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z>6最亮星系中年轻星团和恒星形成团的时空解析物理特性研究:强引力透镜‘宇宙矛’(z=6.2)

Spatially Resolved Physical Properties of Young Star Clusters and Star-forming Clumps in the Brightest z>6 Galaxy, the Strongly Lensed Cosmic Spear at z=6.2

Indiana University(印第安纳大学);The Johns Hopkins University(约翰斯·霍普金斯大学);Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)(太空望远镜科学研究所);Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc.(天体物理研究大学协会);Northwestern University(西北大学)
Abdurro'uf, Dan Coe, Tom Resseguier, Calla Murphy, Xinfeng Xu, Angela Adamo, Namrata Roy, Alaina Henry, Vasily Kokorev, Gabriel Brammer, Seiji Fujimoto, Henry C… 展开作者

Abdurro'uf, Dan Coe, Tom Resseguier, Calla Murphy, Xinfeng Xu, Angela Adamo, Namrata Roy, Alaina Henry, Vasily Kokorev, Gabriel Brammer, Seiji Fujimoto, Henry C. Ferguson, Amanda Pagul, Rogier A. Windhorst, Timothy Heckman, Jose M. Diego, Hollis B. Akins, Joseph Allingham, Ricardo O. Amorín, Danielle A. Berg, Maruša Bradač, Larry D. Bradley, Wenlei Chen, John Chisholm, Christopher J. Conselice, Pratika Dayal, Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky, Andreas L. Faisst, Steven L. Finkelstein, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Lukas J. Furtak, Yuichi Harikane, Tiger Yu-Yang Hsiao, Yolanda Jimenez-Teja, Anton M. Koekemoer, Rebecca L. Larson, Ray A. Lucas, Matteo Messa, Lamiya Mowla, Minami Nakane, Gaël Noirot, Richard Pan, Massimo Pascale, Johan Richard, Massimo Ricotti, Luke Robbins, Daniel Schaerer, Fengwu Sun, Eros Vanzella, Brian Welch, Chris Willott, Adi Zitrin

AI总结:

研究利用JWST观测分析z=6.2的强引力透镜星系中年轻恒星团的物理特性,发现其高密度和质量,揭示恒星形成核心的光子生产效率变化。

摘要:

我们对目前已知最亮的z>6星系(AB光度23)进行了时空解析分析,该星系为强引力透镜MACS0308-zD1(被称为‘宇宙矛’),其红移为6.2。新的JWST近红外相机成像和高分辨率近红外光谱仪光谱学覆盖了 rest-frame紫外到可见光范围。近红外相机成像揭示了明亮的恒星形成团和由引力透镜放大形成的由三个不同、极致密的恒星团构成的尾部。这些恒星团的有效半径为R_eff≈5 pc,恒星质量为M*≈10^6-10^7 M_sun,恒星质量表面密度为Σ* >10^4 M_sun pc^{-2}。尽管它们的恒星群体非常年轻(约5-9 Myr),但它们的动力学年龄超过单位,与这些团体作为引力束缚系统一致。将这些恒星团放在大小与恒星质量密度平面中,我们发现它们占据的区域与其他近期用JWST观测的高红移星团相似,但比本地星团更重且更密集。对最亮团的时空解析分析揭示了一个紧凑、高强度恒星形成的核心。离子化光子生产效率(ξ_ion)在此核心区域略有抑制,可能表明局部较高的里曼连续逃逸分数由反馈驱动的通道促成。

英文摘要:

We present spatially resolved analysis of stellar populations in the brightest $z>6$ galaxy known to date (AB mag 23), the strongly lensed MACS0308$-$zD1 (dubbed the ``Cosmic Spear'') at $z_{\rm spec}=6.2$. New JWST NIRCam imaging and high-resolution NIRSpec IFU spectroscopy span the rest-frame ultraviolet to optical. The NIRCam imaging reveals bright star-forming clumps and a tail consisting of three distinct, extremely compact star clusters that are multiply-imaged by gravitational lensing. The star clusters have delensed effective radii of $R_{\rm{eff}} \lesssim 8$ pc, stellar masses of $M_{*} \sim 10^{6}-10^{7}\,M_{\odot}$, and high stellar mass surface densities of $Σ_{*} \gtrsim 2\times 10^{4}\,M_{\odot}~\rm{pc}^{-2}$. While their stellar populations are very young ($\sim 6-11$ Myr), their dynamical ages exceed unity, consistent with the clusters being gravitationally bound systems. Placing the star clusters in the size vs.~stellar mass density plane, we find they occupy a region similar to other high-redshift star clusters within galaxies observed recently with JWST, being significantly more massive and denser than local star clusters. Spatially resolved analysis of the brightest clump reveals a compact, intensely star-forming core. The ionizing photon production efficiency ($ξ_{\rm{ion}}$) is slightly suppressed in this central region, potentially indicating a locally elevated Lyman continuum escape fraction facilitated by feedback-driven channels.

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