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关于使用詹姆斯·韦伯空间望远镜NIRCam仪器筛选出的极亮dropout天体的研究

On The Very Bright Dropouts Selected Using the James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam Instrument

Bangzheng Sun, Haojing Yan

AI总结:

本研究系统分析JWST/NIRCam筛选的300个极亮dropout天体,发现多数为低红移极红天体,约7%可能为高红移天体,指出极亮高红移候选体需光谱认证以验证早期星系形成模型。

摘要:

利用针对莱曼断裂特征的dropout技术筛选高红移星系候选体时,有时会发现一些极亮天体;如果它们确实处于预期红移,其光度过高以至于难以轻易解释。本文对通过詹姆斯·韦伯空间望远镜(JWST)搭载的NIRCam仪器的连续波段筛选出的极亮dropout天体开展了系统性研究。利用4个空白天区、总面积超500平方角分的公开NIRCam数据,共发现300个此类天体。根据dropout通带的不同,它们的F356W星等<25.1星等或<26.0星等,其中绝大多数(>80%)的F115W−F356W颜色极红,>2.0星等,符合“极红天体”(EROs)的定义。我们聚焦于137个同时拥有JWST MIRI仪器中红外观测数据的天体。其光谱能量分布分析显示,这些天体以低红移(z~1–4)星系为主(占比≳67%),但仍有不可忽略的比例(≳7%)可能处于高红移。我们的样本中有7个天体拥有JWST NIRSpec认证的可靠光谱红移,结果证实了上述结论:其中6个是低红移星系(z≈3),1个是已知的z=8.679的星系(紫外绝对星等M_UV=-22.4星等,恒星质量M_*=10^9.1倍太阳质量),该星系在我们的样本中被成功检出。结合近期关于早期星系形成的理论模型,这个已确认的高红移星系并不会对模型构成挑战。然而,由于我们的样本包含了仍处于未充分探索区间(M_UV≤-23星等且M_*>10^10.5倍太阳质量)的极亮高红移候选体,需要进行光谱认证以确保它们不会与这些新模型产生矛盾。

英文摘要:

The selection of candidate high-redshift galaxies using the dropout technique targeting the Lyman-break signature sometimes yields very bright objects that are too luminous to be easily explained if they are indeed at the expected redshifts. Here we present a systematic study of very bright dropouts selected through successive bands of the NIRCam instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Using the public NIRCam data in four blank fields over 500~arcmin$^2$, 300 such objects were found. They have F356W magnitudes $<25.1$~mag or $<26.0$~mag depending on the dropout passband, and the majority of them ($>80\%$) have very red F115W$-$F356W colors $> 2.0$~mag, qualifying them as ``extremely red objects'' (EROs). We focus on 137 objects that also have mid-IR observations from the JWST MIRI instrument. Their spectral energy distribution analysis shows that these objects are dominated by low-redshift ($z\sim1$--4) galaxies ($\gtrsim67\%$). However, a non-negligible fraction ($\gtrsim7\%$) could be at high redshifts. Seven of our objects have secure spectroscopic redshifts from JWST NIRSpec identifications, and the results confirm this picture: while six are low-redshift galaxies ($z\approx3$), one is a known galaxy at $z=8.679$ {(with $M_{\rm UV}=-22.4$~mag and stellar mass $M_*=10^{9.1}M_\odot$)} recovered in our sample. In light of recent theoretical models on early galaxy formation, this confirmed high-redshift galaxy does not pose a challenge. However, as our sample contains very luminous high-redshift candidates in the regime still underexplored ($M_{\rm UV}\leq -23$~mag and $M_*>10^{10.5}M_\odot$), spectroscopic identifications are necessary to ensure they do not create tension with these new models.

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