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z=6莱曼α发射体解析至秒差距尺度的解剖:极端紫外斜率、贫金属区域及可能泄漏的星团

Anatomy of a z=6 Lyman-α emitter down to parsec scales: extreme UV slopes, metal-poor regions and possibly leaking star clusters

Matteo Messa, E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono, P. Bergamini, M. Castellano, B. Sun, C. Willott, R. A. Windhorst, H. Yan, G. Angora, P. Rosati, A. Adamo, F. Annibali, A… 展开作者

Matteo Messa, E. Vanzella, F. Loiacono, P. Bergamini, M. Castellano, B. Sun, C. Willott, R. A. Windhorst, H. Yan, G. Angora, P. Rosati, A. Adamo, F. Annibali, A. Bolamperti, M. Bradač, L. D. Bradley, F. Calura, A. Claeyssens, A. Comastri, C. J. Conselice, J. C. J. D'Silva, M. Dickinson, B. L. Frye, C. Grillo, N. A. Grogin, C. Gruppioni, A. M. Koekemoer, M. Meneghetti, U. Meštrić, R. Pascale, S. Ravindranath, M. Ricotti, J. Summers, A. Zanella

AI总结:

本文利用JWST对红移6.14的引力透镜莱曼α发射体进行高分辨率观测,在秒差距尺度上揭示了极端紫外斜率的致密星团、可能的电离辐射泄漏及极贫金属区域,展示了强透镜效应对早期星系精细结构研究的关键作用。

摘要:

我们展示了对一个位于红移6.14、由哈勃前沿场星系团MACS J0416引力透镜放大(μ=17-21)的星系进行的详细JWST/NIRSpec和NIRCam分析。该目标星系整体上是一个典型的致密且紫外暗弱(M_UV=-17.8)的莱曼α发射体,但巨大的放大倍率使得我们能够详细刻画亚星系尺度(低至几个秒差距)的结构。利用高光谱分辨率光栅(G395H,R~2700)对显著的Hα、Hβ和[OIII]λλ4959,5007光学谱线进行了空间分辨观测,这些谱线具有大等值宽度,EW(Hβ+[OIII])≳1000 Å,以及较高的电离光子产生效率log(ξ_ion/erg^{-1}Hz)=25.2-25.7。NIRCam深场成像揭示了致密的静止系紫外亮区以及单个星团的存在,其有效半径R_eff=3-8 pc,质量M~2·10^5-5·10^6 M_⊙。这些星团以陡峭的紫外斜率β_UV≲-2.5为特征,在某些情况下与谱线发射的缺失相关联,表明可能存在电离辐射的泄漏,这一点也得到了莱曼α发射在距离系统红移约100 km s^{-1}处达到峰值的支持。虽然整个系统以低金属丰度为特征,约为0.1 Z_⊙,但NIRSpec-IFU图还揭示了一个低光度、贫金属区域的存在,其金属丰度Z≲2% Z_⊙,在NIRCam成像中几乎无法探测到;该区域与系统中紫外最亮的结构之一相距>200 pc,如果不是由于该系统的大放大倍率,它将因过于暗弱而无法被探测到。

英文摘要:

We present a detailed JWST/NIRSpec and NIRCam analysis of a gravitationally-lensed galaxy ($\rm μ=17-21$) at redshift 6.14 magnified by the Hubble Frontier Field galaxy cluster MACS J0416. The target galaxy is overall a typical compact and UV-faint ($\rm M_{UV}=-17.8$) Lyman-$α$ emitter, yet the large magnification allows the detailed characterization of structures on sub-galactic scales (down to a few parsecs). Prominent optical $\rm Hα$, $\rm Hβ$ and [OIII]$λ\lambda4959,5007$ lines are spatially resolved with the high spectral resolution grating (G395H, R~2700), with large equivalent widths, EW($\rm Hβ$+[OIII])$\gtrsim1000$ Å, and elevated ionising photon production efficiencies $\rm log(ξ_{ion}/erg^{-1}Hz)=25.2-25.7$. NIRCam deep imaging reveals the presence of compact rest-UV bright regions along with individual star clusters of $\rm R_{eff}=3-8~pc$ in size and $\rm M\sim2\cdot10^5-5\cdot10^{6}~M_\odot$ in mass. These clusters are characterised by steep UV slopes, $\rmβ_{UV}\lesssim-2.5$, which in some cases are associated with a dearth of line emission, indicating possible leaking of the ionizing radiation, as also supported by a Lyman-$\rm α$ emission peaking at $\rm \sim100~km~s^{-1}$ from the systemic redshift. While the entire system is characterised by low-metallicity, $\sim0.1~Z_\odot$, the NIRSpec-IFU map also reveals the presence of a low-luminosity, metal-poor region with $\rm Z\lesssim2\%~Z_\odot$, barely detected in NIRCam imaging; this region is displaced by $\rm >200~pc$ from one of the brightest structures of the system in UV, and would have been too faint to detect if not for the large magnification of the system.

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