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高红移星系形状统计中的面亮度偏差

Surface Brightness Bias in the Shape Statistics of High-Redshift Galaxies

Abraham Loeb

AI总结:

本文提出高红移矮星系长椭球比例上升可能源于面亮度偏差:侧向盘星系因面亮度较高更易被探测,而非真实形状演化。

摘要:

近期,Pandya等人(2023)提出,JWST-CEERS观测中的矮星系形状显示,其长椭球比例从红移z=0.5-1时的约25%上升到z=3-8时的约50-80%。本文认为,这种表观变化可能源于面亮度偏差,即在低光度和高红移条件下,该偏差有利于探测到侧向盘星系。将轴比为10的侧向投影改为正向取向,会使其视面亮度降低每平方角秒2.5星等,并可能使观测到的星系中有相当大一部分降至探测极限以下。

英文摘要:

Recently, Pandya et al. (2023) argued that the shapes of dwarf galaxies in JWST-CEERS observations show a prolate fraction that rises from ~25% at redshifts z=0.5-1 to ~50-80% at z=3-8. Here we suggest that this apparent change could result from a surface-brightness bias, favoring the detection of edge-on disks at low-luminosities and high-redshifts. Changing edge-on projections with an axis ratio of 10 to a face-on orientation reduces their apparent surface brightness by 2.5 magnitude per arcsec$^2$ and could shift a substantial fraction of the observed galaxies below the detection limit.

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