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利用 JWST PRIMER 研究 $z\simeq3-5$ 处明亮 Lyman-break 星系的尺寸

The sizes of bright Lyman-break galaxies at $z\simeq3-5$ with JWST PRIMER

R. G. Varadaraj, R. A. A. Bowler, M. J. Jarvis, N. J. Adams, N. Choustikov, A. M. Koekemoer, A. C. Carnall, D. J. McLeod, J. S. Dunlop, C. T. Donnan, N. A. Grogin

AI总结:

本研究利用 JWST PRIMER 数据测量了 $z=3-5$ 间 1668 个明亮 LBGs 的尺寸标度关系,发现其尺寸分布符合对数正态分布且在 $z=3-5$ 期间演化微弱,盘状星系形成于 $z=5$,为高红移中心集中恒星形成提供了初步证据。

摘要:

我们利用 JWST 公开发布河外星系研究成像(PRIMER)巡天数据,测量了 $z=3-5$ 间 1668 个静止系 UV 明亮的 Lyman-break 星系(LBGs)的尺寸标度关系,这些星系的恒星质量满足 $\mathrm{log}_{10}(M_{\star}/M_{\odot}) > 9$。该样本选自受视宁度主导的地面数据,对明亮源的形态和尺寸分布提供了无偏采样。我们对八个 NIRCam 波段拟合 Sérsic 轮廓,并测量了非参数半光半径。我们发现,在所有红移下,两种测量方法的尺寸分布均能被对数正态分布很好地拟合,这与尺寸由宿主暗物质晕角动量决定的盘形成模型一致。我们得出尺寸-红移演化关系为 $R_{e} = 3.51(1+z)^{-0.60\pm0.22}$ kpc,与 JWST 的研究相符。在考虑 $z=3-5$ 的典型(众数)尺寸时,我们发现几乎没有演化,明亮的 LBGs 保持紧凑,$R_{e}\simeq0.7-0.9$ kpc。同时,我们发现了到 $z=3$ 时大尺寸($R_{e} > 2$ kpc)星系增多的证据。当使用 Sérsic 轮廓拟合 F200W 数据时,我们发现了 $z=5$ 处尺寸-质量关系呈负斜率的证据。尺寸-质量关系中的内禀散射在更高红移处增大。此外,探测静止系 UV(F200W)的测量比探测静止系光学(F356W)的测量显示出更大的内禀散射。最后,我们利用静止系 UV 和光学测光表明,盘状星系在 $z=5$ 时已充分确立,但到 $z=3$ 时开始经历耗散过程(如并合)。我们的尺寸-质量和尺寸-光度关系与模拟的吻合,为高红移中心集中恒星形成提供了初步证据。

英文摘要:

We use data from the JWST Public Release IMaging for Extragalactic Research (PRIMER) survey to measure the size scaling relations of 1668 rest-frame UV-bright Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) at $z=3-5$ with stellar masses $\mathrm{log}_{10}(M_{\star}/M_{\odot}) > 9$. The sample was selected from seeing-dominated ground-based data, presenting an unbiased sampling of the morphology and size distributions of luminous sources. We fit Sérsic profiles to eight NIRCam bands and also measure a non-parametric half-light radius. We find that the size distributions with both measurements are well-fit by a log-normal distribution at all redshifts, consistent with disk formation models where size is governed by host dark-matter halo angular momentum. We find a size-redshift evolution of $R_{e} = 3.51(1+z)^{-0.60\pm0.22}$ kpc, in agreement with JWST studies. When considering the typical (modal) size over $z=3-5$, we find little evolution with bright LBGs remaining compact at $R_{e}\simeq0.7-0.9$ kpc. Simultaneously, we find evidence for a build-up of large ($R_{e} > 2$ kpc) galaxies by $z=3$. We find some evidence for a negatively sloped size-mass relation at $z=5$ when Sérsic profiles are used to fit the data in F200W. The intrinsic scatter in our size-mass relations increases at higher redshifts. Additionally, measurements probing the rest-UV (F200W) show larger intrinsic scatter than those probing the rest-optical (F356W). Finally, we leverage rest-UV and rest-optical photometry to show that disky galaxies are well established by $z=5$, but are beginning to undergo dissipative processes, such as mergers, by $z=3$. The agreement of our size-mass and size-luminosity relations with simulations provides tentative evidence for centrally concentrated star formation at high-redshift.

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