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一个与阻尼莱曼α吸收体相关的z~3.25莱曼α发射星系群的恒星族

The stellar population of a $z\sim3.25$ Ly$α$ emitting group associated with a damped Ly$α$ absorber

Giulia Pruto, Michele Fumagalli, Marc Rafelski, Mitchell Revalski, Matteo Fossati, Ruari Mackenzie, Tom Theuns

AI总结:

本文利用HST/WFC3近红外观测研究z≈3.25处与阻尼莱曼α吸收体相关的莱曼α发射星系群,识别出两个恒星形成星系并解释团块莱曼α发射的光致电离来源,揭示该大质量星系群中可能还存在更暗弱的恒星形成源。

摘要:

我们展示了利用哈勃空间望远镜(HST)上的宽场相机3(WFC3)获得的近红外观测数据,观测对象是一个位于z≈3.25处、与阻尼莱曼α吸收体(DLA)相关的莱曼α双团块发射星云。利用WFC3/F160W数据,我们观测到嵌入星云西团块中的一个星系G_W在静止坐标系约3600 Å处的恒星连续谱,并估计其恒星形成率为SFR_G_W = 5.0 ± 0.4 M_⊙ yr^-1,最大恒星质量为M_G_W < 9.9 ± 0.7 × 10^9 M_⊙。借助HST提高的空间分辨率,我们发现东团块中心存在一个额外的暗弱源G_E,其恒星形成率为SFR_G_E = 0.70 ± 0.20 M_⊙ yr^-1,最大恒星质量为M_G_E < 1.4 ± 0.4 × 10^9 M_⊙。我们证明,两个团块中的莱曼α发射可以用两个星系就地光致电离后的复合来解释,假设G_W的电离光子逃逸分数≲0.24,G_E的≲0.34。G_W相对于西团块偏移约8 kpc这一事实并不能完全排除存在其他更暗弱的恒星形成源,这些源可能会进一步贡献于这个约10^12 M_⊙星系群内部的光子预算,该星系群延伸范围超过30 × 50 kpc。

英文摘要:

We present near-infrared observations, acquired with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on board of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), of a Ly$α$ double-clumped emitting nebula at $z \approx 3.25$ associated with a damped Ly$α$ absorber (DLA). With the WFC3/F160W data we observe the stellar continuum around $3600$ $\mathring{\rm A}$ in the rest frame for a galaxy embedded in the West clump of the nebula, $G_{\rm W}$, for which we estimate a star formation rate SFR$_{G_{\rm W}} = 5.0 \pm 0.4$ M$_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$ and maximum stellar mass M$_{G_{\rm W}} < 9.9 \pm 0.7 \times 10^9$ M$_\odot$. With the enhanced spatial resolution of HST, we discover the presence of an additional faint source, $G_{\rm E}$, in the center of the East clump, with a star formation rate of SFR$_{G_{\rm E}} = 0.70 \pm 0.20$ M$_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$ and maximum stellar mass M$_{G_{\rm E}} < 1.4 \pm 0.4 \times 10^9$ M$_\odot$. We show that the Ly$α$ emission in the two clumps can be explained by recombination following in-situ photoionization by the two galaxies, assuming escape fractions of ionizing photons of $\lesssim 0.24$ for $G_{\rm W}$ and $\lesssim 0.34$ for $G_{\rm E}$. The fact that $G_{\rm W}$ is offset by $\approx 8$ kpc from the West clump does not fully rule out the presence of additional fainter star-forming sources that would further contribute to the photon budget inside this $\approx 10^{12}$ M$_\odot$ galaxy group that extends over a region encompassing over $30 \times 50$ kpc.

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