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JWST/MIRI揭示z=4.05处GN20尘埃星系超密度区的恒星成分

JWST/MIRI unveils the stellar component of the GN20 dusty galaxy overdensity at $z$=4.05

A. Crespo Gómez, L. Colina, J. Álvarez-Márquez, A. Bik, L. Boogaard, G. Östlin, F. Peißker, F. Walter, A. Labiano, P. G. Pérez-González, T. R. Greve, G. Wright,… 展开作者

A. Crespo Gómez, L. Colina, J. Álvarez-Márquez, A. Bik, L. Boogaard, G. Östlin, F. Peißker, F. Walter, A. Labiano, P. G. Pérez-González, T. R. Greve, G. Wright, A. Alonso-Herrero, K. I. Caputi, L. Costantin, A. Eckart, M. García-Marín, S. Gillman, J. Hjorth, E. Iani, D. Langeroodi, J. P. Pye, P. Rinaldi, T. Tikkanen, P. van der Werf, P. O. Lagage, E. F. van Dishoeck

AI总结:

本研究利用JWST/MIRI首次解析z=4.05处GN20超密度区DSFGs的恒星成分形态,结合SED建模揭示其物理性质,发现致密环境或导致该区域星系尺寸大于孤立星系,为早期宇宙星系演化提供新见解。

摘要:

尽管z>2的尘埃恒星形成星系(DSFGs)对理解早期宇宙的星系演化至关重要,但直到JWST(詹姆斯·韦布空间望远镜)问世前,其近红外辐射追踪的恒星分布在空间上仍未得到解析。本研究首次利用JWST/MIRI对DSFGs的静止系近红外(~1.1-3.5μm)辐射进行了空间分辨形态分析,重点研究了z=4.05超密度区中3个DSFGs和1个莱曼断裂星系(LBG)的成熟恒星成分。此外,我们结合MIRI图像与紫外至(亚)毫米辅助测光数据对其SED(光谱能量分布)进行建模,提取主要物理性质。亚角秒分辨率的MIRI图像显示,恒星成分呈现出从盘状到致密、团块主导的多种形态,这些近红外结构与其通常弥散且偏心的紫外辐射形成对比。SED拟合分析表明,GN20的总恒星形成率(SFR)最高,约为2500 M⊙yr⁻¹;GN20.2b的恒星质量在样本中最大(M₊~2×10¹¹ M⊙)。被归类为晚型星系(LTGs)的两个DSFGs(GN20和GN20.2a)具有高比恒星形成率(sSFR>30 Gyr⁻¹),在z~4的恒星形成主序(SFMS)上超出>0.5 dex;而早型星系(ETG,即GN20.2b)则与主序的高质量端相符。与z~2-7超密度区的其他DSFGs相比,本研究对象的SFR、耗竭时间和投影间距相似,但GN20和GN20.2a的有效半径比CEERS和ALMA-HUDF中相似红移的孤立星系大两倍,我们将这种尺寸差异解释为致密环境诱导的快速增长效应。

英文摘要:

Despite the importance of the dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) at $z$>2 for understanding the galaxy evolution in the early Universe, their stellar distributions traced by the near-IR emission were spatially unresolved until the arrival of the JWST. In this work we present, for the first time, a spatially-resolved morphological analysis of the rest-frame near-IR (~1.1-3.5$μ$m) emission in DSFGs traced with the JWST/MIRI. In particular, we study the mature stellar component for the three DSFGs and a Lyman-break galaxy (LBG) present in an overdensity at $z$=4.05. Moreover, we use MIRI images along with UV to (sub)-mm ancillary photometric data to model their SEDs and extract their main physical properties. The sub-arcsec resolution MIRI images have revealed that the stellar component present a wide range of morphologies, from disc-like to compact and clump-dominated structures. These near-IR structures contrast with their UV emission, which is usually diffuse and off-centered. The SED fitting analysis shows that GN20 dominates the total SFR with a value ~2500 $M_\odot$yr$^{-1}$ while GN20.2b has the highest stellar mass in the sample ($M_*$~2$\times$10$^{11}$ $M_\odot$). The two DSFGs classified as LTGs (GN20 and GN20.2a) show high specific SFR (sSFR>30 Gyr$^{-1}$) placing them above the star-forming main sequence (SFMS) at z~4 by >0.5 dex while the ETG (i.e.,GN20.2b) is compatible with the high-mass end of the main sequence. When comparing with other DSFGs in overdensities at $z$~2-7 we observe that our objects present similar SFRs, depletion times and projected separations. Nevertheless, the effective radii computed for GN20 and GN20.2a are up to two times larger than those of isolated galaxies observed in CEERS and ALMA-HUDF at similar redshifts. We interpret this difference in size as an effect of rapid growth induced by the dense environment.

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