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在z≈4-6的GOODS-N场中,通过完整的NIRCam光谱仪红移调查研究Hα发射星系的亮度函数和聚类

The Luminosity Function and Clustering of H$α$ Emitting Galaxies at $z\approx4-6$ from a Complete NIRCam Grism Redshift Survey

Tsinghua University(清华大学);University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学);University of Michigan(密歇根大学);University of Oxford(牛津大学);The University of Texas at Austin(德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校);University of Cambridge(剑桥大学);University of California, Santa Cruz(加州大学圣克鲁兹分校)
Xiaojing Lin, Eiichi Egami, Fengwu Sun, Haowen Zhang, Xiaohui Fan, Jakob M. Helton, Feige Wang, Andrew J. Bunker, Zheng Cai, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Daniel T. Jaf… 展开作者

Xiaojing Lin, Eiichi Egami, Fengwu Sun, Haowen Zhang, Xiaohui Fan, Jakob M. Helton, Feige Wang, Andrew J. Bunker, Zheng Cai, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Daniel T. Jaffe, Zhiyuan Ji, Xiangyu Jin, Maria Anne Pudoka, Sandro Tacchella, Wei Leong Tee, Pierluigi Rinaldi, Brant Robertson, Yang Sun, Christopher N. A. Willmer, Chris Willott, Junyu Zhang, Yongda Zhu

AI总结:

研究通过NIRCam光谱调查分析z≈4-6的Hα发射星系亮度函数和聚类特性,发现原团簇星系更成熟,恒星形成主要发生在原团簇中。

摘要:

我们研究了在GOODS-N场中,3.75 < z < 6的888个Hα发射体(HAEs)的亮度函数(LF)和聚类特性。该样本基于JWST CONGRESS和FRESCO NIRCam光谱仪调查,利用一种新的红移分配算法构建,覆盖约62平方弧分,达到L_Hα≈10^41.2 erg s^{-1}。我们识别出两个显著的丝状原团簇,分别在z≈4.41和z≈5.19处,分别包含98和144个HAEs。观测到的Hα亮度函数显示,在z=3.75-5时,原团簇和场星系的浅淡端斜率相似,而在z=5-6时,原团簇的斜率(α≈1.2到-1.3)。相比之下,z=5-6时的场亮度函数更陡峭(α=-1.87_{-0.23}^{+0.30}),表明z>5的原团簇星系更成熟,类似于z=3.75-5时的星系。从Hα观测到的恒星形成率密度,整合到0.45 M_太阳 yr^{-1},在z=3.75-5时为0.050^{+0.002}_{-0.003}和0.046^{+0.006}_{-0.004} M_太阳 yr^{-1} Mpc^{-3},其中原团簇贡献了约25%和55%。这表明在z>4时,大量恒星形成发生在原团簇中。我们进行了首次基于恒星形成率限制的z>4的三维聚类分析。我们发现丝状原团簇的几何结构使HAE自相关函数的幂律形状变平,其斜率远比通常假设的要平缓。场HAE的自相关函数在z≈4-5时的相关长度为r_0=4.61^{+1.00}_{-0.68} h^{-1} Mpc,在z=5-6时为r_0=6.23^{+1.68}_{-1.13} h^{-1} Mpc。将观测到的相关函数与UniverseMachine模拟进行比较,我们推断HAE的暗物质(子)晕质量为log(M_h/M_太阳)=11.0-11.2,在z≈4-6时,质量散射为0.4 dex。

英文摘要:

We study the luminosity function (LF) and clustering properties of 888 H$α$ emitters (HAEs) at $3.75 < z < 6$ in the GOODS-N field. The sample, built from JWST CONGRESS and FRESCO NIRCam grism surveys using a novel redshift assignment algorithm, spans $\sim$62 arcmin$^2$ and reaches $L_{\rm Hα} \sim 10^{41.2} {\rm erg s^{-1}}$. We identify two prominent filamentary protoclusters at $z \approx 4.41$ and $z \approx 5.19$, hosting 98 and 144 HAEs, respectively. The observed H$α$ LFs show similar shallow faint-end slopes for both protocluster and field galaxies at $z=3.75-5$, and for the protocluster at $z=5-6$ ($α\approx 1.2$ to $-1.3$). In contrast, the field LF at $z=5-6$ is much steeper ($α=-1.87_{-0.23}^{+0.30}$), suggesting that protocluster galaxies at $z > 5$ are more evolved, resembling those at $z=3.75-5$. The observed star formation rate density from H$α$, integrated down to 0.45 ${\rm M_\odot yr^{-1}}$, is $0.050^{+0.002}_{-0.003}$ and $0.046^{+0.006}_{-0.004} M_\odot {\rm yr}^{-1} {\rm Mpc}^{-3}$ at $z=3.75-5$ and $z=5-6$, with protoclusters contributing $\sim$25% and 55%, respectively. This implies that a large fraction of star formation at $z > 4$ occurs in protoclusters. We conduct the first star-formation-rate-limited 3D clustering analysis at $z > 4$. We find the filamentary protocluster geometry flattens the power-law shape of the HAE auto-correlation functions, with slopes much shallower than typically assumed. The auto-correlation function of field HAEs have correlation lengths of $r_0 = 4.61^{+1.00}_{-0.68} h^{-1}{\rm Mpc}$ at $z \approx 4-5$ and $r_0 = 6.23^{+1.68}_{-1.13} h^{-1}{\rm Mpc}$ at $z=5-6$. Comparing the observed correlation functions with the UniverseMachine simulation, we infer the dark matter (sub-)halo masses of HAEs to be $\log (M_h/M_\odot)=11.0-11.2$ at $z\approx 4-6$, with a scatter of 0.4 dex.

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