature of the little red dot phenomenon. J0647_1045 is unresolved ($r_e < 0.17$ kpc) in the three NIRCam long-wavelength filters, but significantly extended ($r_e = 0.45 \pm 0.06$ kpc) in the three short-wavelength filters, indicating a red compact source in a blue star-forming galaxy. The spectral continuum shows a clear change in slope, from blue in the optical/UV, to red in the restframe optical/NIR, consistent with two distinct components, fit by power-laws with different attenuation: $A_V = 0.54 \pm 0.01$ (UV) and $A_V = 5.7 \pm 0.2$ (optical/NIR). Fitting the H$α$ line requires both broad (full width at half-maximum $\sim 4300 \pm 300 km s^{-1}$) and narrow components, but none of the other emission lines, including H$β$, show evidence of broadness. We calculate $A_V = 1.1 \pm 0.2$ from the Balmer decrement using narrow H$α$ and H$β$, and $A_V > 4.1 \pm 0.2$ from broad H$α$ and upper limit on broad H$β$, consistent with the blue and red continuum attenuation respectively. Based on single-epoch H$α$ linewidth, the mass of the central black hole is $8 \pm 1 \times 10^8 M_\odot$. Our findings are consistent with a multi-component model, where the optical/NIR and broad lines arise from a highly obscured, spatially unresolved region, likely a relatively massive active galactic nucleus, while the less obscured UV continuum and narrow lines arise, at least partly, from a small but spatially resolved star-forming host galaxy.

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