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z>7时期原团簇环境中再电离的研究:利用JWST/NIRSpec

Reionization in Protocluster Environments at $z>7$ with JWST/NIRSpec

Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester(曼彻斯特大学约德尔银行天体物理学中心)

Qiong Li, Christopher J. Conselice, Duncan Austin, Tom Harvey, Nathan Adams, Vadim Rusakov, Lewi Westcott

AI总结:

研究z>7时期原团簇在再电离中的作用,通过JWST/NIRSpec观测发现原团簇具有更高的离子化光子生产效率和OIII/Hβ比值,但Lyα发射较弱,表明再电离过程受环境影响显著。

摘要:

理解高红移原团簇在宇宙再电离中的作用对于揭示早期结构形成阶段至关重要。利用JWST JADES深调查在GOODS-South的深成像和光谱数据,我们识别出两个显著的原团簇,并将其环境特性与恒星系进行比较。原团簇成员系统性地表现出更高的离子化光子生产效率(ξ_ion)和固定的紫外光度或恒星质量下的膨胀OIII/Hβ比值,这可能是由年轻、金属贫乏的恒星群体和剧烈的恒星形成驱动的。尽管这些特性,它们的Lyα发射较弱或不存在,且显示出高邻近中性氢柱密度,表明离子化输出不足以维持离子化气泡。我们还发现一个强Lyα发射体(LAE),JADES-GS-z7-LA,可能位于同一离子化区域内的一个原团簇中。虽然其Lyman连续体逃逸分数(f_esc≈0.1)与LAEs相当,但单个原团簇星系较暗(M_UV>−19)且低质量(log(M*/M_⊙)≈8.5)。原团簇中的增强数密度使局部紫外光度密度增加近1个数量级。周围气体仍大部分中性,表明再电离高度斑驳且受环境调节。原团簇星系可能拥有被离子化限制的星云带孔,抑制Lyα可见性,与更一致于密度限制星云的恒星系形成对比。

英文摘要:

Understanding the role of high-redshift protoclusters in cosmic reionization is essential to unveiling the early stages of structure formation. Using deep imaging and spectroscopy from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) JADES Deep Survey in GOODS-South, we identify two prominent protoclusters at z>7 and investigate their environmental properties in comparison to field galaxies. Protocluster members exhibit systematically higher ionizing photon production efficiency ($ξ_{\text{ion}}$) and inflated [OIII]/H$β$ ratios at fixed UV magnitude or stellar mass, likely driven by young, metal-poor stellar populations and intense star formation. Despite these properties, their Ly$α$ emission is weak or absent, and they show high proximate neutral hydrogen column densities, suggesting insufficient ionizing output to maintain ionized bubbles. We also find that a strong Ly$α$ emitter (LAE), JADES-GS-z7-LA, may lie within the same ionized region as one protocluster. Although their Lyman continuum escape fractions ($f_{\mathrm{esc}} \sim 0.1$) are comparable to those of LAEs, individual protocluster galaxies are faint ($M_{\mathrm{UV}} > -19$) and low-mass ($\log(M_*/M_\odot) \sim 8.5$). The enhanced number density within protoclusters boosts the local UV luminosity density by nearly 1 dex. The surrounding gas remains largely neutral, suggesting that reionization was highly patchy and modulated by environment. The protocluster galaxies likely host ionization-bounded nebulae with holes, suppressing Ly$α$ visibility, in contrast to field galaxies that are more consistent with density-bounded nebulae.

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